{"id":133458,"date":"2026-03-17T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=133458"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:46:26","slug":"matt-clark-actor-in-back-to-the-future-many-westerns-dies-at-89-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=133458","title":{"rendered":"Matt Clark Actor in \u201cBack To The Future\u201d &#038; Many Westerns Dies At 89 \u2013 Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=133458\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=133458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-133459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Matt-Clark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Clark, a character actor in many Westerns, died on Sunday, 15 March from complications following back surgery. He was 89.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on Nov. 25, 1936 in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>He made his big-screen debut in the 1964 movie \u201cBlack Like Me\u201d (1964), starring James Whitmore, and played a Southern punk in \u201cIn the Heat of the Night\u201d.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A familiar face in Westerns, he starred in \u201cThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean\u201d, \u201cThe Cowboys\u201d, \u201cThe Outlaw Josey Wales\u201d, \u201cJeremiah Johnson\u201d, \u201cPat Garrett and Billy the Kid\u201d, \u201cWill Penny\u201d, \u201cMonte Walsh\u201d, and many more. He also played a bartender in \u201cBack to the Future Part III\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He worked with director Stuart Rosenberg on four movies: \u201cPocket Money\u201d, \u201cThe Laughing Policeman\u201d, \u201cBrubaker\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Get Harry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His TV credits included \u201cThe Jeff Foxworthy Show\u201d, \u201cGrace Under Fire\u201d, \u201cThe Waltons\u201d, \u201cMagnum, P.I.\u201d, \u201cThe Practice\u201d, \u201cChicago Hope\u201d and \u201cThe Winds of War\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his daughter Aimee Clark, his third wife, Sharon, his sons, Matthias, Jason and Seth, grandchildren Sequoia, Dylan, Elizabeth, Miles, Emily, Izzy, Dax, Emanuel and Lucas, great-grandson Claude, and stepchildren Michelle, Joyce and Ray.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends their condolences to The Clark Family in their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; 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