Harry Clork


Harry Clork was an American screenwriter and playwright who wrote over three dozen films between 1935 and 1955.

Biography

Harry was born to English actress Lena Adelaide Rubenstein and her first husband, Harry Prince. After his parents divorced, his mother married Creston Clarke, and Harry later adopted his last name.
After moving to New York and establishing himself first as a performer, and second as a playwright, penning a number of works that hit Broadway, he broke into screenwriting in the mid-1930s. Some of his earliest efforts while under contract at Universal included 1935's Mister Dynamite and Diamond Jim. Over the ensuing two decades, he'd write a wide range of films at Universal, MGM, and Paramount, also dabbling in television writing toward the end of his career. Early on, he collaborated with fellow screenwriter Doris Malloy.
He had retired by the 1970s; he died on June 18, 1978, and was survived by his daughter. Earlier in life, he had been briefly married to Broadway actress Nora Bayes.

Selected filmography