Hollywood has lost another star.
Actor Matt Clark has died at the age of 89.
As Paradereported, the news broke earlier today that theBack to the Future: Part III star died over the weekend. Clark’s family shared the sad news, revealing that he died at his home in Austin, Texas on Sunday.
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While a cause of death was not officially revealed, his family noted that he died from complications from a back surgery he recently underwent.
His daughter, producer Amiee Clark, told The Hollywood Reporter that he broke his back a few months ago.
“He built his own house with his own hands,” his family further revealed about the legend in a statement, adding, “He kept his closest friendships for sixty years. He showed up for the work, and for his people, every time. He was complex. He was tough. He could be gruff. But the moral compass never wavered, and the love was never in doubt. You could see it — in his eyes, in his performances, in the family he loved to keep together. He lived. He lives, forever.”
Tributes have been circulating online since news of his death, with a fan on X writing, “#RIP Matt Clark. In so many Westerns, from ‘Judge Roy Bean’ and ‘Josey Wales’ to ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.’ “I just loved ’em! Just like you always wanted to do as a little kid, you put on chaps and boots and tie on spurs that jingle when you walk.”
Another fan on X wrote, “The film world lost a true legend this week. Matt Clark, the quintessential "actor's actor" who became a familiar face to millions through his role as Chester the Bartender in Back to the Future Part III, has passed away at the age of 89."
The film world lost a true legend this week. Matt Clark, the quintessential "actor's actor" who became a familiar face to millions through his role as Chester the Bartender in Back to the Future Part III, has passed away at the age of 89.
— Thebritishfante (@RebeccaTet70257) March 16, 2026Clark spent decades in Hollywood as a working actor, appearing in over 120 films and TV shows, best known for portraying Emmett Kelly on the ABCsitcomGrace Under Fire, starring Dylan Sprouseand Brett Butler.
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The actor has several roles in Western films and TV shows, including ones he worked on with the late, great John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Clark appeared in The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues, The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang,The Outlaw Josey Wales,Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
In a 1991 interview, he admitted he "loved" Westerns because it was "just like you always wanted to do as a little kid, you put on chaps and boots and tie on spurs that jingle when you walk.”
No Matt Clark played the Bartender in the Wild West in Back To The Future Part III (on the right) pic.twitter.com/vf98O3Drai
— Thomas Wedge (@wedge9t) March 16, 2026Westerns weren’t Clark’s only forte in the acting world. Clark had a wide variety of gigs from sitcoms to primetime soaps to the infamous 80s cult classic sci-fi comedy, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
Clark’s last role was in 2014 in A Million Ways to Die in the West.
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