Career Highlights: The Finger Man, Jesse James vs. the Daltons
First Major Screen Credit: Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
Biography
From a family of minstrel performers, tough-looking John Cliff (born Clifford) toured with carnivals prior to landing in Hollywood shortly after World War II. In scores of films from 1946, the dark-haired Cliff was almost always cast as a heavy, notably in Westerns, and would later become equally busy on television. He retired from performing in 1968 and went into real estate. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide