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Robert Ruark (December 29, 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina – July 1, 1965 in London, England) [1] was an American author, syndicated columnist, and big game hunter.
Africa Adventure is a 1954 American documentary film which follows a safari around East Africa, led by big-game hunter Robert C. Ruark. Ruark narrated and directed the film, and also wrote the script. Produced by RKO-Pathé, it was distributed by its sister company, RKO Radio Pictures, who premiered the film on September 28, 1954.
The film, based on the book of the same name by Robert Ruark, portrays the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. It shows the colonial and native African conflict caused by colonialism and differing views on how life should be lived. It stars Rock Hudson as the colonial and Sidney Poitier as the native Kenyan.
Robert Ruark: July 10: Bonjour Tristesse: Françoise Sagan July 17: Something of Value: Robert Ruark July 24: Bonjour Tristesse: Françoise Sagan July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28: Auntie Mame: Patrick Dennis: September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2: Marjorie Morningstar: Herman Wouk: October 9 October 16 ...
Robert Roark was an actor who appeared in TV and movies, most notably the movie "Mister Roberts" (1955). Some sources have his birth as December 29,1915 in Wilmington, NC, and death on July 1,1965. These dates and birthplace match Robert Ruark's biography exactly. The images of Roark I have found show more than a passing resemblance to Ruark.
In 1955 Ruark wrote a subsequent book called Something of Value, a fictional novel influenced by Harry's colonial Kenyan childhood and his Professional Hunter exploits. The attention placed great pressure on Harry, who later commented that creating his reputation was easy – maintaining it for 40 years was the hard part.
Ruark is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Ruark (1899–1979), American physicist; Davis R. Ruark (born 1955), former State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Maryland; Gibbons Ruark (born 1941), contemporary American poet; Jeanne Ruark Hoff, former college basketball player; Rebecca T. Ruark, Chesapeake Bay skipjack
It was there that in June 1949, Dalton was interviewed by journalist Robert C. Ruark, who then published a three-article account of this interview. Dalton, claiming to be 102 years old, told Ruark that the man shot and killed in 1882 and identified as Jesse James was actually a similar-looking houseguest of James named Charlie Bigelow.