Bobby Clark (comedian)


Robert Edwin Clark , known as Bobby Clark, was a minstrel, vaudevillian, performer on stage, film, television and the circus. Known for his paintedon eyeglasses, he was part of a comedy team with Paul McCullough foryears.

He was born in Springfield, Ohio. While still in grammar school he formed a friendship with classmate Paul McCullough. The two attended tumbling classes, and began performing an acrobatic act in minstrel shows and later in the Ringling Brothers Circus. The team worked as clowns from 1906 to 1912. In 1912 they made their debut in vaudeville with a pantomime act built around the simple act of placing a chair on top of a table. In 1922 they starred in Irving Berlins Broadway show Music Box Revue.

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