John Clarke (actor)

John Clarke
Clarke as Mickey Horton in Days of Our Lives, 1967
Born (1932-04-14) April 14, 1932
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1959–2004

John Clarke (born April 14, 1932 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American actor. Clarke is recognized for originating and portraying Mickey Horton on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives for 39 years, beginning with the debut of the program in 1965, until he retired early in 2004 because of health concerns. He was replaced in the role by John Ingle, who left the program in 2006.

In 1959, Clarke acted with Ida Lupino in an episode of CBS's The Twilight Zone titled The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine. In the 1961-1962 television season, he was cast in 27 episodes as Patrolman Joe Huddleston in Leslie Nielsen's ABC crime drama series, The New Breed.[1]

His daughter is actress Melinda Clarke, who started out on Days of our Lives and later played Julie Cooper-Nichol on the television series, The O.C..

Awards

In 2005, Clarke received the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award. He was nominated for the 1979 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for Days of Our Lives.[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

  • Destination Space (1959, TV Movie) - Space Ship Crew
  • Hawaiian Eye (1960, 1 episode) - Jablonsky
  • The New Breed (1961–1962, 27 episodes) - Officer Joe Huddleston
  • Death Valley Days (1960–1968, 7 episodes) - Reverend Peter Green / Fred Gilmer / Maurice Dory / Bill Crawford / Virgil Earp / Harlow / Mark Kellogg / Will Skidmore
  • Days of Our Lives (1965–2004, 176 episodes) - Mickey Horton (final television appearance)

References

  1. 1 2 "About the Actors | John Clarke - soapcentral.com". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.



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