- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- El Palomino
- Clinton Jencks was born on March 1, 1918 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Salt of the Earth (1954). He was married to Virginia Jencks and Muriel Jencks. He died on December 14, 2005 in San Diego, California, USA.
- SpousesVirginia Jencks (her death, 4 children)Muriel Jencks(? - December 14, 2005) (his death)
- Clinton Jencks was convicted of violation the oath of the non-Communist affidavit required of union officials (he really was the character he played in his only film) under the infamously anti-labor Taft-Hartley Act. He conviction was subsequently overturned on appeal in that the law was an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
- Was a union organizer who led New Mexico mineworkers in a strike during the. McCarthy-era. He later taught at San Diego State University.
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