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Roy Clark(1933-2018)

  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
  • Music Department
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Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
Trailer for Country: Portraits of an American Sound
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Country: Portraits of an American Sound (2015)
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Roy Clark was born on 15 April 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hee Haw (1969), Uphill All the Way (1986) and The Kallikaks (1977). He was previously married to Barbara Joyce Rupard. He died on 15 November 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
BornApril 15, 1933
DiedNovember 15, 2018(85)
BornApril 15, 1933
DiedNovember 15, 2018(85)
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  • Awards
    • 18 wins & 37 nominations

Photos22

Roy Clark and Tom Lester in Gordy (1994)
Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones, Stringbean, and Lisa Todd in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark in Hee Haw (1969)
Archie Campbell, Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones, Buck Owens, Junior Samples, Stringbean, and Gordie Tapp in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)
Cathy Baker, Archie Campbell, Roy Clark, Jim Hager, Jon Hager, Gunilla Hutton, Grandpa Jones, Buck Owens, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, Junior Samples, Stringbean, Gordie Tapp, and Mary Taylor in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark in Hee Haw (1969)
Roy Clark and Buck Owens in Hee Haw (1969)

Known for

Hee Haw (1969)
Hee Haw
7.0
TV Series
  • Self - Host
  • Self
  • Self - Co-Host
Uphill All the Way (1986)
Uphill All the Way
4.0
  • Ben Hooker
  • 1986
Bonnie Ebsen, David Huddleston, and Edie McClurg in The Kallikaks (1977)
The Kallikaks
5.2
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1
8.2
Video
  • Self - Host(archive footage)
  • 2010

Credits

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Actor

  • Palo Pinto Gold (2009)
    Palo Pinto Gold
    • Storyteller #1
    • 2009
  • John Carroll Lynch, Drew Carey, Diedrich Bader, Craig Ferguson, Kathy Kinney, Christa Miller, and Ryan Stiles in The Drew Carey Show (1995)
    The Drew Carey Show
    • Roy Clark
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • Billy Bodine in Gordy (1994)
    Gordy
    • Branson Performer
    • 1994
  • Richard Belzer and Darlanne Fluegel in Freeway (1988)
    Freeway
    • CHP officer
    • 1988
  • Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    • Gaffer
    • TV Series
    • 1987
  • Uphill All the Way (1986)
    Uphill All the Way
    • Ben Hooker
    • 1986
  • Neewollah Country Music Festival
    • Video
    • 1981
  • Matilda (1978)
    Matilda
    • Wild Bill Wildman
    • 1978
  • The Mac Davis Show (1974)
    The Mac Davis Show
    • TV Series
    • 1976
  • Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)
    The Odd Couple
    • Willie Boggs
    • TV Series
    • 1975
  • Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    • Jesse Clemens (segment "Love and the Twanger Tutor")
    • TV Series
    • 1973
  • John Wayne in Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
    Swing Out, Sweet Land
    • Banjo Player at Andrew Jackson's Inaugural
    • TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Pioneer Spirit
    • TV Movie
    • 1969
  • Buddy Ebsen, Max Baer Jr., Donna Douglas, and Irene Ryan in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
    The Beverly Hillbillies
    • Cousin Roy
    • Mother Myrtle
    • TV Series
    • 1968–1969
  • Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)
    Funny Girl
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1968

Additional Crew

  • Bonnie Ebsen, David Huddleston, and Edie McClurg in The Kallikaks (1977)
    The Kallikaks
    • singer
    • TV Series
    • 1977

Music Department

  • Used Cars (1984)
    Used Cars
    • theme song: sung by
    • TV Movie
    • 1984

Videos8

Teaser Trailer
Trailer 0:30
Teaser Trailer
Johnny Cash Christmas Specials Trailer
Trailer 0:59
Johnny Cash Christmas Specials Trailer
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Trailer 2:33
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Hee Haw: The Collector's Edition
Trailer 2:29
Hee Haw: The Collector's Edition
Hee Haw: Kornfield Klassics
Trailer 2:06
Hee Haw: Kornfield Klassics
Hee Haw: The Hee Haw Collection
Trailer 1:39
Hee Haw: The Hee Haw Collection
The Flip Wilson Show Volumes 1 & 2
Trailer 1:43
The Flip Wilson Show Volumes 1 & 2
Hee Haw
Trailer 2:15
Hee Haw

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • April 15, 1933
    • Meherrin, Virginia, USA
  • Died
    • November 15, 2018
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA(complications from pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Barbara Joyce RupardAugust 31, 1957 - November 15, 2018 (his death, 5 children)
  • Parents
      Hester Linwood Clark
  • Other works
    CD: "Banjo Bandits" (USP)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Performed his song "Yesterday When I Was Young" at Mickey Mantle's funeral (1995).
  • Quotes
    Hee Haw (1969) may have set me back, but it sure set me up.

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