Oscar_Polk

Oscar Polk

Oscar Polk

American actor


Oscar Polk (December 25, 1899[1][2] – January 4, 1949) was an American actor. He portrayed the enslaved man Pork in the film Gone with the Wind (1939).

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His most memorable scene in that film comes when Pork discloses to Scarlett O'Hara, portrayed by Vivien Leigh, that the back property taxes “done run up sky high” on Tara in the amount of $300. He was married to Ivy V. Polk (née Ivy Parsons, born October 12, 1920), who had a deleted scene in Gone with the Wind.[3] They had a son, Oscar Polk Jr.

On January 4, 1949, Oscar Polk was fatally struck by a taxi cab as he stepped off a curb in Times Square in New York City 10 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 in Long Island, New York.

Theatre credits

Broadway

Other stage credits

  • Horses Are Like That (1943)
  • Bigger Than Barnum (1946)
  • The Magnificent Heel (1946)

Filmography

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