Clark, Lon C.

Other Events:

• 1920 Census: 1920, Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
• 1930 Census: 1930, Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota, USA
• Occupation: Aft 1942; Radio Broadcaster and Actor
• Media: 27 Sep 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 09/27/1943 The Glass Coffin
• Media: 4 Oct 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/04/1943 The Flying Duck Murder
• Media: 18 Oct 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/18/1943 State Prison Evidence
• Media: 25 Oct 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/25/1943 Angle on Murder
• Media: 3 Nov 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 11/03/1943 Body on the Slab
• Media: 10 Nov 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 11/10/1943 Drug Ring Murder
• Media: 17 Nov 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 11/17/1943 The Substitute Bride
• Media: 25 Dec 1943; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 12/25/1943 Christmas Adventure
• Media: 8 Jan 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/08/1944 Double Disguise
• Media: 12 Jan 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/12/1944 Missing Hal
• Media: 15 Jan 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/15/1944 Nine hours to Live
• Media: 22 Jan 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/22/1944 Records of Death
• Media: 29 Jan 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/29/1944 Unwilling Accomplice
• Media: 5 Feb 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 02/05/1944 Corpse in the Cab
• Media: 12 Feb 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 02/12/1944 Missing Harold
• Media: 19 Feb 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 02/19/1944 Death after Dark
• Media: 26 Feb 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 02/26/1944 Dead Witness
• Media: 4 Mar 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 03/04/1944 Death in the Pines
• Media: 25 Mar 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 03/25/1944 Drums of Death
• Media: 1 Apr 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 04/01/1944 Professor Secret
• Media: 8 Apr 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 04/08/1944 Murder by Magic
• Media: 15 Apr 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 04/15/1944 Cat Brings Death
• Media: 8 Oct 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/08/1944 Numbers
• Media: 15 Oct 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/15/1944 Slingshot Murders
• Media: 22 Oct 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 10/22/1944 Mad Mountain
• Media: 5 Nov 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 11/05/1944 Death in the Pool
• Media: 3 Dec 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 12/03/1944 Death Plays Lead
• Media: 24 Dec 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 12/24/1944 Murder to College
• Media: 31 Dec 1944; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 12/31/1944 Murder in Decant
• Media: 7 Jan 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/07/1945 Monkey Sees
• Media: 14 Jan 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/14/1945 Murder by Fire
• Media: 21 Jan 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/21/1945 Death by Richochet
• Media: 28 Jan 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 01/28/1945 Eye 4 an Eye
• Media: 4 Feb 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 02/04/1945 Ready for Murder
• Media: 4 Mar 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 03/04/1945 Poison with Past
• Media: 11 Mar 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 03/11/1945 Webs of Murder
• Media: 29 Apr 1945; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 04/29/1945 Witch Mountain
• Media: 30 Sep 1951; Clark, Lon as Nick Carter Master Detective Episode 09/30/1951 The Howling Horse
• Same Person Link: Aft 2 Oct 1998; Wikipedia- Lon Clark
• News Mention: 7 Oct 1998
• Obituary: 9 Oct 1998
• Obituary: 10 Oct 1998; Buffalo News

Notes:

1920 Census:
E D Hansen 57
Caroline Hansen 56
Alma Hansen 17
Adeline Hansen 11
Bertha Clark 28
Alonzo Clark 9
Gerald Clark 7

1930 Census:
Edward Kilen 34
Bertha Kilen 37
Alonzo Clark 19
Gerald Clark 17

Occupation:
Nick Carter played for over ten years, and gave radio detectives fans another deductive hero to tail. The half-hour unfolds as a straight, dramatic narrative, with clues littering the scenes, so that a plausible solution was possible for the alert listener. Nick came on at the end of the show to add it all up correctly.
Lon Clark was Nick throughout the run, and did him as a pretty serious straight-ahead guy, like a hound on the trail. After all, he had his master's status to uphold. Helen Choate played Nick's assistant, Patsy Bowen until '46, then Charlotte Manson. Patsy was Nick's smart, witty sidekick who took no guff from Sgt. Masterson, played by Ed Latimer. Sgt. Masterson was the typical workman-like homicide cop (the type goes right back to Lestrade of Sherlock Holmes) who looked to Nick to shed a little light. The detective team had a "legman" in Scubby Wilson, a reporter who tailed Nick and Patsy on the cases. John Kane did Scubby as the brash, ready-and-willing young man who was out to get the story, and knew Nick Carter would deliver the goods which he could then scoop.
That Nick was a Master Detective came from the fact that as a character he first appeared in the pulps, where the billing made a little more sense. On the old time radio show, fine organ work pumps ups the action, though the sound effects are minimal.
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News Mention:
CLARK-Lon. On radio, ''Nick Carter-Master Detective.'' In life, master diplomat. Friend and beloved of countless through The Episcopal Actors' Guild. He was a stellar figure at The Players. And depending on the circustances, father or brother to me.
David Wren, Philadelphia, PA
Published: 10 - 07 - 1998 , Late Edition - Final , Section C , Column 3 , Page 23
October 7, 1998, Wednesday ; CLASSIFIED Paid Notice: Deaths CLARK, LON

Obituary:
Lon Clark, 86, Actor and Voice on Radio NEW YORK
October 9, 1998 -- Lon Clark, who began his career in radio drama and went on to a theatrical career on and off-Broadway, died on Friday at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan. He was 86 and lived in Manhattan. Clark made his name as the rich baritone voice of a radio sleuth, starring from 1943 to 1955 in the popular weekly series "Nick Carter, Master Detective" on WOR-Mutual. He also appeared regularly on such shows as "The Kate Smith Hour," "The March of Time," "The Thin Man" and "Norman Corwin Presents," playing opposite performers like Orson Welles, Helen Hayes, Fred Allen and Art Carney.Born in Frost, Minn., Clark studied at the McPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, worked in traveling tent shows as an actor and musician and then spent a season with the Cincinnati Summer Opera. He first tried his hand at radio drama in Cincinnati, then moved to New York in the 1940s. In later years he turned to stage work and at one point took over the role of Jamie from Jason Robards in the 1956 Broadway production of O'Neill 's "Long Day's Journey Into Night."He is survived by his wife, Michelle Trudeau Clark; two sons, Lon Jr. and Stephen, both of San Francisco; a brother, Gerald, of Plymouth, Minn .; and a grandson.

Obituary:
need to get complete article...only this portion avail online.
Lon Clark, a stage actor who was the rich baritone voice of a radio detective, has died at age 86. He died Oct. 2 at St. C lare's Hospital in Manhattan, where he lived. Clark was the star of the po pular radio series "Nick Carter, Master Detective" on WOR-Mutual from 19 43 to 1955. He also appeared frequently on "The Kate Smith Hour," "The Th in Man" and "Norman Corwin Presents." Clark eventually turned to the theat er, at one point...
The first annual Lon C. Clark Scholarship was presented to a student at t he AADA in 1998 by Lon Clark himself, only months before his death. This s cholarship honors the late Mr. Clark, who was the Executive Secretary of t he Episcopal Actors' Guild from 1973 to 1996. A retired actor, Mr. Cla rk was best know for his portrayal of the title role on the radio show Ni ck Carter, Master Detective, which aired from 1943 to 1955. His scholarsh ip continues to be presented on his birthday, January 12.

Lon married Burns, Margaret "Marjorie" Abt Nov 1939, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Margaret (daughter of Burns, Dr. Robert J. and Cox, Mary) was born 16 Jun 1907, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA; died 7 Dec 1979, New York, New York, New York, USA; was buried , Calvary/St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Lon married Trudeau, Michelle [Group Sheet]

Lon married Thelander, Linda C. [Group Sheet]