Bobby Clark

Robert Edwin Clark (June 16, 1888 – February 12, 1960), known as Bobby Clark, was a minstrel, vaudevillian, performer on stage, film, television and the circus. Known for his painted-on eyeglasses, he was part of a comedy team with Paul McCullough for 36 years. Early years He was born in Springfield, Ohio. While still in grammar school he formed a friendship with classmate Paul McCullough. The two attended tumbling classes, and began performing an acrobatic act in minstrel shows and later in the Ringling Brothers' Circus. The team worked as clowns from 1906 to 1912. In 1912, they made their debut in vaudeville with a pantomime act built around the simple act of placing a chair on top of a table. In 1922, they starred in Irving Berlin's Broadway show Music Box Revue. Film career Beginning in 1929, they made a series of about 35 short comedy films, for FOX and RKO, some of which are still extant. Clark & McCullough performed together until McCullough's suicide in March 1936.