I just seen the 1 hour special on the alcatraz escape and the actor that played clearence karns looked one heck of lot like steven king infact id almost bet money that was king, if not this guy could have been his identicle twin, this is so amazing, if it is why would king play a role on unsolved mysterys as the time this ep was filmed king was a very rich man and didnt need the money, this in itself is a mystery.

my mom wondered the same exact thing, "why does that guy look like steven king?"

I'm sure it wasn't King...but it DID sure look like him. I never really thought of it until I read it here.

I wasn't thinking about Stephen King, I was thinking, "that guy looks NOTHING like the real Clarence Carnes". And he doesn't! The actor and the real Clarence Carnes look nothing alike.

I just watched this segment -- I sure thought that dude looked like Stephen King.