E. E. Clive
E. E. Clive | |
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Clive in the 1939 film The Little Princess. | |
Born |
Edward Erskholme Clive 28 August 1879 Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK |
Died |
6 June 1940 60) North Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged
Cause of death | heart disease |
Citizenship | British |
Years active | 1932-1940 |
Spouse(s) | Eleanor Ellis (1915-1940) (his death) (1 child) |
Edward Erskholme Clive (28 August 1879 – 6 June 1940) was a Welsh stage actor and director who had a prolific acting career in Britain and America. He also played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood movies between 1933 and his death.[1]
Biography
E. E. Clive was born on 28 August 1879 in Blaenavon in Monmouthshire. Clive studied for a medical career, and had completed four years of medical studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital before switching his focus to acting at age 22. Touring the provinces for a decade, Clive became an expert at virtually every sort of regional dialect in the British Isles. He moved to the U.S. in 1912, where after working in the Orpheum vaudeville circuit he set up his own stock company in Boston. By the 1920s, his company was operating in Hollywood; among his repertory players were such up-and-comers as Rosalind Russell. He also worked at the Broadway in several plays. Clive's obituary in The New York Times stated that he acted in "1,159 Legitimate Plays Before Going Into Moving Pictures".[1]
E.E. Clive made his film debut as a village police constable in 1933's The Invisible Man with Claude Rains, then spent the next seven years showing up in wry supporting and bit parts, where he often portrayed comical versions of English stereotypes. He often played butlers, reporters, aristocrats, shopkeepers and cabbies during his short film career. Though his roles were often small, Clive was a well-known and prolific character actor of his time. Among his best-known roles was the incompetent Burgomaster in James Whale's horror classic Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He was a semi-regular as 'Tenny the Butler' in Paramount Pictures' Bulldog Drummond "B" series starring John Howard; he also played butlers in other movies like Bachelor Mother with David Niven and Ginger Rogers. In 1939, Clive appeared in The Little Princess as the lawyer Mr. Barrows, and the first two entries of the classic Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone. One of Clive's last roles was Sir William Lucas in the 1940 literature adaption Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson.
E.E. Clive died on 6 June 1940, of a heart ailment, in his Hollywood home.[1] He was survived by his wife Eleanor and their child. Clive was a member of the Euclid lodge of Freemasons in Boston.
Complete filmography
- Cheaters at Play (1932)
- Horse Play (1933) (uncredited)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- Long Lost Father (1934)
- The Poor Rich (1934)
- Riptide (1934) (uncredited)
- One More River (1934)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
- Charlie Chan in London (1934)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934) (uncredited)
- Father Brown, Detective (1934)
- The Little Minister (1934) (uncredited)
- Tin Pants (1934)
- David Copperfield (1935) (uncredited)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) (uncredited)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- We're in the Money (1935)
- Atlantic Adventure (1935)
- Page Miss Glory (1935) (uncredited)
- Three Kids and a Queen (1935) (uncredited)
- A Feather in Her Hat (1935) (uncredited)
- Remember Last Night? (1935) (uncredited)
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) (uncredited)
- Stars Over Broadway (1935)
- Kind Lady (1935) (uncredited)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
- The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935) (uncredited)
- The Dark Hour (1936)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
- Love Before Breakfast (1936) (uncredited)
- The Unguarded Hour (1936)
- Dracula's Daughter (1936)
- The King Steps Out (1936) (uncredited)
- Show Boat (1936) (uncredited)
- Trouble for Two (1936)
- The Golden Arrow (1936)
- Palm Springs (1936)
- Ticket to Paradise (1936)
- The White Angel (1936) (uncredited)
- Piccadilly Jim (1936)
- Cain and Mabel (1936)
- Libeled Lady (1936)
- Isle of Fury (1936)
- All American Chump (1936)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
- Tarzan Escapes (1936)
- Lloyd's of London (1936)
- Camille (1936) (uncredited)
- Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
- On the Avenue (1937)
- They Wanted to Marry (1937)
- Maid of Salem (1937)
- Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
- Personal Property (1937)
- Night Must Fall (1937)
- The Road Back (1937) (uncredited)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
- Love Under Fire (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
- Danger – Love at Work (1937)
- It's Love I'm After (1937)
- The Great Garrick (1937) (uncredited)
- Live, Love and Learn (1937)
- Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
- Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
- The First Hundred Years (1938)
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
- Kidnapped (1938)
- Gateway (1938)
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
- Submarine Patrol (1938) (uncredited)
- Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)
- The Last Warning (1938)
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) (uncredited)
- The Little Princess (1939)
- I'm from Missouri (1939)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939)
- Man About Town (1939)
- Bachelor Mother (1939)
- Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- Raffles (1939)
- The Earl of Chicago (1940)
- Congo Maisie (1940)
- Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
- Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) (uncredited)
- Flowing Gold (1940) - Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
References
- 1 2 3 "E.E. Clive, Actor, Dead in the West. Veteran of Stage and Screen Former Manager of Copley Theatre in Boston. Appeared in 1,159 Legitimate Plays Before Going Into Moving Pictures". The New York Times. 7 June 1940. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
Edward E. Clive, 56-year-old English character actor of the stage and screen, producer and director of the legitimate theatre, died suddenly of a heart ailment today at his North Hollywood home
External links
- E. E. Clive on IMDb
- E. E. Clive at the Internet Broadway Database