Clayton Mark
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Clayton Mark Sandlin is an American musician and known professional Elvis Presley impersonator, based in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Biography
Clayton Mark was born 25th August 1959 in New York City. At five he learnt to play the saxophone and various other instruments, but a meeting at the age of eight with the great Louis Armstrong persuaded him that the trumpet was the instrument for him.
Clayton moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and continued to work on improving his own voice and increasing his list of impressions whilst working in recording studios. He became particularly interested in Elvis and began working on the voice and mannerisms, and in 1986 began performing his "Memories of Elvis" show. During this period he also appeared in two movies in Los Angeles as Elvis, and received good reviews for his appearance and acting abilities.
During this time Clayton was also making many appearances on television, February 1991 saw him in a leading role in the BBC 2 cult comedy classic Red Dwarf, followed by roles in comedy sketches on the Les Dennis Laughter Show and the Jasper Carrot Show later that year. In June 1991 he appeared on BBC's Take Two in a live broadcast to China, he also appeared in a film for the London and Newport Film Institute and even found the time to tour Europe for four weeks entertaining the troops returning from the Gulf War.
In 1992 Clayton became the first male singer to shatter a glass for Memorex and subsequently performed in an advertisement for them, the same year an audition for the award winning West End Musical " Elvis- The Musical" resulted in a starring role as the mature Elvis and a tour of the UK and Australia. Over the next 5 years Clayton performed in tours of his show and the "Concert They Never Gave" in England and Europe.
In July 1994 he starred in his own show "From Blues & Soul to Rock & Roll" in a 2-week run at the Riviera Centre in Torquay. Summer 1996 saw him starring in "Sunday Night with the Stars" at the Babbacombe Theater in Torquay. He also tried his hand at pantomime, appearing in leading roles in 1994 and 1997, quite an experience for a New Yorker unaccustomed to that particular British tradition!
He has starred as Elvis in the Legends show in summer season in Blackpool from 1999 through to the present day whilst still performing his own show in theaters, Clubs and at private venues.
Clayton has two children called Tyler and Shea.
[edit] Film & Television
-Hollywood Highs Motion Picture (Warner Bros)
-Out of Bounds Motion Picture (Universal)
-Jasper Carrot Show BBC Television
-Red Dwarf IV, "Meltdown" BBC Television
-Les Dennis Laughter Show BBC Television
-Take 2 BBC Television
-Noel's House Party BBC Television
-"Tongue Tied" Video Tape Danny John Jules (Red Dwarf)
-The Rudy Coby Show BBC Television
-Jack Dee Show Channel 4 Television
-Year of Promise ITV
-LA Pool Party BBC Television
-Las Vegas Uncovered Sky Television
-Planet Christmas BBC Television
[edit] Theatre
-Elvis the Musical -1992/93 UK Tour - 1994 Australia Tour
-The Concert they Never Gave -1994/95 UK/Netherlands/Belgium Tour
-Elvis the Musical -1997 Piccadilly Theatre, London
-Elvis Christmas Country Show -1998/2000 Helsinki, Finland
-Legends -1999 North Pier Blackpool
-Legends -2000 - Present Central Pier Blackpool
-Elvis in Concert -2001 September, London Palladium
[edit] Pantomime
-1994 Woking: "Starbucks" Goldilocks & The Three Bears (E&B Productions)
-1997 Billingham: "Prince Charming" Goldilocks & The Three Amazing Bears ( Duggie Chapman Productions)
[edit] Speciality Act
-Memories of Elvis Europe, USA, Far East
-The Clayton mark Show England, Australia
-From Blues & Soul to Rock & Roll England
-Sunday Night with the Stars England
-Gospel Show Finland, England & USA
[edit] Lounge Shows/Nightclubs
Las Vegas, USA Caesars Palace, Hilton, Aladdin, Sahara, Union Plaza, Freemont
[edit] Impressions
Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby (talking and singing), Elvis (talking and singing), Neil Diamond, Louis Armstrong (singing and playing), Nat King Cole, Engelbert Humperdinck, Michael Bolton, Dean Martin, Jerry Lee lewis, Tom Jones, Sylvester Stallone, Sam Cooke, James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Walter Brennan, John Wayne, Jack Nicholson, Al Jolson, Rodney Dangerfield, Jackie Mason, Tony Bennett and a host of Disney and Hanna Barbera characters - Comedy and Dance.
