E. E. Clive

About

Edward Erskholme Clive 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. 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 US 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. E. E. Clive made his film debut as a...

Known for

Bride of FrankensteinMovie • 1935The Invisible ManMovie • 1933The Gay DivorceeMovie • 1934Foreign CorrespondentMovie • 1940Pride and PrejudiceMovie • 1940Captain BloodMovie • 1935CamilleMovie • 1936Tarzan EscapesMovie • 1936Bachelor MotherMovie • 1939The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesMovie • 1939The Hound of the BaskervillesMovie • 1939David CopperfieldMovie • 1935Dracula's DaughterMovie • 1936The Charge of the Light BrigadeMovie • 1936A Tale of Two CitiesMovie • 1935The Little PrincessMovie • 1939Libeled LadyMovie • 1936It's Love I'm AfterMovie • 1937Little Lord FauntleroyMovie • 1936Mr. Moto's Last WarningMovie • 1939Charlie Chan in LondonMovie • 1934Lloyd's of LondonMovie • 1936Night Must FallMovie • 1937Show BoatMovie • 1936