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Marc McClure (born March 31, 1957) is an American actor[1] known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman series of feature films released between 1978 and 1987 and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future films.

Marc McClure
Born	(1957-03-31) March 31, 1957 (age 65) San Mateo, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present

Career

McClure appeared in the 1976 film Freaky Friday.[1] In 2003 he had a small cameo in the remake.[2]

He was in the 1977 Brigham Young University church video The Phone Call as Scott, who works at Ripples Drive-In. In 1978 he appeared in the film I Wanna Hold Your Hand and in 1980 appeared in the film Used Cars,[2] both of which were written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.

McClure's best known role is as Jimmy Olsen in the 1978 film Superman, and its sequels, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, and in the 1984 spinoff film Supergirl.[2] He is the only actor to appear in the same role in all four Christopher Reeve-era Superman films and Supergirl. McClure also played Jimmy Olsen in a 1985 commercial for the Kenner Super Powers Collection action figure line.[3]

McClure played Dave McFly, Marty McFly's older brother in the 1985 film Back to the Future, reuniting him with his I Wanna Hold Your Hand co-star Wendie Jo Sperber, and with writers Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, who wrote and directed that film, respectively. McClure reprised the role of Dave McFly in the sequels, Back to the Future Part II (though his only scene was not included in the theatrical version) and Back to the Future Part III.[2]

He has made appearances in many television series, including Once an Eagle, Happy Days, Hunter, The Shield^{[episode needed]}[1] and Cold Case.^{[episode needed]}

In a nod to his Superman feature film work, McClure appeared on the CW's Smallville.[2] McClure appeared as Dax-Ur, a Kryptonian scientist who has been living on Earth for over 100 years. "Persona". Smallville. Season 7. Episode 10. 31 January 2008. CW. He also appeared in a cameo role as a prison security officer in the film Justice League in 2017.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Freaky Friday	Boris Harris
1977	The Phone Call	Scott
1978	Coming Home	High School Class President
	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	Larry Dubois
	Superman	Jimmy Olsen
1980	Used Cars	'Heavy Duty' Dubois
	Superman II	Jimmy Olsen
1981	Strange Behavior	Oliver Myerhoff
1982	Pandemonium	Randy
1983	Superman III	Jimmy Olsen
1984	Supergirl
1985	Back to the Future	Dave McFly
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Jimmy Olsen
	Amazon Women on the Moon	Ray	segment: "Video Date"
1988	The Perfect Match	Tim Wainwright
1989	Chances Are	Richard
	After Midnight	Kevin	segment: "The Old Dark House"
	Back to the Future Part II	Dave McFly	Deleted scene
1990	Back to the Future Part III
	Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror	Tom
1992	The Vagrant	Chuck
1995	Sleepstalker	Mr. Davis, Griffin's Father
1995	Apollo 13	Glynn Lunney
1996	That Thing You Do!	Hollywood Showcase Director
1997	Menno's Mind	Bennett, Medina's Gofer
1999	Storm	Dr. Brian Newmeyer
2000	Deep Core	Mac	uncredited
	Python	Co-Pilot
2001	Venomous	Dr. Dutton
2002	Landspeed	Granger
2003	Freaky Friday	Boris
2005	Coach Carter	Susan's Dad
2006	Driftwood	Rich Forrester
	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut	Jimmy Olsen	archive footage
2007	Smallville	Dax-Ur
2008	Proud American	Sam
	Frost/Nixon	Network Executive
2012	Hercules Saves Christmas	Mr. Rosco
	Just an American	Sam
2017	Powerless	Emily's Father
	Justice League	Officer Ben Sadowsky	Cameo[4]
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Officer Jerry

References

External links

• Marc McClure at IMDb
• Marc McClure Interview, February 2005

Preceded by Jack Larson	Actors to portray Jimmy Olsen 1978 - 1987	Succeeded by Michael Landes

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Marc Albert McClure es un actor estadounidense, nació en San Mateo (California) el 31 de marzo de 1957. Una de sus mejores actuaciones fue en la primera película de Superman (1978), interpretando al fotógrafo Jimmy Olsen. McClure interpretó de nuevo su papel como Jimmy Olsen en Superman II, Superman III y Superman IV. Fue el único actor en interpretar el mismo papel en Supergirl.

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