Little is known of Clyde's background. He mentions having a wife in conversation when playing poker. He wears a nice suit, suggesting he is fairly well-to-do. He is likely a successful businessman.
Some of his dialogue suggests that he holds racist and elitist views concerning Native Americans, Hispanics, and anyone who isn't as wealthy as he is and also claims to use his skin to his advantage.
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Clyde can be seen in the opening mission "Exodus in America", where he will come off the Morningstar ship along with Josephine Bernier and they both get harassed by the newspaper Boy at the docks.
Clyde can most often be seen in Thieves' Landing, playing poker in the saloon. He also plays at the poker table in MacFarlane's Ranch and can be found visiting Ridgewood Farm, Rathskeller Fork, Plainview, and Benedict Point. At Plainview, he may sometimes work at the Foreman's office or sit at the table near the tents, having a smoke. He can occasionally be found playing High Stakes Poker in Blackwater, as well as loitering around the train station or the cantina at Casa Madrugada. Clyde won't stand for cheaters and will challenge the player to a duel if they try to deceive him.
Clyde appears twice in the mission “Great Men Are Not Always Wise”. First, he is standing in Blackwater town square, in front of the First National Bank of Blackwater, when a shootout between Dutch’s Gang and the lawmen erupts. He flees the area when the fighting commences. Then, Clyde is held hostage by Helaku in the safe on the lower floor, together with Virgil Beasley, Baxter Deaton, and Alma Chilcott. When John Marston and the lawmen arrive, the outlaw is killed and the prisoners released, fleeing out of the bank and into the police station.
Clyde bears a striking resemblance to Daniel-Day Lewis' character Daniel Plainview from the 2007 historical drama There Will Be Blood. Fittingly enough, Clyde can sometimes be seen managing the foreman’s building in Plainview, especially in Free Roam.
He shares this trait with Barney Nugent, with whom he also shares a head model and similarities to Daniel Plainview.
In Undead Nightmare a Fresh Undead resembling Clyde can be found in hordes around the map and around Fort Mercer. This would imply that Clyde did not survive the undead plague.
Clyde appears in the mission "Liars, Cheats and Other Proud Americans" strangely as both; a spectator and one of the race contestants. This, and other minor roles he appears in in numerous missions would implying he's more of a character type than a specific individual.
