John Morrison Clarke (29 July 1948 – 9 April 2017) was a New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer and satirist who lived and worked in Australia from the late 1970s. He was a highly regarded actor and writer whose work appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in both radio and television and also in print. He is known predominantly for his long-running collaboration with fellow satirist, Bryan Dawe, which lasted from 1989 to his death in 2017, as well as for his success as a comic actor in Australian and New Zealand film and television.
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Full name at birth | John Morrison Clarke
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Claim to fame | Fred Dagg
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Date of birth | 29 July 1948
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Place of birth | Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
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Date of death | 9 April 2017
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Age | 68 (age at death)
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Place of death | Grampians, Victoria, Australia
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Occupation | Actor, Comedian
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John Clarke is known for his role in the TV series The D Generation Goes Commercial (1988) as Cleaner.
He is also known for his role in the TV series Clarke & Dawe (1989) as Andrew Peacock.
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