Harry Clark (actor)

For other people named Harry Clark, see Harry Clark (disambiguation).
Harry Clark
Born Harry Clark
April 17, 1913
Providence, Rhode Island
Died February 28, 1956
Nationality American
Occupation Actor

Harry Clark (April 17, 1913 - February 28, 1956) was an American actor.[1]

Clark was a factory worker who became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union-sponsored revue Pins and Needles[2] in 1937, and its success encouraged him to pursue a career in acting. His Broadway credits include The Skin of Our Teeth, One Touch of Venus, Call Me Mister, Kiss Me, Kate, Wish You Were Here, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?.

From the early 1940s through the mid-1950s, Clark appeared in a string of B-movies. On television, he appeared on the The United States Steel Hour's production of No Time for Sergeants and The Phil Silvers Show.

References

  1. ↑ Cox, Jim (2007). Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6086-1. P. 59.
  2. ↑ "'Pins and Needles' People Go to Work". New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 16, 1940. p. 44. Retrieved February 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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