Background
Clarke was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Clarke was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
He held the school"s records for most field goals in a game, season and career when he graduated in 1974.
He has appeared in many television series and features. Clarke was a three-time All-Ivy League football player while attending Yale University. After graduating college, Clarke tried out for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League and the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League.
He then began pursuing an acting career.
Clarke starred as Greg Marmalard on the television sitcom Delta House. He became a series regular on the comedy-drama Eight is Enough as Merl "The Pearl" Stockwell, a professional baseball player.
He has made guest appearances on many television series, including Baywatch, Party of Five, Computer Society of India: Miami, and Drop Dead Diva. He has appeared on the soap operas General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and Sunset Beach.
He also appeared in the 1988 thriller Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.