Background
Clancey was born on 9 November 1881 in Saint Louis, Missouri to John Clancy and Lucy Lumpkins.
Clancey was born on 9 November 1881 in Saint Louis, Missouri to John Clancy and Lucy Lumpkins.
He appeared in several films. He starred in several silent films, most of them with the American Film Company of Santa Barbara. He is best known for playing the character of a restaurant owner nicknamed Alexander the Great in the 1916 Arthur Maude movie Lord Loveland Discovers America.
He also played the character Hook Barnacle in several of the 15 episodes of the adventure serial The Secret of the Submarine.