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. His most memorable scene in that film comes when Pork discloses to Scarlett OHara, portrayed by Vivian Leigh, the back property taxes on Tara, are 300. 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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