Oscar Polk

Oscar Polk (December 25, 1899 – January 4, 1949) was an American actor. He portrayed the enslaved man Pork in the film Gone with the Wind.

Life and career His most memorable scene in that film comes when Pork discloses to Scarlett O'Hara, portrayed by Vivien Leigh, that the back property taxes “done run up sky high” on Tara in the amount of $300. He was married to Ivy V. Polk (née Ivy Parsons, born October 12, 1920), who had a deleted scene in Gone with the Wind. They had a son, Oscar Polk Jr.

On January 4, 1949, Oscar Polk was fatally struck by a taxi cab as he stepped off a curb in Times Square in New York City 10 days after his 49th birthday. At the time of his death, he was scheduled to have a major role in the play Leading Lady, and he was replaced by Ossie Davis. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Long Island, New York.

Theatre credits Broadway The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927) Once in a Lifetime (1930) Both Your Houses (1933) The Green Pastures (1935) You Can't Take It with You (1936) Swingin' The Dream (1939), a swing music adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sunny River (1942) The Walking Gentleman (1942) Dark Eyes (1943)

Other stage credits Horses Are Like That (1943) Bigger Than Barnum (1946) The Magnificent Heel (1946)

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