Records of Rudolph Polk on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rudolph Polk and the Polk Genealogy

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Some Famous People called Rudolph Polk

Rudolph Polk

Rudolph Polk (25 November 1892 New York, New York – 16 June 1957 Los Angeles) was an American concert violinist based in New York City during his early years and, during his later years, a Hollywood film director, film industry executive, and artist manager for Jascha Heifetz, Vladimir Horowitz, José Iturbi, and Gregor Piatigorsky. In Hollywood, Polk was the assistant musical director to Morris Stoloff at Columbia Pictures. After World War II, Polk was musical director for Enterprise Studios.

Polk was family friends with Jacob Previn, father of André and Steve Previn.

Source: Rudolph Polk, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Polk

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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