Spencer Treat Clark

Spencer Treat Clark – “Glass” New York City Premiere – Arrivals – SVA Theater – New York City, NY, USA, 2019 – Keywords: Thriller, Drama, Suspense, Action, The Sixth Sense Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Michael Sherer / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 24, 1987

Ethnicity: English, Irish, German

Spencer Treat Clark is an American actor. Beginning as a child actor in the 1990s and transitioning to adult roles, his performances include the films Arlington Road, Double Jeopardy, Gladiator, Unbreakable, Mystic River, Loverboy (2005), The Babysitters (2007), The Last House on the Left (2009), Camp Hell, Much Ado About Nothing (2012), Deep Dark Canyon, The Last Exorcism Part II, The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014), Glass (2019), and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the shows Another World, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Animal Kingdom, and the made-for-tv movie It Was Him or Us.

His sister is playwright and actress Eliza Clark. Eliza is married to Zack Whedon, the brother of filmmaker and television creator Joss Whedon.

Spencer’s paternal grandfather was Charles Elias Clark (the son of Charles Edward Clark and Dorothy Estelle Gregory). Spencer’s grandfather Charles was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and was a Yale Law School Professor Emeritus and master of Silliman College. Spencer’s great-grandfather Charles Edward Clark was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, and was Dean of Yale Law School, from 1929 to 1939, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, from March 9, 1939 to December 13, 1963, and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, from 1954 to 1959. He was the son of Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline Caroline Marquand/Marquart, who was of German descent. Spencer’s great-grandmother Dorothy was the daughter of Louis Le Grande Gregory and Grace B. Spencer.

Spencer’s paternal grandmother is Ann Paxton Atkins (the daughter of Elias Cornelius Atkins and Katharine/Katharyn Lewis Watson). Ann was born in Indiana. Elias was the son of Henry Cornelius Atkins and Susan “Sue” Winter. Elias’ father, Elias Cornelius “E.C.” Atkins, who was from Connecticut, founded E.C. Atkins Company, one of the largest saw-manufacturing companies in the world. Katharine was the daugther of Philemon Mitchell Watson and Genevieve Bassel.

Spencer’s maternal grandfather was Richard Thomas Pratt (the son of Richard William Pratt and Mary Agnes Cowan). Spencer’s grandfather Richard was born in Illinois. Spencer’s great-grandfather Richard was the son of Richard Pratt, of London, England, and of Anne Madigan, from Ireland. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Joseph Cowan and Susie McSoley, who were of Irish descent.

Spencer’s maternal grandmother was Bette Theresa Peterhans (the daughter of Louis Stanley Peterhans and Bessie Walsh). Bette was born in Illinois. Louis was born in Georgia, to German parents, Ludwig Peterhans and Therese Bach. Bessie was the daughter of James Walsh, who was of Irish descent, and of Elizabeth Cornell, who was from Canada.

Sources: Obituary of Spencer’s paternal grandfather, Charles Elias Clark – https://news.yale.edu

Genealogy of Spencer’s paternal grandmother, Ann Paxton Atkins (through her brother) – https://www.findagrave.com