{"id":892,"date":"2020-10-06T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2020-10-06T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:35:05","slug":"clark-middleton-actor-in-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-dies-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/2020\/10\/06\/clark-middleton-actor-in-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-dies-at-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark Middleton, Actor in \u2018The Blacklist,\u2019 \u2018Snowpiercer,\u2019 Dies at 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Clark Middleton, Actor in \u2018The Blacklist,\u2019 \u2018Twin Peaks,\u2019 Dies at 63<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton, who appeared in \u201cKill Bill Vol. 2,\u201d \u201cThe Blacklist\u201d and \u201cSnowpiercer,\u201d died Sunday as a result of West Nile Virus, his wife Elissa confirmed. He was 63.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith heavy hearts we announce the passing of a life eminently worthy of celebration: Clark Tinsley Middleton, 63 \u2013 beloved actor, writer, director, teacher, hero, husband, beacon, friend,\u201d Elissa wrote. \u201cClark transitioned on October 4th as a result of West Nile Virus, for which there is no known cure. Clark was a beautiful soul who spent a lifetime defying limits and advocating for people with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On television, Middleton appeared in recurring roles on \u201cLaw &amp; Order,\u201d \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d and, most recently, \u201cThe Blacklist,\u201d where he played the irritable DMV boss Glen Carter. On the 2017 Showtime revival of David Lynch\u2019s \u201cTwin Peaks,\u201d he played Charlie, the sleepy husband of Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn). He told Indiewire in 2017 he didn\u2019t even have to audition for the role. \u201cI thought I would enjoy being in that world. It was the sort of world I thought I could fit in as an actor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Middleton worked with prominent directors including Quentin Tarantino in \u201cKill Bill Vol. 2,\u201d Ang Lee in \u201cTaking Woodstock,\u201d Bong Joon Ho in \u201cSnowpiercer\u201d and Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez in \u201cSin City.\u201d Among his big-screen credits was Academy Award-winning \u201cBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also wrote and directed original work for both the screen and stage, where he got his start.<\/p>\n<p>Middleton began working as an actor in New York in 1983, making his theatrical debut in three plays with late Emmy award-winning actor and Broadway star Geraldine Page. With his debut on Broadway, he portrayed Hugo in the Tony-nominated revival of \u201cThe Iceman Cometh\u201d with Denzel Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 30 years, his extensive stage experience took him across the country, where he performed in major theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, including his one-person critically acclaimed play \u201cMiracle Mile.\u201d He also created roles for playwrights Sam Shepard, John Guare and John Belluso, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Middleton, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, taught acting for more than 20 years in New York City. He also lived with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis for more than 50 years and was a spokesperson for the Arthritis Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Blacklist\u201d writer Jon Bokenkamp said in a statement, \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken. Besides being a truly unique and gifted actor, Clark was simply an incredible guy in every way. He was a whip-smart film nut. He loved his work with a passion. And he was insanely generous of spirit \u2026 I know his entire family at The Blacklist is devastated by this news. Clark was one of the good ones, and we lost him way too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife Elissa, his brother Kirby Middleton and his mother Sue Perior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark Middleton, Actor in \u2018The Blacklist,\u2019 \u2018Twin Peaks,\u2019 Dies at 63 Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton, who appeared in \u201cKill Bill Vol. 2,\u201d \u201cThe Blacklist\u201d and \u201cSnowpiercer,\u201d died Sunday as a result of West Nile Virus, his wife Elissa confirmed. He was 63. \u201cWith heavy hearts we announce the passing of a life eminently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[364,217,365],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Clark-Middleton.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pci3ty-eo","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/untamenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}