Aidan Roark (23 October 1905 – 27 March 1984) was an Irish

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player. In Hollywood, he acted as a personal assistant to Darryl Francis Zanuck.

Biography

He was born on 23 October 1905, in

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, Ireland. He participated in the 1939

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as the second ranked player in Britain. He was married to Esther Foss Moore, the daughter of Eugene Noble Foss. They divorced in 1937. On 28 October 1939, he married

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. The couple divorced in the 1970s. They had no children. He died on 27 March 1984, in

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, aged 78.

Acting

*Stormy, the Thoroughbred (1954)

References

External links

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Aidan Roark in the 1939 International Polo Cup
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1905 births Irish polo players International Polo Cup 1984 deaths Irish emigrants to the United States Equestrians from County Carlow {{Ireland-polo-bio-stub