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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.
Nov 10, 2011 · Clyde Tolson and J. Edgar Hoover never openly acknowledged a sexual or romantic relationship. Photograph courtesy UCLA Library. In one of the climactic moments of the new film J. Edgar, a...
Nov 14, 2011 · The new film J. Edgar takes the well-known relationship between long-time FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo diCaprio) and his long-time FBI number-two Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) and develops it into a major theme. What do we actually know about it?
Apr 15, 1975 · 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 · 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.
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 ...
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.
Clyde Tolson was Hoover’s near-constant companion for over forty years, he inherited and moved into Hoover’s house as well as inherited most of the Hoover Estate (Gandy was left $5,000) and was the number two man in the FBI from 1930 until Hoover’s death.
Clyde Anderson Tolson was the second-ranking official of the FBI from 1930 until 1972, from 1947 titled Associate Director, primarily responsible for personnel and discipline. He was the protégé and long-time top deputy of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Clyde A. Tolson, former as-sociate 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 at Doctors Hos-s pital in Washington. A spokesman for the F.B.I. said death resulted from natural causes. Mr. Tolson was 74 years
