Roark Bradford

Roark Bradford was born on Aug 21, 1896 in USA. Roark Bradford's big-screen debut came with The Green Pastures directed by Marc Connelly in 1936.

Writer Roark Bradford was born Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford in Lauderdale County, Texas, on August 21, 1896. He was descended from the first Governor or Massacvhusetts, William Bradford. He joined the US Army during World War I and became an officer in the Artillery Corps, but was never sent overseas. He left the army in 1920 and went into the newspaper business, working on the Atlanta "Georgian". In 1922 he moved to New Orleans and joined the staff of the "New Orleans Times-Picayune", becoming the paper's night editor.