
Clyde was born in the village of Dorney in the English county of Buckinghamshire and is the son of Lady Elizabeth Wellesley. Through his maternal line, Clyde is the great-great-great-grandson of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and is a cousin of the current Duke of Wellington. Growing up, he was educated at two independent boarding schools in England: Ludgrove School, in Wokingham Without and Eton College in Eton. He also attended the University of Grenoble in Grenoble, France for one year. He would later go on to attend and graduate from the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London where he studied acting. This is also where he met musical partner, Chad Stuart in 1960.

The Musketeer
2001 · as Lord Buckingham

The Iron Lady
2011 · as James T

North Sea Hijack
1980 · as Lord Privy Seal Dennis Tipping

Splitting Heirs
1993 · as 14th Duke

Moll Flanders
1975 · as Edward

Kaspar Hauser
1993 · as Lord Stanhope

Silver Bears
1977 · as Nick Topping

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971 · as Demetrius

Invitation to the Wedding
1983

Crossbow: The Movie
1989 · as Gessler

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966

The Falklands Play
2002 · as Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)

Wilt
1989 · as Hugh

Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975 · as Mr. Fleetwood

A Rather English Marriage
1998 · as Vivian

Wind of Change
1977 · as Stephen

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982 · as Andrew Parker-Bowles

The Country Wife
1977 · as Harcourt