Roy Clark
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1933-04-15
Deathday 2018-11-15 (85 years old)
Place of Birth Meherrin, Virginia, USA
Also Known As Roy Linwood Clark
Roy Clark
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
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as himself
as Roy Clark
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Ben Hooker
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Wild Bill Wildman
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Willie Boggs
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Self - Singer
as Self - Guest Host
as Self
as Self - Singer
as Billy
as Billy
Producer
as Executive Producer