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John Clarke

John Morrison Clarke (aka 'Fred Dagg') (29 July 1948 - 9 April 2017) born Palmerston North, NZ is a writer and actor who directed one telemovie:

Stiff (John Clarke, 2004)

Dagg Sea Scrolls, The (John Clarke, 2006) wr. John Clarke; John Clarke; TV doco; NZ; 46 min.


He is to be differentiated from the John Clark AM (born Hobart 1932) who has directed just this one feature:

Running on Empty (John Clark, 1982)


Another John Clark is the Aboriginal actor who has appeared in some fourteen films over the sixty years 1949-2009, notably

Kiss or Kill (Bill Bennett, 1997)

in which, having been hired as a tracker, he also solves the murder.


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