having moved from his home state of georgia to hollywood, clark soon landed his first "tonight show with johnny carson" and soon thereafter, was cast in his first of many recurring roles on television as fred the chauffeur on "remington steele". since then, he has been harry, tim taylor's friend on "home improvement"; jules, the next-door neighbor on "the drew carey show"; chet hunter, sean's father on "boy meets world", and bob the womanizing boss on "the jamie foxx show". and he recently received critical acclaim as drew barrymore's father in the hit movie, "50 first dates". he also acted as an umpire in the 2006 movie "the benchwarmers". he even came out in the 2008 movie "get smart", starring steve carell and anne hathaway.