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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.
Filmography
all 42
self 31
Movies 24
TV Shows 18
Narrator 1
Country: Portraits of an American Sound (2015)
A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story (2014)
Palo Pinto Gold (2009)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3 (2005)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 2 (2005)
Johnny Cash: A Concert Behind Prison Walls (2003)
Sealab 2021 (2000)
It's Branson! (1999)
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Uphill All the Way (1986)
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (1982)
The Nashville Palace (1981)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
Matilda (1978)
The Great Brain (1978)
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 (1977)
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 (1976)
The Captain and Tennille (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Donny & Marie (1976)
Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)
The Mac Davis Show (1974)
The Odd Couple (1970)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
Pioneer Spirit (1969)
Hee Haw (1969)
Hee Haw (1969)
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
Funny Girl (1968)
Shindig! (1964)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
A Woman's Fool (1918)
Captain Kiddo (1917)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-04-15
Deathday2018-11-15 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceMeherrin, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRoy Linwood Clark
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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