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Roy Clark
Meherrin, Virginia, USA
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 na…
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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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2015
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Movie Self
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2014
A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Read-n-See DVD Bible
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2005
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3
Movie Self
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2005
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 2
Movie himself
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2000
Sealab 2021
TV show
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1999
It's Branson!
Movie Self
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1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The Drew Carey Show
TV show Self
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1995
Gordy
Movie Branson Performer
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1986
Uphill All the Way
Movie Ben Hooker
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1985
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie Self
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1983
Reading Rainbow
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1980
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1978
Matilda
Movie Wild Bill Wildman
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1978
The Great Brain
Movie Narrator
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1978
A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
Movie Self
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1978
50 Years of Country Music
Movie Self - Host
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1978
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
Movie Self - Host
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1978
Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration
Movie Self
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1977
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977
Movie Self
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1977
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
Movie Self
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1976
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
Movie Self
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1976
The Captain and Tennille
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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1976
The Muppet Show
TV show Self - Special Guest Star
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1976
Donny & Marie
TV show Self
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1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV show Self
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1970
The Odd Couple
TV show Willie Boggs
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1970
The Flip Wilson Show
TV show Self
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1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie Banjo Player
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1969
Pioneer Spirit
Movie
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1969
Hee Haw
TV show Self - Host
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TV show Self
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1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV show Self
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1968
Funny Girl
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1964
Shindig!
TV show Self - Singer
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self - Guest Host
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1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
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