Oscar Polk
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| Oscar Polk | |
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Portrait of Oscar Polk by Carl Van Vechten,
Jan. 24, 1937 |
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| Born | December 25, 1899 Marianna, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1927–1946 |
Oscar Polk (December 25, 1899[1][2] – January 4, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal as the servant "Pork" in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. On January 4, 1949, he was fatally struck by a taxi cab as he stepped off a curb in Times Square ten days after his 49th birthday. At the time of his death he was scheduled to have a major role in the play Leading Lady, and he was replaced by Ossie Davis. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Long Island, New York.
Theatre credits
- The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927)
- Once in a Lifetime (1930)
- Both Your Houses (1933)
- The Green Pastures (1935)
- You Can't Take It with You (1936)
- Swingin' The Dream (1939), a swing music adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Sunny River (1942)
- The Walking Gentleman (1942)
- Dark Eyes (1943)
Other stage credits
- Horses Are Like That (1943)
- Bigger Than Barnum (1946)
- The Magnificent Heel (1946)
References
- ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- ↑ U.S. Census, April 1, 1930. State of New York, County of New York, enumeration district 1053, page 1-B.
External links
- Oscar Polk at the Internet Movie Database
- Oscar Polk at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Oscar Polk at Find a Grave
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