Ron Clark is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote with Sam Bobrick and for co-writing the screenplays for the films Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks with Mel Brooks.
Career
Clark began his career writing for television programs during the 1960s, including such shows as The Jimmy Dean Show, The Danny Kaye Show, and Snuffy Smith and Barney Google. He began writing plays in the 1970s with fellow writer Sam Bobrick. Their first play, Norman, Is That You?, premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on February 19, 1970. The two men went on to write several more Broadway plays together, including No Hard Feelings (1973), Murder at the Howard Johnson's (1979), and Wally's Cafe (1981).
Clark remained active in writing for television and film up through the early 1990s. His many television credits include That Girl (1970), This Week in Nemtim (1972), The Singles (1972), The Paul Lynde Show (1972-1973), Hot L Baltimore (1975), E/R (1985), Silver Spoons (1985-1987), Moonlighting (1989), The Man in the Family (1991), and Baby Talk (1991) among others. He also wrote the screenplays to the films Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), and Life Stinks (1991).
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