Cottonseed Clark (1909–1992), born Clark Fulks, was an actor and radio disc jockey. He was a radio producer in New York before coming to California in the 1940s where he had film roles in Smoky River Serenade and The Arkansas Swing. He was master of ceremonies and writer for a weekly CBS radio show called Cottonseed Clark’s Hollywood Barn Dance and later wrote radio skits for Gene Autry and the Andrews Sisters. He was a radio disc jockey at KEEN-AM in San Jose, California, and also created, produced, and wrote for the California Hay Ride television show in San Francisco during the 1950s. |