EntrepreneurIn the late 1960s, in addition to managing his band, Clark began directing and producing for television. In 1968 he made a "very successful" television production, Hold On, It's the Dave Clark Five.[3] The band broke up in 1970, and in 1972 Clark stopped drumming after he broke four knuckles in a tobogganing accident.[1] In 1986 Clark wrote a science fiction stage musical, Time that played for two years in London's West End, starring Cliff Richard (replaced later by David Cassidy) and featuring Laurence Olivier's huge holographic image.[3] Clark became a successful entrepreneur and a multi-millionaire, owning a £12 million house in West London.[1][10] He owned the rights to all the Dave Clark Five music and in 1993 he released remastered versions of all their singles on a CD, Glad All Over Again.[3]
He also owns the rights to all the episodes of the 1960s UK music show Ready Steady Go! that still exist. In the late 1980s they were repeated on Channel 4 interspersed with the Dave Clark Five's own performances.