Biography
Oscar Polk (25 December 1899 – 4 January 1949) was an American actor. He portrayed the house servant Pork in the film Gone with the Wind (1939). Other screen roles include Gabriel in The Green Pastures (1936), Salt Meat in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), and The Deacon and Fleetfoot in Cabin in the Sky (1943). He was also credited as O.W. Polk in some early films.
Polk began his career on the stage in the late 1920s and appeared in several Broadway productions, among them The Green Pastures (1935) and You Can't Take It with You (1936). He continued working in theatre and film until his death in New York City after being struck by a taxi.
