Joe O'Connor is an American actor best known for playing Marshall
Darling, father of the title character in the television series
Clarissa Explains It All.O'Connor's first television role was in the
TV series Emergency! in 1979, playing a sailor in the episode "The
Convention". He gained fame when he joined the cast of the television
series Clarissa Explains It All (1991â€"1994), in which he played
Marshall Darling, father of the title character.After this, he only
appeared in several episodes of other television series, and to
several TV and feature films. In 1996, he appeared in the episode ""A
Girl and Her Cat" of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which reunited him
with Melissa Joan Hart, who played the main character in both Sabrina
and Clarissa. He later appeared on other TV series including Friends
(in 1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2003), Melrose Place (three episodes
in 2008), Without a Trace (2008), Private (four episodes in 2009), Mad
Men (in six episodes, between 2007â€"2013) and The Young and the
Restless (in four episodes, in 2011).Films in which he has appeared
include A Bedtime Story (1997), The Chaos Factor (2000) and Exposed
(2003). Television films in which he has appeared include Taking Back
Our Town and When Billie Beat Bobby.
Darling, father of the title character in the television series
Clarissa Explains It All.O'Connor's first television role was in the
TV series Emergency! in 1979, playing a sailor in the episode "The
Convention". He gained fame when he joined the cast of the television
series Clarissa Explains It All (1991â€"1994), in which he played
Marshall Darling, father of the title character.After this, he only
appeared in several episodes of other television series, and to
several TV and feature films. In 1996, he appeared in the episode ""A
Girl and Her Cat" of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which reunited him
with Melissa Joan Hart, who played the main character in both Sabrina
and Clarissa. He later appeared on other TV series including Friends
(in 1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2003), Melrose Place (three episodes
in 2008), Without a Trace (2008), Private (four episodes in 2009), Mad
Men (in six episodes, between 2007â€"2013) and The Young and the
Restless (in four episodes, in 2011).Films in which he has appeared
include A Bedtime Story (1997), The Chaos Factor (2000) and Exposed
(2003). Television films in which he has appeared include Taking Back
Our Town and When Billie Beat Bobby.
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