In 1935, having completed their last short for R.K.O., Clark and his
partner
Paul McCullough went on tour in a version of "George White's Scandals."
The frenetic pace of touring emotionally discombobulated McCullough
and, suffering from nervous exhaustion, he entered a sanitarium in
Medford, Massachusetts. In March 1936, he was released. As he was
driving home with a friend, he decided to have a shave. They stopped at
a local barber shop where McCullough struck up a friendly conversation
with the barber. Without warning, as the barber's back was turned,
McCullough grabbed a straight razor and slashed his own throat and
wrists. In critical condition, he was taken to a nearby hospital where
he died several days later. Clark was emotionally devastated by the
loss of his old friend.
