Clyde McLeod

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Birth Name: Clyde McLeod

Born: 30 December 1917 Died: 8 November 2003

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 1"

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Description: Clyde McLeod was a movie extra since 1938. He'd been directed by Charles Chaplin, Frank Capra, and Cecil B. DeMille. He's been a stand in for such actors as Anthony Quinn, Ronald Reagan, Rock Hudson, Tex Ritter, among others. Becoming a principal actor has never been his goal. "I got into the business because it was what my mother wanted me to do," said McLeod in 1985. For McLeod, show business is a family tradition that dates back to the 18th Century, when his ancestors, the Stickneys, played Shakespearean jesters on the stage. His grandmother was a bareback rider in traveling circuses. His mother, Emily Stickney, was ... (more)