Bobby Clark (comedy actor)

Known for his painted-on eyeglasses, he was part of a comedy team with Paul McCullough for 36 years.He was born in Springfield, Ohio.

The two attended tumbling classes, and began performing an acrobatic act in minstrel shows and later in the Ringling Brothers' Circus.

In 1939, Clark appeared on Broadway in The Streets of Paris, sharing the stage with a new comedy act: Abbott and Costello.

His reputation grew as he tackled roles in plays such as Sheridan's The Rivals, as well as in musical comedies and revues.

Starting in 1942, producer Mike Todd cast him in five Broadway shows, all of them successful: the musical revue Star and Garter with Gypsy Rose Lee (1942–43); the Cole Porter musical Mexican Hayride (1944–45); Molière’s The Would-Be Gentleman (1946); and the revues As the Girls Go (1948) and Michael Todd's Peep Show (1950).