Clarence Beeks

Clarence Beeks is the main villain of the 1983 satire film "Trading Places". He is portrayed by Paul Gleason, who later portrayed Richard Vernon in "The Breakfast Club".

Beeks is first learned on TV from the heroes Louis Winthorpe III, Billy Ray Valentine, Ophelia and Winthorpe's former butler Coleman, about transporting a secret report on orange crop forecasts.

At the end, when Beeks tries to kill the four for scheming to switch the report in his possession with a forgery, they dress him in a gorilla costume and lock him up with an actual gorilla in a cage. He is later shipped off to Africa by sea.