Oliver Clark is an American

United States

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 character actor.

Clark was born Richard Mardirosian in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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, the son of Afro (née

Married and maiden names

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 Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. He is of Armenian

Armenians

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 heritage. His brother, Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian is an American actor. He is known for playing Agamemnon Busmalis in the HBO show Oz and Agent Kristos Koutris in the HBO show "The Wire"....

, is also an actor. Clark made numerous appearances in film and television, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. Two of his best-known characters were John Doe #6

John Doe

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 on the NBC

NBC

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 drama St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

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,a likeable and humorous psychiatric patient, and Mr. Herd, a patient of psychologist Bob Hartley on CBS

CBS

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 situation comedy

Situation comedy

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 The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

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. He played Mr. Belding in the original pilot of the series Good Morning Miss Bliss but was subsequently replaced by Dennis Haskins

Dennis Haskins

Dennis Haskins is an American actor known for his role as principal Richard Belding in the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell, which ran from 1989 to 1993 on NBC. He then went on to star in Saved by the Bell: The New Class, which aired from 1993 to 2000...

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