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Clyde Beatty (June 10, 1903 – July 19, 1965) was a famed animal trainer, zoo owner, and circus mogul. He joined Howe's Great London Circus in 1921 as a cage boy and spent the next four decades rising to fame as one of the most famous circus performers and animal trainers in the world.
Jun 6, 2024 · Clyde Beatty, American wild animal trainer known for his ‘fighting act,’ designed to show his courage and mastery of the ferocious animals under his control. In one of the most-daring acts in circus history, he mixed 40 lions and tigers of both sexes.
Nov 10, 2020 · Clyde Beatty (animal trainer) tames wild lions for the circus Full Description: USA: California: INT/EXT CIRCUS Tiger trainer Clyde Beatty in California starts his routine with lions again...
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Clyde Beatty (June 10, 1903 – July 19, 1965) was a famed animal trainer, zoo owner, and circus mogul. He joined Howe's Great London Circus in 1921 as a cage boy and spent the next four decades rising to fame as one of the most famous circus performers and animal trainers in the world.
Clyde Beatty, King of the Lion Tamers, died of cancer in Ventura, California on July 19, 1965, just before the beginnings of the political correctness movement that assigned his once-illustrious name to obscurity. He was 62 years old.
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Clyde Beatty was a famous lion tamer, zoo owner, and circus mogul who performed with wild animals for over four decades. He appeared in films, radio shows, and TV programs, and trained his wife and daughter to be animal trainers.
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Clyde Beatty joined the circus at a young age and later became the most recognized name in the circus world. He faced as many as forty lions and tigers in th...
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