John Clark (Tom Clancy character) Deadline announced that Stefano Sollima is in talks to direct the film adaptation of "Without Remorse". John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John T. Clark (real name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. Clark is Clancy’s second most famous character after Jack Ryan, and has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (1987), his origin story was detailed in "Without Remorse" (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as "Ryan’s dark side" and "more inclined to take physical action than Jack is." A former
Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) Patrick Ryan (Isle of Wight, 1916 – 1989) was an English author and journalist whose best-known work, the satirical war novel "How I Won The War" was made into a film in 1967, directed by Richard Lester and starring John Lennon, Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear and others. Patrick Ryan was born in Newport, on the Isle of Wight in 1916 to a family of Irish origin. He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. On the outbreak of war in 1939 he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was commissioned as an officer, and