Clyde Earl Hancock

Clyde Earl Hancock, 94, a Las Vegas resident for the past eight years, died May 19, 2004, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas. He was born June 22, 1909, in Gardena, Wash., to Albert Gregg and Arena Ann Davis Hancock.

He graduated from Touchet High School in the mid-1920s.

He married Dolores Berkes July 10, 1944, in Santa Monica., Calif.

Mr. Hancock was a studio grip in the motion picture industry and a member of the Motion Picture Studio Grips Local 80, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians and Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada.

He was primarily responsible for moving the camera dolly to hit marks for specific shots, hard work which he enjoyed. He worked on feature films and in television shows, featuring such stars as Robert Cummings, Lucille Ball, Raymond Burr, Danny Thomas and Groucho Marx. He retired as a journeyman from Local 80 in 1974 and in 1975 moved to Carson City, where he lived until 1996.

He served in the U.S. Army in Salt Lake City and during World War II as a radar technician at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Among his survivors are his son and daughter-in-law, John and Justine of Las Vegas; daughter and son-in-law, Susanne and Mark Baeta of Lovelock; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A private graveside service will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Calif.

Palm Mortuary-Eastern is in charge of arrangements.