Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr. (born August 8, 1945) is a fictional character portrayed by Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon's Vacation movie series. Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film National Lampoon's Vacation is a 1983 Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo,
Husband to Ellen Priscilla Ruth Smith Griswold and father to Audrey Griswold and Rusty Griswold, Clark is a character designed to be evocative of an intensely proud, loyal, and lovable middle class family man who often attempts to bring his family together during vacations which always causes numerous comedic dilemmas and incidents. The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. Clark is extremely clumsy and accident prone, and seems to be susceptible to attractive women, despite being devoted to his wife, Ellen. He loves his family and would do anything he could do to make them happy, although, at times, they seem to be indifferent. Clark's good-natured attempts to provide a good time for his family almost always backfire and end up causing disastrous results. Clark seems to remain confident and extremely optimistic, despite all his misfortune, although, when it becomes apparent that things are not going right or when he is pushed beyond the breaking point of his patience, he tends to snap and go on insane tirades, frightening and disturbing those around him; his wife Ellen says of him in Christmas Vacation "when you get mad, you get weird. Traditionally insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and may become a danger to himself and others " The hapless, bumbling ways in which he executes his plans are inevitably concluded by a moment of good fortune that saves the family from certain disaster.
Clark works for a chemical company that produces food colorings, additives, and preservatives. A food coloring is any substance that is added to Food or Drink to change its Color. Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavour or improve its taste and appearance A preservative is a natural or synthetic chemical that is added to products such as foods pharmaceuticals paints biological samples wood etc He is intensely proud of his German heritage. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
He has appeared in the following:
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Vegas Vacation (1997)
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- Clark Wilhelm Grisworld Jr. National Lampoon's Vacation is a 1983 Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, National Lampoon's European Vacation (originally given the working title Vacation '2' Europe) is a 1985 Comedy film. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a 1989 Christmas Comedy film directed by Jeremiah S Vegas Vacation (sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation) is a 1997 Comedy film. , born on 8 Aug. 1945, son of Clark Wilhelm Sr. and Nora Grisworld, married Ellen Priscilla Ruth Smith, daughter of Arthur 'Art' and Frances Smith. They live in Chicago
- Audrey Grisworld
- Russell 'Rusty' Grisworld
- Edward 'Eddie' Johnson (has an uncle Nick and an aunt Jessica) and Catherine Johnson (niece and nephew of Ellen), used to live in Coolidge, Kansas
- Vicky Johnson
- Denny Johnson
- Ruby Sue Johnson
- Dale Johnson
- Rocky Johnson
- Clark 'Third' Johnson
- Lewis and Bethany (aunt and uncle of Clark or Ellen)
- Edna (aunt of Ellen and Eddie), died in 1983
- Normy, lives in Phoenix, Arizona
- Al (cousin of Clark)
- Fritz and Helga (relatives of Clark living in Germany)
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