From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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". 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. He was survived by his wife Eleanor and their child. Clive was a member of the Euclid lodge of Freemasons in Boston.
Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964-09-02 | |
Movie | The Earl of Chicago | Mr. Redwood | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Adventure in Diamonds | Mr. MacPherson | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | Congo Maisie | Horace Snell | 1940-01-19 |
Movie | Pride and Prejudice | Sir William Lucas | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | Foreign Correspondent | Mr. Naismith (uncredited) | 1940-08-16 |
Movie | Flowing Gold | Mr. Naismith | 1940-08-24 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police | Tenny | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | London Cabbie John Clayton | 1939-03-24 |
Movie | The Little Princess | Mr. Barrows | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Port Commandant General | 1939-01-20 |
Movie | I'm from Missouri | Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood | 1939-04-06 |
Movie | Bachelor Mother | Butler | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | Rose of Washington Square | Barouche Driver | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | Raffles | Barraclough | 1939-11-11 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Bride | Tenny | 1939-07-12 |
Movie | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Bristol | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | Man About Town | Hotchkiss | 1939-06-29 |
Movie | Kidnapped | Minister MacDougall | 1938-05-27 |
Movie | The First Hundred Years | Chester Blascomb | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Arsène Lupin Returns | Alf | 1938-02-25 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond in Africa | 'Tenny' Tennison | 1938-08-05 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Tenny | 1938-03-18 |
Movie | Gateway | Room Steward | 1938-08-05 |
Movie | Submarine Patrol | 1938-11-25 | |
Movie | Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Tenny | 1938-11-25 |
Movie | The Last Warning | Major Barclay | 1938-12-07 |
Movie | Personal Property | Cosgrove Dabney | 1937-03-19 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Bilge | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond Escapes | "Tenny" Tennison | 1937-01-22 |
Movie | Night Must Fall | Guide | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | They Wanted to Marry | Stiles | 1937-02-05 |
Movie | On the Avenue | Cabby | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Sir Samuel Buffington | 1937-03-06 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | 'Tenny' Tennison | 1937-12-16 |
Movie | Love Under Fire | Captain Bowden | 1937-08-20 |
Movie | Live, Love and Learn | Mr. Palmiston | 1937-10-29 |
Movie | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Lord Nigel Braemer | 1937-12-03 |
Movie | It's Love I'm After | First Butler | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | Danger – Love at Work | Wilbur | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Tenny | 1937-09-24 |
Movie | The Golden Arrow | Walker | 1936-05-23 |
Movie | Trouble for Two | King | 1936-05-29 |
Movie | Palm Springs | Morgan | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | Show Boat | Sir Arthur | 1936-05-17 |
Movie | Ticket to Paradise | Barkins | 1936-06-24 |
Movie | The Dark Hour | Foot, the Butler | 1936-02-17 |
Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Sir Harry Lorridaile | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | The Unguarded Hour | Lord Henry Hathaway | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | Dracula's Daughter | Detective Sergeant Wilkes | 1936-05-11 |
Movie | Camille | Saint Gaudens (uncredited) | 1936-12-26 |
Movie | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Sir Humphrey Harcourt | 1936-10-20 |
Movie | The White Angel | Dr. Smith (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
Movie | Lloyd's of London | Magistrate | 1936-11-25 |
Movie | All American Chump | Montgomery Brantley | 1936-10-16 |
Movie | Tarzan Escapes | Masters | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | Isle of Fury | Dr. Hardy | 1936-10-10 |
Movie | Cain and Mabel | Charles Fendwick | 1936-09-26 |
Movie | Piccadilly Jim | London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | Libeled Lady | Fishing Instructor | 1936-10-09 |
Movie | We're in the Money | Jevons, Courtney's Butler | 1935-08-17 |
Movie | Atlantic Adventure | McIntosh | 1935-08-25 |
Movie | Bride of Frankenstein | Bürgomaster (uncredited) | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | David Copperfield | Sheriff's Man (uncredited) | 1935-01-18 |
Movie | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Mayor Thomas Sapsea | 1935-02-04 |
Movie | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited) | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | Page Miss Glory | Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Captain Blood | Clerk of the Court | 1935-12-26 |
Movie | 3 Kids and a Queen | Coachman | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Kind Lady | Grammaphone Man (uncredited) | 1935-12-06 |
Movie | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Lord Holloway | 1935-12-19 |
Movie | A Feather in Her Hat | Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Stars Over Broadway | Crane | 1935-11-23 |
Movie | Remember Last Night? | Coroner's Photographer (uncredited) | 1935-10-28 |
Movie | Riptide | Major Mills (uncredited) | 1934-03-29 |
Movie | The Poor Rich | Lord Fetherstone | 1934-02-25 |
Movie | Long Lost Father | Spot Hawkins | 1934-01-19 |
Movie | One More River | Chayne | 1934-08-06 |
Movie | Father Brown, Detective | Sergeant Dawes | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | The Little Minister | Sheriff Greer | 1934-12-28 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | London Bobbie | 1934-08-15 |
Movie | The Gay Divorcee | Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited) | 1934-10-12 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in London | Det. Sgt. Thacker | 1934-09-12 |
Movie | The Invisible Man | Constable Jaffers | 1933-11-03 |