Roy Clark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 15, 1933
- Died
- November 15, 2018 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Meherrin, Virginia, USA
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.
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Filmography
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Movie · as Self
A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Read-n-See DVD Bible
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 2
Movie · as himself
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3
Movie · as Self
Sealab 2021
TV · 1 ep
It's Branson!
Movie · as Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gordy
Movie · as Branson Performer
The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Uphill All the Way
Movie · as Ben Hooker
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie · as Self
Matilda
Movie · as Wild Bill Wildman
A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
Movie · as Self
The Great Brain
Movie · as Narrator
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
Movie · as Self - Host
Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
50 Years of Country Music
Movie · as Self - Host
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977
Movie · as Self
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
Movie · as Self
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
Movie · as Self
Donny & Marie
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
The Captain and Tennille
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie · as Banjo Player
The Odd Couple
TV · as Willie Boggs · 1 ep
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Pioneer Spirit
Movie
Hee Haw
TV · as Self - Host · 586 eps
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Funny Girl
Movie · as Dancer (uncredited)
Shindig!
TV · as Self - Singer · 2 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 12 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
High Time
Movie · as Ball Guest (Uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
A Woman's Fool
Movie · as Billy
Captain Kiddo
Movie · as Billy