Clyde Beatty

Clyde Beatty

Born: June 10, 1903
Died: July 19, 1965
in Bainbridge, Ohio
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Clyde Beatty (June 10, 1903 – July 19, 1965) joined the circus as a cage cleaner as a teen and became famous as a lion tamer and animal trainer. He also became a circus impresario who owned his own show that later merged with the Cole Bros. Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus.

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Movies for Clyde Beatty...

Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Ring of Fear
Title: Ring of Fear
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: July 23, 1954
Type: Movie
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
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Perils of the Jungle
Title: Perils of the Jungle
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: Movie
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman, who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs, a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind.
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Africa Screams
Title: Africa Screams
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: May 4, 1949
Type: Movie
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
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Here Comes the Circus
Title: Here Comes the Circus
Character: Animal Trainer (Archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Watch and enjoy the large variety of acts in an old-fashioned circus! The film was made available in sound and silent versions.
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Jungle Woman
Title: Jungle Woman
Character: Fred Mason (in long shots) (archive footage / uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
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Captive Wild Woman
Title: Captive Wild Woman
Character: Fred Mason (in long shots) (archive footage / uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1943
Type: Movie
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
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Darkest Africa
Title: Darkest Africa
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: February 15, 1936
Type: Movie
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
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The Lost Jungle
Title: The Lost Jungle
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: June 13, 1934
Type: Movie
Clyde Beatty, an animal trainer and circus star, leads a search for his missing girlfriend and her father who were on an expedition looking for a lost tropical island. Using a dirigible as his mode of transportation, Beatty and his band head off in search of the missing explorers only to crash their airship on the same island their friends are located. Battling wild animals and a gang of greedy men searching for gold, Beatty and his party must rescue his girlfriend and father all the while trying to escape their jungle island. Feature version of the same-title serial of the same year, with refilmed sequences substantially altering the plot and characters of the original chapterplay.
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The Lost Jungle
Title: The Lost Jungle
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: March 22, 1934
Type: Movie
12 part movie serial where Clyde Beatty encounters obstacles and adventure on his way to rescue his damsel in distress.
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The Big Cage
Title: The Big Cage
Character: Clyde Beatty
Released: May 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.