Brian Patrick Clarke

Clarke was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Clarke, a punter, was a three-time varsity football letterwinner at Yale University, playing for Carmen Cozza in the early seventies.Clarke starred as Greg Marmalard on the TV sitcom Delta House. He played a recurring character for two seasons on the comedy-drama Eight is Enough, Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell, a professional baseball player who marries middle sister, Susan (Susan Richardson).

He has made guest appearances on many TV series, including Baywatch, Party of Five, ER, CSI: Miami, and Drop Dead Diva. He has appeared on the soap operas General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and Sunset Beach. He also appeared in the films Blood and Guts (1978), Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sydney White (2007).