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Marc McClure

Highest Rated: 96% Apollo 13 (1995)

Lowest Rated: 8% Supergirl (1984)

Birthday: Mar 31, 1957

Birthplace: San Mateo, California, USA

Though acting is Marc McClure's profession, he's best known to Superman fans as a photographer. He played Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet's shutter-bug, in the first "Superman" movie, and returned to Metropolis for each of its sequels; he is distinguished among Christopher Reeves's costars as the only holdover to appear in the spinoff "Supergirl." In the meantime, he joined then-up-and-coming director Robert Zemeckis's stock company, appearing in Zemeckis's first feature, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," a nostalgic look back to the biggest rock craze of the 1960s. They worked together again in the slimy-salesman comedy "Used Cars" and struck gold with "Back to the Future"; McClure played Michael J. Fox's brother. Thanks to alterations in the space-time continuum, McClure's Dave shifted from underachiever to yuppie--a destiny in flux throughout the series. The actor was no stranger to its 1950s milieu: one of his early roles was on "Happy Days," and he played in a segment of "Amazon Women on the Moon," a comedic homage to the B movies of that era. As a fan favorite, McClure remained loyal to his superhero even after the first "Superman" franchise went the way of the doomed planet Krypton, making cameos in Bryan Singer's reboot, "Superman Returns," and on the TV-series prequel, "Smallville." And, as a consummate time traveler, McClure also repeated the past in a remake of the teen comedy "Freaky Friday"; he'd been present in the original switcheroo, along with a 14-year-old Jodie Foster.

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Highest rated movies

96% 87% Apollo 13
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93% 86% Superman: The Movie
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93% 95% Back to the Future Watchlist
90% 75% I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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83% 76% Superman II
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71% 57% Freaky Friday
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29% 23% Superman III
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10% 16% Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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8% 26% Supergirl
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Storm Tracker
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Filmography

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No Score Yet 55% Imaginary Friend Dr. McQueen (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 33% Santa's Dog Mr. Rosco (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 87% Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Jimmy Olsen (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% Driftwood Rich Forrester (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 41% Landspeed Granger (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 52% Little John Mr. Davidson (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Storm Tracker Dr. Brian Newmeyer (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 27% Total Reality Dr. Gordon (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 9% Menno's Mind Bennett (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 28% Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites Dad (Character) - 1995
96% 87% Apollo 13 Glynn Lunney (Character) $173.8M 1995
No Score Yet 33% The Vagrant Chuck (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 43% Grim Prairie Tales Tom (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 28% After Midnight Kevin (Character) $59.3K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perfect Match Tim Wainwright (Character) - 1988
10% 16% Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Jimmy Olsen (Character) $14.9M 1987
93% 95% Back to the Future Dave McFly (Character) $247.0K 1985
8% 26% Supergirl Jimmy Olsen (Character) - 1984
29% 23% Superman III Jimmy Olsen (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 45% Pandemonium Randy (Character) - 1982
83% 76% Superman II Jimmy Olsen (Character) - 1980
90% 75% I Wanna Hold Your Hand Larry Dubois (Character) - 1978
93% 86% Superman: The Movie Jimmy Olsen (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky Trap Grant Stone (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet James at 15 Richie Gammons (Character) - 1977
71% 57% Freaky Friday Boris Harris (Character) - 1976

TV

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61% 72% Powerless Emily's Father (Guest Star) 2017
78% 70% Smallville Dax-Ur (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
90% 95% The Shield Jamiso:n (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Goode Behavior Unknown (Guest Star) 1996-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sister, Sister Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
91% 71% Murder One Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Ray Brooks (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Ralph Skinner (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eight Is Enough Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Roger (Guest Star) 1976-1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Unknown (Guest Star) 1975