Brian Patrick Clarke
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Brian Patrick Clarke is an American actor
.
Clarke was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
and graduated from Yale University
in 1974. Following his time at Yale, Clarke has appeared in numerous films and television shows over the last 30 years, including the popular comedy-drama
series Eight is Enough
as Merl "The Pearl", General Hospital
and The Bold and The Beautiful
. He has also run several marathons, including a sub three-hour marathon in Los Angeles
in the late 80's.
Clarke is married to artistic gymnast
Kathy Johnson
and currently resides in Orlando, Florida
.
Clarke was a three-time All-Ivy league football player at Yale, and held the school's records for most field goals in a game, season and career when he graduated. He tried out for the Dallas Cowboys and the Memphis Southmen
of the World Football League
before pursuing an acting career.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Clarke was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and...
and graduated from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1974. Following his time at Yale, Clarke has appeared in numerous films and television shows over the last 30 years, including the popular comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
series Eight is Enough
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name...
as Merl "The Pearl", General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
and The Bold and The Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
. He has also run several marathons, including a sub three-hour marathon in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in the late 80's.
Clarke is married to artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
Kathy Johnson
Kathy Johnson
Kathy Johnson, also known as Kathy Johnson Clarke is an American commentator and retired artistic gymnast...
and currently resides in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
.
Clarke was a three-time All-Ivy league football player at Yale, and held the school's records for most field goals in a game, season and career when he graduated. He tried out for the Dallas Cowboys and the Memphis Southmen
Memphis Southmen
The Memphis Southmen were a franchise in the World Football League which operated in 1974 and 1975. They played their home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.-From North to South:...
of the World Football League
World Football League
The World Football League was a short-lived gridiron football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team – the Hawaiians – in Honolulu, Hawaii. The...
before pursuing an acting career.