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Andrew Allan Clyde, known as Andy Clyde (March 25, 1892 — May 18, 1967), was a Scottish film and television actor whose career spanned more than four decades. 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.〔(''John Clyde: Scotland's first film star'' ), Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 2012-01-29.〕 Clyde's brother David and his sister Jean also became screen actors.〔(''David Clyde: Stage and film actor'' ), Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 2012-01-29.〕〔(''Jean Clyde: Stage actress'' ), Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 2012-01-29.〕 Although Andy Clyde's movie career spanned 34 years, he may be best known for his work in two long-running television series: as the farmer Cully Wilson in CBS's ''Lassie'' and as the neighbor, George MacMichael, on ABC's ''The Real McCoys''. Coincidentally, the number of appearances in these series was identical: 29 episodes each.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Clyde )〕 ==Early years== In 1912, Clyde first came to the United States on tour in a company performing a play called ''The Concealed Bed''. Years later, at the invitation of his close friend James Finlayson, he returned to the United States in 1920 to join producer Mack Sennett's roster of comedians.〔(''Andy Clyde: Film star'' ), Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 2012-01-29.〕 Clyde's mastery of makeup allowed him tremendous versatility; he could play everything from grubby young guttersnipes to old crackpot scientists. He hit upon an "old man" characterization in his short comedies, and the masquerade was immediately successful. Adopting a gray wig and mustache, he used this makeup for the rest of his short-subject career, and the character was so durable that he literally grew into it. He starred in short comedies longer than any other actor (32 years, 1924–56). He made a successful transition to sound films while in Mack Sennett's employ. In 1932, when the Sennett studio was facing financial problems, Sennett cut Clyde's salary. Clyde objected and Sennett put the "old man" costume on character actor Irving Bacon. Audiences reacted adversely, and Sennett abandoned the character. Educational Pictures, Sennett's distributor, took over the Andy Clyde series, which continued for two more years. Columbia Pictures launched its short subject department in 1934 and Andy Clyde was one of the first comedy stars signed by producer Jules White. Unlike many of the Columbia short-subject comedians who indulged in broad facial and physical gestures, Clyde was subtler and more economical: his comic timing was so good that he could merely lift an eyebrow, shudder slightly, or mutter "My, my, my" for humorous effect. His work for Columbia was prolific enough that, from the mid-1940s, the studio was able to produce lower-budgeted remakes, editing older scenes into the new ones. ''You Were Never Uglier'' (1944), for example, was remade with the same principals in 1953 as ''Hooked and Rooked''. Clyde was such an audience favorite that he continued to star in Columbia shorts through 1956. He outlasted every comedian on the Columbia payroll except The Three Stooges.〔Okuda, Ted; Watz, Edward; (1986). ''The Columbia Comedy Shorts'', p. 69, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-89950-181-8〕 Clyde also kept busy as a character actor in feature films; for example, he played a sad provincial postman in the Katharine Hepburn film ''The Little Minister'' and Charles Coburn's drinking buddy in ''The Green Years''. In the 1940s, he gravitated toward outdoor and western adventures. Clyde is well remembered for his roles as a comic sidekick, usually teaming with William Boyd in the ''Hopalong Cassidy'' series, as "California Carlson" (a role he also played in the ''Hopalong Cassidy'' radio program), or with Whip Wilson in Monogram Pictures' low-budget western movies.〔 Clyde also worked on the Hopalong Cassidy "record readers" issued by Capitol Records in the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alan Livingston and The Capitol Record Readers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Clyde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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