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'''Keith Clark''' (1908 - 1979), aka '''Pierre Cartier''',  was renowned for his cigarette manipulator act, including performance at the Moulin Rouge.
  
[[Keith Clark]] (aka '''Pierre Cartier''') (1908 - 1979) was renowned for his cigarette manipulator act, including performance at the Moulin Rouge.
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== Biography ==
 
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He would use the name "Keith Clark" for French audiences, but for American shows he was billed as "Pierre Cartier".
 
He would use the name "Keith Clark" for French audiences, but for American shows he was billed as "Pierre Cartier".
  
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* [[Nite Club Act]] (Rope Royale + Celebrated Cigarettes + Silks Supreme) (1944)
 
* [[Nite Club Act]] (Rope Royale + Celebrated Cigarettes + Silks Supreme) (1944)
  
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* The Linking Ring, Vol. 22, No. 10, December 1942, Keith Clark Interviewed by Neil Branson, page 18
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* Cover, The Gen, Vol. 25, No. 8, December 1969, page 193
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* The Linking Ring, Vol. 59, No. 10, October 1979, Broken Wand, Keith Clark, page 118
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* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Feyss, Pierre = Keith Clark; Pierre Cartier; Pepi Carque, USA-frz. Zauberkünstler (26.04.1908 Nancy;  †20.04.1979 Paris), page 114
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 22 May 2016

Keith Clark
BornPierre-Jacques Fays
April 26, 1908
Nancy, Ardennes-Lorraine, then Germany, now France
DiedApril 20, 1979 (age 70)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
CategoriesBooks by Keith Clark

Keith Clark (1908 - 1979), aka Pierre Cartier, was renowned for his cigarette manipulator act, including performance at the Moulin Rouge.

Biography

He would use the name "Keith Clark" for French audiences, but for American shows he was billed as "Pierre Cartier".

Later in life, he was known as something of a recluse among magicians, mixing with the fraternity very little. Although in 1968 he appeared at the Flying Sorcerers' Reunion.

Books

References

  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 22, No. 10, December 1942, Keith Clark Interviewed by Neil Branson, page 18
  • Cover, The Gen, Vol. 25, No. 8, December 1969, page 193
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 59, No. 10, October 1979, Broken Wand, Keith Clark, page 118
  • Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Feyss, Pierre = Keith Clark; Pierre Cartier; Pepi Carque, USA-frz. Zauberkünstler (26.04.1908 Nancy; †20.04.1979 Paris), page 114