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Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 07, 1903
Died Dec 14, 1987 (84)
Birthplace Appleton, Minnesota, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 – December 14, 1987) was an American character actor in film and stage. Sundberg left teaching English literature for acting, appearing in plays in stock theater in New England. He appeared in a number of Broadway pla ... ys, debuting in Nine Pine Street (1933). His most notable roles were Mr. Kraler in the original 1957 production of The Diary of Anne Frank and Mortimer Brewster (as a replacement) in the 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. He became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he appeared in numerous supporting roles in films of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played Mike, the bartender who listens to Judy Garland's character's troubles in Easter Parade. One of Sundberg's most memorable roles was in the 1949 film In the Good Old Summertime (which also starred Garland and Van Johnson) as Rudy Hansen, a friendly co-worker and confidante of Johnson's character. He also played the hotel owner who hired Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun. He later made several television appearances, including two episodes of Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963 and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also appeared in several television commercials. In 1962, Sundberg was cast in the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to Laramie, Wyoming, to capture the story of "real West" gunfighters in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, which starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Hal Baylor appears in the episode as gunfighter Mort Peters, whom Boardman (Sundberg) goads into a shootout with Troop. Sundberg died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, aged 84.

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That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Dying Soldier (voice)

A Snow White Christmas

A Snow White Christmas

1980

as Thinker (voice)

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

as Gordon Yeager

Hotel

Hotel

1967

as Lawrence Morgan

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

as Rodney Jones

The Birds and the Bees

The Birds and the Bees

1956

as Purser

Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

as Mr. Harry Craig

Sweethearts on Parade

Sweethearts on Parade

1953

as Dr. Harold Wayne

The Caddy

The Caddy

1953

as Charles the Butler

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1953

as Samuels the butler

The Belle of New York

The Belle of New York

1952

as Gilford Spivak

The Fat Man

The Fat Man

1951

as Bill Norton

On the Riviera

On the Riviera

1951

as Antoine

As Young as You Feel

As Young as You Feel

1951

as Frank Erickson

Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho

1950

as Matson

Father Is a Bachelor

Father Is a Bachelor

1950

as Plato Cassin

The Toast of New Orleans

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

as Oscar

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

as Foster Wilson

Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love

1950

as Mr. Finlay

Key to the City

Key to the City

1950

as Mark Mont Desk Clerk

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

as Rudy Hansen

Big Jack

Big Jack

1949

as C. Petronius Smith

The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

as Bert Felsher

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948

as Mike Fitzgerald

Easter Parade

Easter Parade

1948

as Mike

Good Sam

Good Sam

1948

as Mr. Nelson

The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

as Colonel Gomez

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy

1948

as Jameson

Command Decision

Command Decision

1948

as Maj. Homer V. Prescott

Words and Music

Words and Music

1948

as Shoe Clerk

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

1947

as Operative 10

Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

1947

as Guy Canford

Living in a Big Way

Living in a Big Way

1947

as Everett Hanover Smythe

The Mighty McGurk

The Mighty McGurk

1947

as Flexter

Good News

Good News

1947

as Professor Kennyon

The Hucksters

The Hucksters

1947

as Michael Michaelson

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

as Mr. Purdy (uncredited)

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1946

as Mr. Warmsley

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

as Haberdashery Clerk

Come to Dinner

Come to Dinner

1934

as Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)

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Television Credits

I Love Lucy

as Director

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1951

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Billy Devers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1960

The Andy Griffith Show

as Farley Upchurch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Salesman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

Perry Mason

as Aaron Chambers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

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