John Clark(1932-2023)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
John Clark began his acting career during WWII as a child in his native
England as schoolboy D'arcy Minor, the comedy stooge to
Will Hay on BBC radio's "The Will Hay
Progamme". Following that, he became a star as the original "Just
William" on stage and radio in 1947. Emigrating to Canada after a
three-year stint in the Merchant Navy, he became host of his own TV
interview show, "Junior Magazine", on the CBC network. He moved on to
New York in 1960, appearing on stage with the likes of
Ray Milland in "Hostile Witness",
Stacy Keach in "Macbird",
Cedric Hardwicke in "An Inspector
Calls" and Luther Adler in "A View From The
Bridge". His later career was mainly as husband and manager to
Lynn Redgrave, to whom he was married for
33 years. Her director in many shows which he produced for the stage
("Saint Joan", "California Suite", "The Two of Us"), his most recent
creative work was as co-writer, producer and director of her
Tony-nominated play "Shakespeare For My Father", which played Broadway
and The Haymarket in London. However, she divorced him when he revealed
he had fathered a child as a favor to a family friend who then sued for
a large piece of the family's fortune. Beset by false rumors in the
press, he created a website where he tells the whole story.