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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 15, 1933
Died
November 15, 2018
Place of Birth
Meherrin, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
- Roy Linwood Clark
Roy Clark
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre. During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for Hee Haw. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist, banjo player, and fiddler. He was skilled in the traditions of many genres, including classical guitar, country music, Latin music, bluegrass, and pop. He had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of bluegrass and country musicians. Clark became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1987, and in 2009 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, My Life in Spite of Myself, in 1994.
Known For
7.5
Self
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
2015
0.0
Self (archive footage)
A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
2014
8.0
Self
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3
2005
8.0
himself
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 2
2005
7.5
Sealab 2021
2000
0.0
Self
It's Branson!
1999
0.0
Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
6.5
Self
The Drew Carey Show
1995
5.3
Self
Gordy
1995
4.3
Ben Hooker
Uphill All the Way
1986
Credits
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
as Self
2015
7.5
A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
as Self (archive footage)
2014
0.0
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3
as Self
2005
8.0
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 2
as himself
2005
8.0
Sealab 2021
2000
7.5
It's Branson!
as Self
1999
0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
The Drew Carey Show
as Self
1995
6.5
Gordy
as Self
1995
5.3
Uphill All the Way
as Ben Hooker
1986
4.3
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1985
7.7
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self
1980
4.0
Matilda
as Wild Bill Wildman
1978
5.2
The Great Brain
as Narrator
1978
0.0
A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
as Self
1978
8.7
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
as Self - Host
1978
5.0
Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1978
0.0
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977
as Self
1977
0.0
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
as Self
1977
0.0
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
as Self
1976
0.0
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
1976
5.5
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Odd Couple
as Willie Boggs
1970
7.8
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
🎬
Pioneer Spirit
1969
0.0
Hee Haw
as Self - Host
1969
7.6
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
Funny Girl
as Dancer (uncredited)
1968
7.2
Shindig!
as Self - Singer
1964
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
High Time
as Ball Guest (Uncredited)
1960
6.1
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
A Woman's Fool
as Billy
1918
4.0
Captain Kiddo
as Billy
1917
0.0