Clyde Beatty

Clyde Beatty

Birth : 1903-06-10, Bainbridge, Ohio

Death : 1965-07-19

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clyde Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Clyde Beatty

Movies

Ring of Fear
Clyde Beatty
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Perils of the Jungle
Clyde Beatty
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.
Africa Screams
Clyde Beatty
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.
Here Comes the Circus
Animal Trainer (Archive footage)
Watch and enjoy the large variety of acts in an old-fashioned circus! The film was made available in sound and silent versions.
Jungle Woman
Stand In
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.
Captive Wild Woman
Fred Mason (in long shots) (archive footage)
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
Darkest Africa
Clyde Beatty
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.
The Lost Jungle
Clyde Beatty
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.
The Lost Jungle
Clyde Beatty
12 part movie serial where Clyde Beatty encounters obstacles and adventure on his way to rescue his damsel in distress.
The Big Cage
Clyde Beatty
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.
The Big Cage
Book
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.