Roy Clark

Age: 76
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: Meherrin, Virginia, USA
Born: Apr. 15th, 1933

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Roy Clark's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Captain and Tennille	Roy Clark
The Flip Wilson Show	Roy Clark
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell	Roy Clark
The Art Linkletter Show	Roy Clark

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

He was brought up in Great kills, Staten Island, New York.
Joined the Grand Ol' Opry in 1987.
Had a string of hits from the early-1960s to the early-1980s, most notably "Come Live With Me" (No. 1 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart in 1973) and "Yesterday When I Was Young" (a Billboard top 10 country hit in 1969).
He also played "Lili Marlene" for Cap.Recrds SM-2425 in Hollywood.
He was reportedly the highest paid country concert star between 1969 and 1971. In 1973 awarded "Entertainer of the Year" by the Country Music Association. In 1951 and 1952 he was the winner of the U.S. National Banjo championships.
Clark played a Gibson Byrdland guitar designed by legendary Nashville guitar players 'Hank Garland' (qv) and 'Billy Byrd' (qv).
Performed "Yesterday When I Was Young" at 'Mickey Mantle' (qv)'s funeral in 1995.

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