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      Marc McClure

      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.

      Highest rated movies

      Apollo 13
      Superman: The Movie
      Back to the Future
      I Wanna Hold Your Hand
      Superman II
      Freaky Friday
      Superman III
      Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

      Photos

      FREAKY FRIDAY, Marc McClure, Barbara Harris, 1976 THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, Jennifer Edwards, 1988, (c) Sandstar I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Theresa Saldana, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Susan Kendall Newman, 1978, (c) Universal FREAKY FRIDAY, Marc McClure, Barbara Harris, 1976 THE PERFECT MATCH, Jennifer Edwards, Marc McClure, 1988, (c) Sandstar I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND, Bobby DiCicco, Wendie Jo Sperber, Theresa Saldana, Nancy Allen, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, 1978, (c) Universal FREAKY FRIDAY, Marc McClure, Sparky Marcus, Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin, 1976 SUPERMAN, Director Richard Donner, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Christopher Reeve, 1978. (c) Warner Bros.. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Theresa Saldana, Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Susan Kendall Newman, 1978, (c) Universal Pictures SUPERMAN, Marc McClure, (second from left), Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Christopher Reeve, 1978, (c)Warner Bros. SUPERMAN III, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, 1983, (c)Warner Bros. SUPERMAN III, Christopher Reeve, Marc McClure, 1983, (c)Warner Bros. THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, 1988, (c) Sandstar THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, Jennifer Edwards, 1988, (c) Sandstar THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, Jennifer Edwards, 1988, (c) Sandstar THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, 1988, (c) Sandstar THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, Jennifer Edwards, 1988, (c) Sandstar THE PERFECT MATCH, Marc McClure, 1988, (c) Sandstar BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III, Marc McClure (left), Lea Thompson (right), 1990, (c) Universal SUPERMAN, Marc McClure, 1978. ©Warner Brothers

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 53% Imaginary Friend Dr. McQueen (Character) - 2012
      No Score Yet 36% Santa's Dog Mr. Rosco (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet 85% 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 44% Little John Mr. Davidson (Character) - 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Storm Tracker Dr. Brian Newmeyer (Character) - 1999
      No Score Yet 30% 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 29% 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% 94% 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
      94% 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

      Credit
      61% 72% Powerless Emily's Father (Guest Star) 2017
      78% 69% Smallville Dax-Ur (Guest Star) 2008
      No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
      90% 96% 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
      90% No Score Yet Sister, Sister Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
      91% No Score Yet Murder One Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
      30% No Score Yet The Commish Ray Brooks (Guest Star) 1995
      29% No Score Yet Hunter Ralph Skinner (Guest Star) 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
      77% 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