- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRoy Linwood Clark
- Height1.80 m
- Roy Clark was born on April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hee Haw (1969), La poursuite pitoyable (1986) and The Kallikaks (1977). He was married to Barbara Joyce Rupard. He died on November 15, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
- SpouseBarbara Joyce Rupard(August 31, 1957 - November 15, 2018) (his death, 5 children)
- ParentsHester Linwood ClarkLillian Oliver Clark
- Performed his song "Yesterday When I Was Young" at Mickey Mantle's funeral (1995).
- He was reportedly the highest paid country concert star between 1969 and 1971. In 1973, he was 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.
- He was brought up in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 12, 1975.
- 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).
- Hee Haw (1969) may have set me back, but it sure set me up.
- [on good friend and fellow C&W impresario Jimmy Dean] First he begged me to join his band, the Texas Wildcats, and then threw me out for never getting anywhere on time. Eight years later, he nearly had me ejected from the set of his TV series for talking too much. Despite everything, I'm only too proud to say that we were like brothers until the day he died.
- We played for the princess of Monaco. It was her 21st birthday and we were in Monaco doing a concert. The Oakridge Boys and I went down to her table, it was all set up, had to be cleared, you know, bodyguards all around and stuff, and sang 'Happy Birthday'. That's pretty heavy for a guy from Virginia that, I'm not proud to say, but, didn't finish high school.
- I'm not regretting the success I've had, it's been incredible, but my one regret is I should've put more into it, to match what I got.
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