Biography
Harvard graduate Colbert Clark entered films in 1931 as a writer specializing in action melodramas. Penning scores of low-budget films and serials such as
John Wayne's
Hurricane Express (1932) and
The Three Musketeers (1933), the latter of which he also directed, Clark went on to become an executive with Columbia Pictures, where he produced
Boris Karloff's
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) and the long-running (1945-1952) "Durango Kid" series starring
Charles Starrett. After the demise of the series (and B-Westerns in general, Clark went on to co-produce (with
Gene Autry) the television series
Annie Oakley (1954-1956), starring
Gail Davis, a blonde charmer who had appeared in several Durango Kid vehicles, as well as Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955) starring
Willard Parker. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide