Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark was an American game-show host, radio andtelevision personality, and businessman. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions, which he sold part of in recent years. Clark is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand, five versions of the game show Pyramid, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Clark was long known for his departing catchphrase, "For now, Dick Clark...so long," delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance, earning the moniker "America's Oldest Teenager." Clark suffered a significant stroke in late 2004. With speech ability still impaired, Clark returned to his New Year's Rockin' Eve show on December 31, 2005/January 1, 2006. Subsequently, he appeared at the Emmy Awards on August 27, 2006, and every New Year's Rockin' Eve show through the 2011/2012 show. On April 18, 2012, Clark died of a heart attack at the age of 82.

Filmography

• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• 2007Planet Terror — Propmaker
• 2004Wildwood Days
• American Dreams — Producer
• Baby Bob — Dick Clark
• 2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians — Narrator (voice)
• 2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street — Dick Clark
• 2001Spy Kids — Financier
• 2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration — Self, Executive Producer
• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
• Futurama — Dick Clark's Head (voice)
• Greed — Executive Producer, Creator
• 1998Sticks — Dick Clark
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Producer
• 1997Deep Family Secrets — Executive Producer
• Just Shoot Me! — Dick Clark
• The Weird Al Show — Producer
• Arli$$ — Dick Clark
• 1996Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous — Executive Producer
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Dick Clark
• 1996The Making of a Hollywood Madam — Executive Producer
• Pinky and the Brain — Dick Clark (voice)
• 1995Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth — Himself, Executive Producer
• The Drew Carey Show — Dick Clark
• Fantastic Four — Dick Clark (voice)
• 1994The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins — Dick Clark (voice) (archive footage)
• 1993Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story — Executive Producer
• Scattergories — Host
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Dick Clark
• Mad About You — Dick Clark
• 1991Death Dreams — Executive Producer
• Blossom — Dick Clark
• 1990Catchfire — Producer
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Dick Clark
• The Simpsons — Dick Clark (voice)
• Live! Dick Clark Presents — Producer, Creator
• Murphy Brown
• 1987Superstars and their Moms — Executive Producer
• 1987The Return of Bruno — Dick Clark
• 1985Copacabana — Executive Producer
• 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Executive Producer
• The $100,000 Pyramid
• Puttin' on the Hits — Executive Producer
• 1984The Power — Executive Producer
• The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour — Executive Producer
• 1983The ABC Saturday Preview Show
• 1983The Woman Who Willed a Miracle — Executive Producer
• Police Squad! — Dick Clark
• Murder in Texas — Executive Producer
• 1980Men Who Rate a 10 — Executive Producer
• 1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 1980Valentine Magic on Love Island — Executive Producer
• 1979Birth of the Beatles — Executive Producer
• 1979Elvis — Executive Producer
• 1979The Dark — Producer
• 1979The Man in the Santa Claus Suit — Executive Producer
• 1978Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II — Executive Producer
• 1978Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979 — Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1978Sorority '62
• 1977A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons — Producer
• 1977Dick Clark's Good Old Days
• 1977Telethon — Irv Berman
• 1977The David Soul and Friends Special — Self, Executive Producer
• 1975Mr. & Ms. and the Bandstand Mystery — Dick Clark
• PBS News Hour — Self - Senator, Democrat Iowa
• 1975The Werewolf of Woodstock — Producer
• American Music Awards — Executive Producer
• The Daytime Emmy Awards
• ABC Afterschool Special — Executive Producer
• Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest — Self - Host, Self (archive footage), Producer, Creator
• The Odd Couple — Dick Clark
• The Partridge Family — Dick Clark
• 1970The Phynx — Dick Clark
• Adam-12 — J. Benson
• Happening '68 — Producer
• 1968Killers Three — Roger, Story, Producer
• 1968Psych-Out — Producer
• 1968The Savage Seven — Producer
• 1968Wild in the Streets — TV Newscaster (uncredited)
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Producer
• Batman — Citizen
• Branded
• Honey West — PR Agent Payton
• Burke's Law — Peter Barrows, Gil Knox
• Let's Make a Deal — Producer
• World in Action
• Stoney Burke
• Ben Casey
• 1961The Young Doctors — Dr. Alexander
• 1960Because They're Young — Neil Hendry
• Perry Mason — Leif Early
• Miss Universe — Host
• The Jack Benny Program — Dick Clark
• The Other Half
• Where the Action Is — Creator
• Your Big Break — Creator

Appearances as themselves (63)

• 2024DEVO — Self (archive footage)
• 2022McEnroe — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Beastie Boys Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2020My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)
• 2014James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message — Self
• 2014Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke — Self (archive footage)
• Why Not? with Shania Twain — Self (archive footage)
• 2009 Game Show Awards — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals — Self
• 2008Rainman Twins — Self
• 2008The Wrecking Crew — Self
• 2006Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self
• 2004Michael Jackson: The One — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 2003Michael Jackson: Number Ones — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Bowling for Columbine — Self
• 2002Confessions of a Dangerous Mind — Self
• 2002Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys — Self
• Last Call with Carson Daly — Self
• 2002The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel — Self
• 2002The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 2000The Beatles Revolution — Self
• 1999Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s — Self (archive footage)
• 1999The Suburbans — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self
• Behind the Music — Self
• Dharma & Greg — Self
• Jenny — Self
• 1995A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story — Self (uncredited)
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1993Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues — Self
• 1987It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration — Himself
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1985The Compleat Al — Self
• TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes — Self
• 1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1982Twilight Theater II — Self- Guest
• 1981A Love Letter to Jack Benny — Himself
• 1981Good Evening, Captain — Self
• 1980Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights — Self
• 1978Deadman's Curve — Self
• 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
• The Captain and Tennille — Self - Guest
• Dinah! — Self
• 1968Jack Benny's Bag — Self
• 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
• Miss USA — Self - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• 1959Gidget — Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited)
• The Dick Clark Show — Self - Host
• American Bandstand — Self - Host
• 1957Jamboree! — Himself
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self