Clarence E. Willard

Clarence E. Willard

Clarence E Willard was an American vaudeville performer. He was able to increase his height at will by 7 1⁄2 inches and elongate his arms and legs. He became associated with Robert Ripley, performing at the Believe It or Not! odditoriums.

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Summary Clarence E. WillardClarence E Willard was an American vaudeville performer. He was able to increase his height at will by 7 1⁄2 inches and elongate his arms and legs. He became associated with Robert Ripley, performing at the Believe It or Not! odditoriums and appearing in a short film. Willard appeared at the 1936–37 Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, and later ran a restaurant in Alameda, California.

He died on July 31, 1962 at a hospital in Oakland, California and was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery. He claimed to be a relative of the painter Archibald Willard.