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Clinton Sundberg(1903-1987)

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Clinton Sundberg
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As Young as You Feel (1951)
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Soft-spoken small-part actor Clinton Sundberg was a minor player on the MGM payroll during the late 40s and 50s. A one-time teacher who turned his focus to character acting, his rather meek countenance and light, raspy tenor tones befitted a comfortable niche playing courteous servile types in mostly sentimental tales. As various desk clerks, waiters and menservants (and maybe a couple of out-of-character villains), he seemed to back up a large roster of MGM's biggest stars in musicals (he himself didn't sing) including June Allyson in Good News (1947), Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) and Betty Hutton in Annie Get Your Gun (1950), to name a few. Of these, he may be best remembered as Judy Garland's benevolent bartender in Easter Parade (1948). Other more prominent parts came as a snippy butler in The Girl Next Door (1953) and private eye J. Scott Smart's "Man Friday" in the Universal mystery programmer The Fat Man (1951). A Broadway veteran, Sundberg's better known stage roles were as Mortimer in "Arsenic and Old Lace" and Mr. Kraler in "The Diary of Anne Frank." TV allowed him to be a bit more assertive in personality while also showing his intelligent side as assorted doctor and professor types. Sundberg went on to appear in dozens of voice-overs and commercials in the 1970s. He died of heart failure in 1987 shortly after his 84th birthday.
BornDecember 7, 1903
DiedDecember 14, 1987(84)
BornDecember 7, 1903
DiedDecember 14, 1987(84)
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Judy Garland and Clinton Sundberg in Easter Parade (1948)
Judy Garland and Clinton Sundberg in Easter Parade (1948)
John Lund, Clinton Sundberg, and Esther Williams in Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Kevin McCarthy, William Lanteau, and Clinton Sundberg in Hotel (1967)
Ricardo Montalban, Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Louis Calhern, Carleton Carpenter, Gary Gray, Ann Harding, Tommy Rettig, and Clinton Sundberg in Two Weeks with Love (1950)
"As Young As You Feel" M. Monroe & Monty Woolley 1951 20th
Leon Ames, Gloria Holden, Ann Sothern, and Clinton Sundberg in Undercover Maisie (1947)
William Powell, Andrea King, and Clinton Sundberg in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Known for

David Niven, Kathryn Grayson, and Mario Lanza in The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
The Toast of New Orleans
6.0
  • Oscar
  • 1950
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
6.9
  • Foster Wilson
  • 1950
Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948)
Easter Parade
7.3
  • Mike the Bartender
  • 1948
Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen in The Belle of New York (1952)
The Belle of New York
6.1
  • Gilford Spivak
  • 1952

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Actor

  • The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
    The Thief and the Cobbler
    • (voice)
  • A Snow White Christmas (1980)
    A Snow White Christmas
    • (voice)
  • Andy Griffith in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
    Mayberry R.F.D.
    • (as Clinton Sunberg)
  • Shadow Over Elveron (1968)
    Shadow Over Elveron
  • Marlo Thomas in That Girl (1966)
    That Girl
  • Hotel (1967)
    Hotel
  • Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Ann Sheridan, and Carole Wells in Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
    Pistols 'n' Petticoats
  • Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    The Andy Griffith Show
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • Gene Barry in Burke's Law (1963)
    Burke's Law
    • (as Clint Sundberg)
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
  • How the West Was Won (1962)
    How the West Was Won
    • (uncredited)
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
    • (singing voice)
  • Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
  • Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
    Hawaiian Eye

Soundtrack

  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
    Annie Get Your Gun

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As Young As You Feel
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As Young As You Feel

Personal details

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    • December 7, 1903
    • Vienna, South Dakota, USA
    • December 14, 1987
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(heart failure)
    • January 12, 1942 - December 14, 1987 (his death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    Father: Charles Herman Sundberg; Mother: Grace Coffey.

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