Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of Adventures of Superman and as Newman Haynes Clanton, or Old Man Clanton, in 21 episodes of the ABC/Desilu western series, ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.''
Early years
Bardette was born in Nashville, Arkansas. He acted with the dramatic club at Oregon State University, where he graduated in 1925 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He then earned a master of science degree at Northwestern University.
Career
Bardette began working in film in 1936, after leaving a planned mechanical engineering career. His first role was in the 1937 movie Borderland, a Hopalong Cassidy "Old West" feature. He appeared in an uncredited role as Art Huck in The Big Sleep.
He made over 172 movies and 72 television appearances in his career, and was seen as a rustler, gangster, wartime collaborator. On The Adventures of Superman, he played the sinister title character in the 1951 show “The Human Bomb”. In its 1954 episode "Great Caesar's Ghost", he was a member of a criminal gang trying to drive editor Perry White insane by making him think the subject of his oft-heard epithet had materialized. He played "Wally", the proprietor of Wally's Filling Station, in the "Gomer the House Guest" episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
Bardette was cast in various roles in four episodes of the anthology series The Ford Television Theatre between 1953 and 1956. He guest-starred six times each on the original CBS family drama, Lassie, and in Clint Walker's ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne. Bardette appeared three times on John Payne's western series, The Restless Gun as well as Wagon Train, and Have Gun – Will Travel. Twice he appeared on Tales of Wells Fargo, Broken Arrow, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Laramie and Trackdown.
Bardette played Captain Warner in the 1962 episode "A Matter of Honor" on the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days. In that episode, Vic Morrow played Lt. Robert Benson. In Oct 1962 he played Jessie Johnson on an episode of Bonanza, "The Way Station", as the grandfather of a lovestruck young woman whose love interest holds a stage hostage until a posse arrives. In 1965, he played Stanley Conklin in the episode "The Unborn" of the CBS drama Slattery's People, starring Richard Crenna as a state legislator.
From 1959 to 1961, he was cast as the unscrupulous Old Man Clanton on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Wyatt Earp. His last appearance was in "The Requiem for Old Man Clanton" on May 30, 1961. Bardette appeared as well in different roles in five earlier Wyatt Earp episodes between 1956 and 1958.
Bardette made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. In 1959, he played murder victim John Brant in "The Case of the Startled Stallion," and in 1963 he played murderer Garrett Richards in "The Case of the Two-Faced Turn-a-Bout," with Hugh O'Brian in the role of guest attorney Bruce Jason.
Bardette made his final television appearance in the 1968 episode "Goodbye, Dolly" of the CBS sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors. His final film appearance was the next year in Mackenna's Gold.
Selected filmography
The Cabin in the Cotton - Bit Part Borderland - Col. GonzalesThey Won't Forget - Shattuck ClayWhite Bondage - Lon Huston The Great Garrick - M. NoverreJezebel - Sheriff at Plantation Topa Topa - Joe MortonMystery House - BrukerMarie Antoinette - Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin Valley of the Giants - Complaining Landowner In Old Mexico - Colonel GonzalezSmashing the Spy Ring - Jordan Stand Up and Fight - Mob Leader Let Freedom Ring - GaganThe Oklahoma Kid - Indian Jack PascoOverland with Kit Carson - Mitchell - TrapperThe Cowboy Quarterback - The Indian Charlie Chan at Treasure Island - AbdulBlackmail - Southern Deputy Gone with the Wind - Minor Role Abe Lincoln in Illinois - John HanksThe Grapes of Wrath - Jule - Bouncer at Dance The Fighting 69th - First Alabama Man Virginia City - Union Fanatic with Knife Dark Command - Mr. HaleYoung Buffalo Bill - Emelio MontezSki Patrol - Russian Tunnel Team CommanderTorrid Zone - Policeman Escorting Lee on Ship Island of Doomed Men' - District Attorney Wagons Westward - Alan CookNew Moon - Foulette Winners of the West - RavenThree Faces West - Clem HigginsHe Stayed for Breakfast - Police LieutenantThe Westerner - Shad WilkinsGirl from Havana - Drenov, the RussianMurder Over New York - Hindu Businessman Santa Fe Trail - Agitator in Palmyra Romance of the Rio Grande - Henchman ManuelDoomed Caravan - Ed MartinTopper Returns - Rama - the ButlerThe Cowboy and the Blonde - Wanee, Indian Cook Jungle Girl - Dr. John Meredith / Bradley MeredithBad Men of Missouri - Bandaged Soldier Highway West - Husband Mystery Ship - Ernst MadekBuy Me That Town - GeorgeInternational Lady - Krell, the Chemist Glamour Boy - SheriffRed River Valley - AllisonWild Bill Hickok Rides - Sam BassHenry and Dizzy - Mr. WeeksFlight Lieutenant - Carey The Secret Code - JensenApache Trail - AmberChetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas - Peasant Leader The Moon Is Down - Knute Pierson - Foreman This Land Is Mine - Courtroom Guard Who Brings Albert's Notes The Chance of a Lifetime - Manny Vogel Deerslayer - Chief RivanoakNone Shall Escape - Jan Stys as a ManThe Whistler - The Bum in the Next Bed Tampico - Charlie - Mexican Waiter The Black Parachute - Nicholas - Guerilla U-Boat Prisoner - Convoy Ship Commander The Conspirators - Stefan The Missing Juror - Tom Pierson Faces in the Fog - Garner, Juror Counter-Attack - Petrov Escape in the Desert - Steve, Citizen Gunman A Thousand and One Nights - Hasson Dick Tracy - Prof. Linwood J. StarlingGod's Country - White CloudThe Hoodlum Saint - Rabbi MeyerbergDragonwyck - Farmer The Man Who Dared - Police Sgt. Arthur LandisSing While You Dance - DustyThe Big Sleep - Art Huck Dick Tracy vs. Cueball - Lester Abbott 13 Rue Madeleine - Resistance Fighter The Beginning or the End - Clinic DoctorRamrod - Bailey - Circle 66 Hand The Sea of Grass - Andy BoggsThe Millerson Case - Ward Beechy Slave Girl - Hadji, the Cafe ProprietorWyoming - TimmonsMarshal of Cripple Creek - Tom LambertUnconquered - Villager Beside Garth at Ft. Pitt Siege The Last Round-Up - Indian Chief T-Men - Rudy Tycoon - Julio Ayora - House Guest Alias a Gentleman - Jig JohnsonThe Wreck of the Hesperus - William BlissPanhandle - Barber Customer The Mating of Millie - Mr. Wilson The Return of the Whistler - Arnold Adventures in Silverado - MikeSilver River - Soldier The Gallant Legion - Half-Breed Interpreter Secret Service Investigator - Henry WitzelSword of the Avenger - MiguelMarshal of Amarillo - Frank WelchThe Loves of Carmen - Lucas' Footman Behind Locked Doors - Mr. Purvis - a Patient Black Eagle - Mike LongSundown in Santa Fe - John StuartHills of Home - Saunders Smoky Mountain Melody - Uncle McCorkleThe Paleface - Governor's Horseman Sheriff of Wichita - Captain Ira FlandersSong of India - RewaBig Jack - John Oakes The Doolins of Oklahoma - Ezra Johnson - Farmer Hellfire - WilsonThe Blazing Trail - Jess WilliamsOmoo-Omoo, the Shark God - Capt. Roger GuyLust for Gold - Man in Saloon Wyoming Bandit - Wyoming DanSan Antone Ambush - Wade ShattuckApache Chief - Chief Big CrowBagdad - Soldier Renegades of the Sage - MillerGun Crazy - Sheriff BostonThe Palomino - Bill Brown Cargo to Capetown - Captain Olferi Fortunes of Captain Blood - Head Prison Guard Hills of Oklahoma - Hank PetersTarzan and the Slave Girl - Man Building Tomb Broken Arrow - Stage Passenger A Lady Without Passport - Lt. Carfagno, Cuban CopUnion Station - Patrolman Copper Canyon - Southerner Ore Wagon Driver Gene Autry and the Mounties - Raoul DuvalThe Sword of Monte Cristo - NavarreFort Savage Raiders - Old CussLorna Doone - Jan Fry The Texas Rangers - 1st Telegraph Operator Mask of the Avenger - Farmer Fort Dodge Stampede - Sparkler McCannHoneychile - Crooked Rancher The Barefoot Mailman - Oat McCartyFlight to Mars - Alzar Lone Star - Sid YoakumMacao - Alvaris The San Francisco Story - Miner Montana Territory - Lloyd Magruder The Studebaker Story The Man Behind the Gun - Sheldon's Henchman at Hideout The Sun Shines Bright - Rufe RamseurA Perilous Journey - Whiskered Miner Ambush at Tomahawk Gap - Twin Forks SheriffThe Desert Song - NeriThe Man from the Alamo - Davy Crockett Bandits of the West - Jeff ChadwickThunder Over the Plains - Walter Morgan Red River Shore - Frank BarlowDangerous Mission - Kicking Bear Indian Chief at Schoolhouse Johnny Guitar - Jenks The Outlaw Stallion - RigoDestry - Sheriff Joseph BaileyRage at Dawn - FisherThe Man from Bitter Ridge - Walter DunhamRun for Cover - PaulsenThe Man from Bitter Ridge - Sam BaldwinThe Rawhide Years - CaptainThe Rack - Court PresidentDragoon Wells Massacre - Marshal Bill HaneyShoot-Out at Medicine Bend - Sheriff Bob MasseyMan in the Shadow - Bystander in Opening Scene The Monolith Monsters - Prof. Arthur FlandersThe Hard Man - Mitch WillisThe Restless Gun - The Marshall in Episode "The Child"The Restless Gun - Enoch Wilson in Episode "Hiram Grover's Strike"Colgate Theatre - Episode "The Last Marshal"The Restless Gun - Episode "Peligroso"Thunder Road - Vernon DoolinThe Saga of Hemp Brown - Judge RawlinsThe Mating Game - Chief GuthrieThe Joey Bishop Show - Clem AmesPapa's Delicate Condition - Stanley Henderson IIThe Raiders - 'Uncle Otto' StrassnerMackenna's Gold - Judge Bergerman