Oscar Polk
Actor, Film actor
1899 – 1949
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Who was Oscar Polk?
Oscar Polk 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.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1899
Marianna - Also known as
- O.W. Polk
- Spouses
- Ivy Parsons
( - 1949/01/04)
- Ivy Parsons
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Died
- Jan 4, 1949
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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