Bobby Clack (January 3, 1926 – April 3, 1986) was an American

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during the Western B-movies era. Sometimes he is credited as Bobby Clark or Dusty Dixon. His father, Arnold Clack, also was a film actor. Clack was born in

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, and died in

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at the age of 60.

Selected filmography

* ''Trigger Smith'' (1939) * ''

Overland with Kit Carson ''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack. Plot When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward ...

'' (1939) * '' The Sagebrush Family Trails West'' (1940) * ''

Rim of the Canyon ''Rim of the Canyon'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by John English and starring and co-produced by Gene Autry; featuring Nan Leslie, and Thurston Hall. Based on the short story ''Phantom .45's Talk Loud'' by Joseph Chadwick, the fi ...

'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''

Beyond the Purple Hills ''Beyond the Purple Hills'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by John English and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Gene Autry, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Don Beddoe, James Millican, Don Reynolds and Hugh O'Brian. The film was rele ...

'' (1950) * '' Silver Canyon'' (1951) * ''

Rodeo King and the Senorita ''Rodeo King and the Senorita'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by John K. Butler. The film stars Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Barcroft, Tristram Coffin and Bonnie DeSimone. The film was rel ...

'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952)

Sources

* 1926 births 1986 deaths People from Spiro, Oklahoma American male film actors Male actors from Oklahoma 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub