Andy Clyde Bio

Andrew Allen Clyde, known as Andy Clyde, was born on March 25, 1892 in Scotland. He was a versatile and dedicated actor with a gift for creating eccentric characters of all ages. He had a successful career as a comedian in a number of genres including short subject movies, full fling films, radio and television.

acting career lasted over 34 years. He was born to a family of actors, agents, etc. But his first real break came in 1921 as a Mac Senate comic in silent films. There he met and married a Mac Senate bathing beauty, Elsie, Mon, Teron. They remained married until his death.

Clyde transitioned to talkies in 1932. He spent another decade or so in comedic shorts and feature length film. In 1948 Clyde was cast as William Boyd's eccentric old sidekick, California Carlson and the Hopalong Cassidy radio shows transcribed from 1948 to 1954 mutual radio based on Boyd's hit series.

In the series went to television. Clyde went to 1950 to 1952. By the mid-1950s Clyde had moved permanently from the big screen to television. He appeared in a wide range of television shows including Studio 57, Soldiers of Forged, My Little Margie, Lassie, The Tall Man, The Real McCoy's, Wagon Train, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Andy Griffith Show, Gun Smoke, and No Time for Sartience. He worked

in television until his death in 1967. He is buried in Glendale, California. Andy Clyde has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in film. For the old time radio researchers, I'm Jim Bo.