Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark was an American game-show host, radio andtelevision personality, and businessman. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions, which he sold part of in recent years. Clark is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand, five versions of the game show Pyramid, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Clark was long known for his departing catchphrase, "For now, Dick Clark...so long," delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance, earning the moniker "America's Oldest Teenager." Clark suffered a significant stroke in late 2004. With speech ability still impaired, Clark returned to his New Year's Rockin' Eve show on December 31, 2005/January 1, 2006. Subsequently, he appeared at the Emmy Awards on August 27, 2006, and every New Year's Rockin' Eve show through the 2011/2012 show. On April 18, 2012, Clark died of a heart attack at the age of 82.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 30, 1929
- April 18, 2012 (aged 82)
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Actor and producer, also writer
- 48 on MovieCove · 100 credits in all
What are Dick Clark's films like?
Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 3 · Earnest 21
Light 11 · Serious 11 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4
Gentle 9 · Charged 13 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 14 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 3
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 0
Casual 18 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 14 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 2
Resolved 25 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Neil Hendry in Because They're Young (1960)
- Mentoras Neil Hendry in Because They're Young (1960)
- Shadowas Roger in Killers Three (1968)
- Heraldas Dick Clark in The Return of Bruno (1987)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous4
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Dick Clark's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) · producer · free
- The Young Doctors (1961) · actor · free
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) · producer · free
- Heavy Petting (1989) · actor · free
- Wild in the Streets (1968) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Mad About You (1992) · actor · free
- The Partridge Family (1970) · actor · free
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) · actor · free
- Catchfire (1990) · producer · free
- Mutant (1984) · producer · free
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) · producer · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Mad About You (1992) · actor · free
- The Partridge Family (1970) · actor · free
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) · actor · free
- Catchfire (1990) · producer · free
- Mutant (1984) · producer · free
- The Dark (1979) · producer · free
- Howdy, show their 4 titles on Howdy
- ScreenPix, show their 4 titles on ScreenPix
- Screambox, show their 2 titles on Screambox
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Docurama, show their title on Docurama
- FOX One, show their title on FOX One
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Dick Clark's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
100 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 63 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Planet Terror(2007)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Wildwood Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
American Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Baby Bob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Spy Kids(2001)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all filmsMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Greed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Futurama(1999)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Sticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Weird Al Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Deep Family Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Just Shoot Me!(1997)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Arli$$(1996)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Drew Carey Show(1995)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Pinky and the Brain(1995)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all filmsScattergories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Mad About You(1992)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper(1992)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Death Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Blossom(1990)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Catchfire(1990)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Heavy Petting(1989)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Live! Dick Clark Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Return of Bruno(1987)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Copacabana(1985)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The $100,000 Pyramid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Puttin' on the Hits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Mutant(1984)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all filmsThe ABC Saturday Preview Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Demon Murder Case(1983)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Police Squad! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Murder in Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Men Who Rate a 10(1980)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Valentine Magic on Love Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Birth of the Beatles(1979)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Dark(1979)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Elvis(1979)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Good Old Days Part II(1978)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Sorority '62 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Telethon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Dick Clark's Good Old Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The David Soul and Friends Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Mr. & Ms. and the Bandstand Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Werewolf of Woodstock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Daytime Emmy Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
American Music Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
ABC Afterschool Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Partridge Family(1970)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
The Odd Couple(1970)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Phynx(1970)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Killers Three(1968)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Adam-12(1968)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Wild in the Streets(1968)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Savage Seven(1968)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Psych-Out(1968)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all filmsHappening '68 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Batman(1966)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Honey West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Let's Make a Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
World in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Stoney Burke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Young Doctors(1961)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Because They're Young(1960)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Miss Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
The Other Half (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Where the Action Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Your Big Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles, 92 of them dated from 1950 to 2010; peak year 2001.
Biggest box office
Spy Kids (2001)
Highest rated
2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
Most popular right now
Spy Kids (2001)
Film career
Peak 2001 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1968Screen debut· Wild in the Streets
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Dick Clark's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of the 29 of 30 with a score; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th13
Shape of the crowd
25 of their 47 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed25
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Dick Clark's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Dick Clark work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dick Clark's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Neil Stearns shares the most, 4.
Directors
- John 'Bud' CardosShared titles: Mutant (1984), The Dark (1979), Killers Three (1968)See all 3 shared titles with John 'Bud' Cardos
- Jeff MargolisShared titles: Superstars and Their Moms (1987), Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Margolis
- Richard RushShared titles: Psych-Out (1968), The Savage Seven (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Rush
Writers
- Michael FisherShared titles: Killers Three (1968), The Savage Seven (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Fisher
Actors
- Michael PatakiShared titles: The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996), Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Pataki
- Beau BridgesShared titles: Secret Sins of the Father (1994), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Beau Bridges
- Dean StockwellShared titles: Catchfire (1990), Psych-Out (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Stockwell
- Fred WardShared titles: Catchfire (1990), Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Ward
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Renn ReynoldsShared titles: Killers Three (1968), Psych-Out (1968), The Savage Seven (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Renn Reynolds
- Chris BoardmanShared titles: The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Boardman
- Robert SteadmanShared titles: The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Steadman
- Lenny StackShared titles: Superstars and Their Moms (1987), Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Lenny Stack
Producers
- Neil StearnsShared titles: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998), The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996), Secret Sins of the Father (1994), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Neil Stearns
- Al SchwartzShared titles: Superstars and Their Moms (1987), Men Who Rate a 10 (1980), Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)See all 4 shared titles with Al Schwartz
- Bill SieglerShared titles: Secret Sins of the Father (1994), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Siegler
- Bob RubinShared titles: Secret Sins of the Father (1994), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Rubin
Mixed roles
- Corey AllenShared titles: Heavy Petting (1989), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Corey Allen
