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E. E. Clive
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E. E. Clive
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1879-08-26,Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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 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.

Filmography

Bride of Frankenstein

7.52

Bride of Frankenstein
1935-04-20

The Invisible Man

7.52

The Invisible Man
1933-10-31

Little Lord Fauntleroy

6.782

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936-03-06

Dracula's Daughter

5.956

Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11

7.3

Libeled Lady
1936-10-09

The Little Princess

6.7

The Little Princess
1939-03-17

Charlie Chan in London

6.875

Charlie Chan in London
1934-09-12

The Gay Divorcee

6.92

The Gay Divorcee
1934-10-12

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

6.786

Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938-11-25

Pride and Prejudice

6.91

Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26

Rose of Washington Square

6.667

Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05

Personal Property

6.909

Personal Property
1937-03-19

The Charge of the Light Brigade

6.556

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20

The Little Minister

5.813

The Little Minister
1934-12-28

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

6.233

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937-09-24

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

6.111

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937-01-22

6.3

Tarzan Escapes
1936-11-06

7.2

Captain Blood
1935-12-26

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

6.9

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01

6.745

Show Boat
1936-05-17

4.625

Congo Maisie
1940-01-19

Lloyd's of London

7.32

Lloyd's of London
1936-11-25

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

5.875

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935-02-04

It's Love I'm After

7

It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08

5.538

Isle of Fury
1936-10-10

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

6.038

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937-12-16

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

6.333

Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939-07-12

The Emperor's Candlesticks

4.944

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02

Love Before Breakfast

6.1

Love Before Breakfast
1936-03-09

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

5.808

Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938-08-05

Arsène Lupin Returns

6.313

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

The Earl of Chicago

6.286

The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

5.917

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18

Danger – Love at Work

7

Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30

6.75

Piccadilly Jim
1936-08-14

6.211

Raffles
1939-11-11

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

5.625

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15

6.4

Cain and Mabel
1936-09-26

Live, Love and Learn

5.625

Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29

Trouble for Two

6.6

Trouble for Two
1936-05-29

8

The Poor Rich
1934-02-25

The Unguarded Hour

6.4

The Unguarded Hour
1936-04-10

5.909

The Dark Hour
1936-02-17

Ticket to Paradise

7.5

Ticket to Paradise
1936-06-24

Long Lost Father

5.875

Long Lost Father
1934-01-19

Atlantic Adventure

6

Atlantic Adventure
1935-08-25

4.5

Man About Town
1939-06-29

Father Brown, Detective

6.5

Father Brown, Detective
1934-12-14

We're in the Money

5.917

We're in the Money
1935-08-17

The Hound of the Baskervilles

7.128

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939-03-24

8

Palm Springs
1936-06-05

The First Hundred Years

8

The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12

David Copperfield

6.717

David Copperfield
1935-01-18

They Wanted to Marry

5.75

They Wanted to Marry
1937-02-05

Ready, Willing and Able

5.375

Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06

Beg, Borrow or Steal

6

Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937-12-03

6.75

Kind Lady
1935-12-06

Stars Over Broadway

5.6

Stars Over Broadway
1935-11-23

Bachelor Mother

7.2

Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30

The White Angel

7.167

The White Angel
1936-06-25

7.2

On the Avenue
1937-02-12

Page Miss Glory

6.714

Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

5.655

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939-01-20

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

6.188

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939-03-29

Cheaters at Play

7

Cheaters at Play
1932-01-27

6

Kidnapped
1938-05-27

Submarine Patrol

6.714

Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25

6.188

Maid of Salem
1937-02-12

The Golden Arrow

6.3

The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23

All American Chump

6.214

All American Chump
1936-10-16

All American Chump

6.214

All American Chump
1936-10-16

The Last Warning

8.5

The Last Warning
1938-12-07

I'm from Missouri

7

I'm from Missouri
1939-04-06

Love Under Fire

5.25

Love Under Fire
1937-08-20

Foreign Correspondent

7

Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16

7.375

Gateway
1938-08-05

6.75

Flowing Gold
1940-08-24

Remember Last Night?

5.5

Remember Last Night?
1935-10-28

7

Camille
1936-12-26

5.2

One More River
1934-08-06

Night Must Fall

6.989

Night Must Fall
1937-04-30

The Widow from Monte Carlo

5.75

The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935-12-19

Gold Diggers of 1935

6.509

Gold Diggers of 1935
1935-03-15

Adventure in Diamonds

6

Adventure in Diamonds
1940-03-08

6.667

Riptide
1934-03-29

A Feather in Her Hat

7

A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25

3 Kids and a Queen

7

3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

6.745

Show Boat
1936-05-17

A Tale of Two Cities

6.9

A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25

The Honeymoon's Over

8

The Honeymoon's Over
1939-12-14