Andy Clyde

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Andrew Allan Clyde March 25 1892 May 18 1967 was a Scottishborn American film and television actor whose career spanned some 45 years In 1921 he broke into silent films as a Mack Sennett comic debuting in On a Summer Day He was the fifth of six children of theatrical actor producer and manager John Clyde Clydes brother David and his sister Jean also became screen actors Clyde may be best known for his work as California Carlson in the Hopalong Cassidy movie series as well as for starring in 79 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures from 19341956 He is also known for recurring roles in two television series the farmer Cully Wilson in CBSs Lassie and as the neighbor George MacMichael on ABCs The Real McCoys Personal life On September 23 1932 Clyde married Elsie Maud Tarron a former member of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in Ontario in San Bernardino County California Jules White recalled that Clyde became a father in middle age and was devastated when his son John Allan Clyde died of meningitis at age nine Clyde was close friends with Ben Turpin serving as the witness at Turpins second marriage17 and a pallbearer at his funeral He became a naturalized United States citizen on September 24 1943 Clyde continued to perform on television until his death of natural causes on May 18 196713 His remains are interred at Glendales Forest Lawn Memorial Park CLR