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Clyde Anderson Tolson (May 22, 1900 – April 14, 1975) was the second-ranking official of the FBI from 1930 until 1972, from 1947 titled Associate Director, primarily responsible for personnel and discipline.
How did J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson, his second-in-command at the FBI, manage to have a public and private relationship in a homophobic era? The film J. Edgar imagines their romance, but the historical record shows they were treated as a recognized couple by Washington society.
Nov 14, 2011 · Filmgoers never see the decades-long romance between the former FBI director, and his number two, Clyde Tolson, consummated, but there's plenty of loving glances, hand-holding and one scene with an aggressive, long, deep kiss.
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Clyde Tolson was an American secret service agent and the first Associate Director of the FBI who was in office for over four decades. He was primarily responsible for personnel and discipline, and was honored with the ‘President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service’ by President Lyndon B. Johnson for increasing the ...
Clyde A. Tolson, former associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and, for more than 30 years the closest friend and associate of its director, J. Edgar Hoover, died yesterday...
Nov 14, 2011 · See photos of the FBI director and his number-two from the 1930s, who worked together for more than 40 years and shared a close bond. Learn how the new film J. Edgar explores their relationship and its implications.
Hoover remained director of the FBI until he died of a heart attack in his Washington home, on May 2, 1972, whereupon operational command of the Bureau was passed onto Associate Director Clyde Tolson.
