Clive Brook
Clive Brook | |
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Clive Brook | |
Born |
Clifford Hardman Brook 1 June 1887 Islington, London, England |
Died |
17 November 1974 87) Ealing, London, England | (aged
Resting place | St Paul's, Covent Garden |
Alma mater | Dulwich College |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1918–1963 |
Spouse(s) | Charlotte Elisabeth Mildred Evelyn |
Children |
Faith Brook Lyndon Brook |
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor.
After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, Brook became one of the major stars for Paramount Pictures in the late silent era. During 1928–29 he successfully made the transition to sound and continued to be featured in many of Hollywood's most prestigious films, including a number of literary adaptations. In the mid-1930s he returned to England, where he appeared regularly in leading film roles for a further decade.
Early life
Brook was born in Islington, London, the son of George Alfred Brook and Charlotte Mary Brook.[1] He attended Dulwich College because of his father's desire for him to be a lawyer, but family financial problems caused him to leave at age 15. He then studied elocution at a polytechnic.[2]
He served in the Artists' Rifles in the First World War, rising to the rank of Major.[3] Brook was 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) tall and had brown hair with grey eyes.
Before Brook went into acting, he worked as a journalist and an insurance clerk.[3] He first appeared on stage in 1918 and also in films from 1919. He worked first in British films then in Hollywood.
Hollywood
Brook debuted on film in Trent's Last Case (1920).[2] One of his best remembered appearances was playing opposite Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express (1932). He played Sherlock Holmes three times: The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes (in that order), and as part of an anthology film, Paramount on Parade (1930).
In 1934 he was voted one of the most popular stars at the British box office.[4]
Brook's final film was The List of Adrian Messenger (1963).[5]
Return to England
Brook returned to England in 1935 because of kidnapping threats toward his children.[2] In 1943, he adapted the comedy On Approval by Frederick Lonsdale and wrote, produced, directed and starred in the film with Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. The costumes were by Cecil Beaton.
In 1949 he presented the radio series The Secrets of Scotland Yard.[6] In 1956 he appeared on stage in One Bright Day at the Apollo Theatre in London.
Broadway
Brook starred as Josiah Bolton in the comedy Second Threshold from 2 January 1951 until 21 April 1951.[7]
Death
Family
In 1920,Brook married Charlotte Elisabeth Mildred Evelyn. Their children, Faith and Lyndon, were also actors.[2]
Complete filmography
- Trent's Last Case (1920)
- Kissing Cup's Race (1920)
- Her Penalty (1921)
- The Loudwater Mystery (1921)
- Daniel Deronda (1921)
- A Sportsman's Wife (1921)
- Sonia (1921)
- Christie Johnstone (1921)
- Married to a Mormon (1922)
- A Debt of Honour (1922)
- Vanity Fair (1922 short)
- The Sheik (1922 short)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1922 short)
- Shirley (1922)
- Married to a Mormon (1922)
- Stable Companions (1922)
- Rigoletto (1922 short)
- La traviata (1922 short)
- The Parson's Fight (1922 short)
- Sir Rupert's Wife (1922 short)
- The Experiment (1922)
- Love and a Whirlwind (1922)
- A Debt of Honour (1922)
- Tense Moments with Great Authors (1922)
- Tense Moments from Opera (1922)
- Through Fire and Water (1923)
- This Freedom (1923)
- Out to Win (1923)
- The Royal Oak (1923)
- The Reverse of the Medal (1923 short)
- Woman to Woman (1923)
- The White Shadow (1923)[9]
- The Money Habit (1924)
- The Recoil (1924)
- The Wine of Life (1924)
- The Passionate Adventure (1924)
- Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924)
- Human Desires (1924)
- The Mirage (1924)
- Enticement (1925)
- Declassée (1925)
- Playing with Souls (1925)
- If Marriage Fails (1925)
- The Woman Hater (1925)
- The Home Maker (1925)
- Compromise (1925)
- Seven Sinners (1925)
- Pleasure Buyers (1925)
- When Love Grows Cold (1926)
- Three Faces East (1926)
- Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
- You Never Know Women (1926)
- For Alimony Only (1926)
- The Popular Sin (1926)
- Afraid to Love (1927)
- Barbed Wire (1927)
- Underworld (1927)
- Hula (1927)
- The Devil Dancer (1927)
- French Dressing, aka Lessons for Wives (1927)
- Midnight Madness (1928)
- Yellow Lily (1928)
- Perfect Crime (1928)
- Forgotten Faces (1928)
- Interference (1928)
- A Dangerous Woman (1929)
- The Four Feathers (1929)
- Charming Sinners (1929)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (as Sherlock Holmes) (1929)
- The Marriage Playground (1929) (uncredited)
- The Laughing Lady (1929)
- Slightly Scarlet (1930)
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
- Anybody's Woman (1930)
- Scandal Sheet (1931)
- East Lynne (1931)
- Tarnished Lady (1931)
- The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
- Silence (1931)
- 24 Hours (1931)
- Husband's Holiday (1931)
- Shanghai Express (1932)
- The Man from Yesterday (1932)
- Make Me a Star (1932) (uncredited)
- The Night of June 13 (1932)
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Midnight Club (1933)
- If I Were Free (1933)
- Gallant Lady (1933)
- Where Sinners Meet (1934)
- Let's Try Again (1934)
- The Dover Road (1934)
- The Dictator (1935)
- Dressed to Thrill (1935)
- Love in Exile (1936)
- The Lonely Road (1936)
- Action for Slander (1937)
- The Ware Case (1938)
- Return to Yesterday (1940)
- Convoy (1940)
- Freedom Radio (1941)
- Breach of Promise (1942)
- The Flemish Farm (1943)
- The Shipbuilders (1943)
- On Approval (also director, producer and screenwriter) (1944)
- The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
References
- ↑ Kear, Lynn; King, James (2012). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood’s Lady Crook. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 9780786454686. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN 9780786466467. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- 1 2 Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 92. ISBN 9781557835512. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ "FILM WORLD". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "Clive Brook, British Actor". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. United Press International. 20 November 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Old Time Radio Researchers Group. "Secrets of Scotland Yard - Single Episodes" – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Clive Brook". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 - findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.
- ↑ Rare Alfred Hitchcock film footage uncovered – BBC News, 3 August 2011, retrieved 4 August 2011.
Bibliography
- Scott, Ian. From Pinewood to Hollywood: British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910–1969. Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.
External links
- Clive Brook on IMDb
- Photographs of Clive Brook
- Clive Brook at the Internet Broadway Database
- Clive Brook at Find a Grave