Jan ClaytonFilmography

Born:: August 26, 1917
Occupation:: Actor

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The Dukes of Hazzard: The Legacy

Synopsis: Jan Clayton, best known to TV aficionados as the first "mom" on Lassie, is here cast as widow Lucinda Meadows, an old flame of Jesse Duke (Denver Pyle). Returning to Hazzard County to claim a debt owed her late husband by Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), Lucinda eventually discovers that her legacy Read More

1981
Scruples

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Marie-France Pisier

Synopsis: Adapted from the Judith Krantz novel of the same name, the CBS miniseries Scruples zeroes in on a trendy, upscale Beverly Hills boutique. The guiding force behind the Scruples shop is beautiful Billy Ikelhorn (Lindsay Wagner), who, though born into grinding poverty, had risen to the uppermost Read More

1980
The Streets of San Francisco: The Thrill Killers, Part 1

Synopsis: The two-part opener of Streets of San Francisco's fifth and final season marks a major transition, as SFPD homicide detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) loses his longtime partner Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) and gains a new one, athletic young inspector Dan Robbins (Richard Hatch). But before Read More

1976
Bloodsport

Actors: Ben Johnson, Gary Busey, Larry Hagman, Bill [William] Lucking, David F. Doyle

Synopsis: Bloodsport began life under the less alluring title Poetry in Motion. Gary Busey and Ben Johnson star as, respectively, a high-school football quarterback and his "winning is the only thing" father. The more his dad pushes him, the less Busey truly wants to be an athlete. The inter-family Read More

1973
Racket Squad: Flying Fish

1952
The Wolf Hunters

Actors: Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris, Helen Parrish

Synopsis: Compared to his later "A" westerns, director Oscar "Budd" Boetticher's The Wolf Hunters is often exasperatingly slow. This was the second of producer Lindsley Parson's efforts to create a series based on the Great White North yarns of James Oliver Curwood. Kirby Grant plays a Canadian Mountie who Read More

1949
The Snake Pit

Actors: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Helen Craig

Synopsis: "A woman loses her mind and is confined to a mental institution." That's the usual TV-listing encapsulation of The Snake Pit -- and like most such encapsulations, it only scratches the film's surface. Olivia de Havilland stars as an outwardly normal young woman, married to loyal, kindly Mark Stevens Read More

1948
This Man's Navy

Actors: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason, Jan Clayton, Selena Royle

Synopsis: Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery), the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. His friendship with widow Maude Weaver (Selena Royle) and her son Jess (Tom Drake) in effect sets him up with a real family. Jess enters the service and goes Read More

1945
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Actors: John Shepperd, Shepperd Strudwick, Linda Darnell, Jane Darwell, Virginia Gilmore, Mary Howard

Synopsis: John Shepperd, later known as Shepperd Strudwick, stars as the tragic Edgar Allan Poe in this low-budget biopic. Adopted as a child, Poe grows into a directionless adult, disgracing himself and his foster family through his inability (or unwillingness) to conform to the status quo of 19th century Read More

1942
Six Gun Gold

Actors: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Jan Clayton, Lee "Lasses" White, LeRoy Mason

Synopsis: In this exciting western, a cowboy hero and his partner are en route to meet the hero's brother when they are waylaid by the new town marshal (a bad guy in disguise). The brother (the rightful marshal) has mysteriously vanished and when the evil lawman threatens them they high-tail it to the Read More

1941
The Showdown

Actors: William "Hopalong" Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Morris Ankrum, Jan Clayton

Synopsis: The Showdown was the second 1940 entry in Paramount's "Hopalong Cassidy" western series. William Boyd (who else?) stars as Hoppy, while his sidekicks on this trip are Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins and Britt Wood as Speedy. When his rancher friend dies of a heart attack after being swindled by a Read More

1940
Flight Angels

Actors: Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyman

Synopsis: A barely disguised rip-off of 20th Century-Fox's all-female Tail Spin (39), Warner Bros.' Flight Angels is an inexpensive "tribute" to airline stewardesses. Among the angels of the title are haughty Virginia Bruce and hoydenish Jane Wyman, who in one scene actually come to blows over their Read More

1940
Father Is a Prince

Actors: Nana Bryant, Grant Mitchell, John Litel, George Reeves, Jan Clayton

Synopsis: Father is a Prince is a scaled-down remake of the 1934 comedy-drama Big Hearted Herbert, itself based on a play by Sophie Kerr Underwood. Grant Mitchell plays tyrannical paterfamilias Mr. Bower, who runs his home like he runs his carpet-sweeper factory: pinching pennies, turning off lights, and Read More

1940
The Llano Kid

Actors: Tito Guizar, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Jan Clayton, Emma Dunn

Synopsis: In this Mexican adventure, a daring man robs a stage coach. During the robbery, his mask slips off when he steals a kiss. Though the woman he affronted saw his face, she refuses to identify him. Later the two get together to cheat a Mexican woman out of her wealth by having the Kid impersonate her Read More

1940
Sunset Trail

Actors: William "Hopalong" Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jan Clayton, Robert Fiske

Synopsis: William Boyd, alias "Hopalong Cassidy," dons the guise of fop in order to catch the bad guys in this above-average series entry co-starring Russell Hayden and George "Gabby" Hayes. When Silver City rancher John Marsh (Kenneth Harlan) is killed by casino owner Monte Keller (Robert Fiske) after Read More

1938
In Old Mexico

Actors: William "Hopalong" Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton, Betty Amann

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running western series, Hoppy and his pals must journey to Mexico after receiving a summons. Upon arrival, they realize that it was fake and that a good friend has been mysteriously murdered. They solve the puzzle with the assistance of the killer's feisty sister and a Read More

1938