Clifford Tobin DeYoung (born February 12, 1945) is an American actor and musician.
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Early life, family and education
DeYoung was born in Los Angeles, California. He is a 1968 graduate of California State University, Los Angeles.
Career
Before his acting career, he was the lead singer of the 1960s rock group Clear Light, which played the same concerts with acts such as The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. After the band dissolved, he starred in the Broadway production of Hair and the Tony Award-winning Sticks and Bones.
After four years in New York City, he moved back to California to star in the television film Sunshine (1973), and featuring the songs of John Denver. There was a short-lived television series based on the film. The song "My Sweet Lady" from the film reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974, No. 14 in Canada and No. 42 in Australia. Sunshine Christmas, a sequel, was produced in 1977.
