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| Patrick James Clarke |
Clarke grew up in the Bronx and Long Island, New York. He was a pre-law student at the University of Arizona when he began taking acting classes.
In the 1970s, Clarke studied at the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota.
He returned to New York City and began appearing in soap operas. For two years in the early 1980s, he played Dr. Patrick Ryan on Ryan's Hope during the height of ABC's soap opera popularity.
In a 2012 interview with the Herald-Tribune, Clarke described being spotted by soap opera fans in a bar.