Ralph Clanton

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Ralph Clanton
Clanton in 1957
Born	Ralph Woodward Clanton (1914-09-11)September 11, 1914 Fresno, California, U.S.
Died	December 29, 2002(2002-12-29) (aged 88) Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1983

Ralph Woodward Clanton (September 11, 1914 – December 29, 2002) was an American character actor of film, stage, and television. His most seen performance was Comte De Guiche in the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac, the first sound version in English of Edmond Rostand's play, and the film for which José Ferrer won his only Academy Award for Best Actor. Besides Ferrer as Cyrano, Clanton was the only holdover from the cast of the 1946 Broadway revival of the play, and would play the role of De Guiche opposite him once more, in a New York City Center production in 1953.^[1]