Colbert Clark

{{Short description|American film director (1898–1960)}}

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| name = Colbert Clark

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|8|31}}

| birth_place = Galesburg, Illinois, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|5|4|1898|8|31}}

| death_place = Coronado, California, US

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| occupation = Producer, Writer, Director

| yearsactive = 1927–1957 (film)

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Colbert Clark (August 31, 1898 – May 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He particularly specialized in making western films.Tuska p.196

As a producer at Columbia Pictures, Clark was responsible for resuming production of Durango Kid films in 1945, with The Return of the Durango Kid being the first of 64 movies about the character produced from 1945 through 1952.{{cite book|last1=Boggs|first1=Johnny D.|title=Billy the Kid on Film, 1911-2012|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476603353|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SiXAAAAQBAJ&q=%22Durango+Kid%22&pg=PA74|accessdate=7 June 2016|language=en}}