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Clive Brook(1887-1974)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Clive Brook in Cavalcade (1933)
Born in London, England to Charlotte Mary (opera singer) and George Alfred Brook. He was educated privately. Stage experience included: "Oliver Twist", "Voysey Inheritence", "If I were King", "Importance of Being Ernest", Fair and Warmer", "Over Sunday", "Clothes and the WOman", and many others. Screen experience with Graham-Cutts Company in London. He appeared in "Woman to Woman", and others. In 1924 he came to America.
BornJune 1, 1887
DiedNovember 17, 1974(87)
BornJune 1, 1887
DiedNovember 17, 1974(87)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

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Clive Brook and Ann Harding in Gallant Lady (1933)
Mary Astor, Clive Brook, and William Collier Jr. in Playing with Souls (1925)
Adrianne Allen and Clive Brook in The Night of June 13 (1932)
Clive Brook, Roland Culver, and Beatrice Lillie in On Approval (1944)
Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan in Midnight Madness (1928)
Clive Brook and Miriam Hopkins in 24 Hours (1931)
Clive Brook, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alan Mowbray, and Helen Vinson in Midnight Club (1933)
Olga Baclanova and Clive Brook in Forgotten Faces (1928)
Clive Brook and Florence Vidor in Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924)
Sidney Blackmer, Clive Brook, and Billie Dove in Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Paul Lukas, and Henry Wadsworth in Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Clive Brook and Florence Vidor in Afraid to Love (1927)

Known for

On Approval (1944)
On Approval
7.2
  • George, 10th Duke of Bristol
  • 1944
Cavalcade (1933)
Cavalcade
5.8
  • Robert Marryot
  • 1933
Scotland Yard Commands (1936)
Scotland Yard Commands
6.3
  • Malcolm Stevenson
  • 1936
Shanghai Express (1932)
Shanghai Express
7.3
  • Captain Donald Harvey
  • 1932

Credits

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Actor

  • The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
    The List of Adrian Messenger
    • Marquis of Gleneyre
    • 1963
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    • Henry Hutton
    • Josiah Bolton
    • Sandor Turai ...
    • TV Series
    • 1956–1959
  • Saturday Playhouse
    • Mr. Latimer
    • TV Series
    • 1958
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    • TV Series
    • 1955
  • Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)
    Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
    • TV Series
    • 1951
  • On Approval (1944)
    On Approval
    • George, 10th Duke of Bristol
    • 1944
  • Nell Ballantyne, Clive Brook, Finlay Currie, and Morland Graham in The Shipbuilders (1943)
    The Shipbuilders
    • Leslie Pagan
    • 1943
  • The Flemish Farm (1943)
    The Flemish Farm
    • Maj. Lessart
    • 1943
  • Adventure in Blackmail (1942)
    Adventure in Blackmail
    • Peter Conroy
    • 1942
  • A Voice in the Night (1941)
    A Voice in the Night
    • Karl
    • 1941
  • Convoy (1940)
    Convoy
    • Captain Armitage
    • 1940
  • Return to Yesterday (1940)
    Return to Yesterday
    • Robert Maine
    • 1940
  • Barry K. Barnes, Jane Baxter, and Clive Brook in The Ware Case (1938)
    The Ware Case
    • Sir Hubert Ware
    • 1938
  • Ann Todd and Clive Brook in Action for Slander (1937)
    Action for Slander
    • Maj. George Daviot
    • 1937
  • Scotland Yard Commands (1936)
    Scotland Yard Commands
    • Malcolm Stevenson
    • 1936

Director

  • On Approval (1944)
    On Approval
    • Director
    • 1944

Writer

  • On Approval (1944)
    On Approval
    • adapted for the screen by
    • 1944

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • June 1, 1887
    • Tufnell Park, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • November 17, 1974
    • Ealing, London, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Mildred Evelyn1920 - November 17, 1974 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    He acted in Oscar Wilde's play, "A Woman of No Importance," at the Savoy Theatre and Streatham Hill Theatre in London, England with Isobel Jeans, Jean Cadell, Athene Seyler, Peter Barkworth, Nora Swinburne, and Paul Anstee in the cast. Michael Benthall was director.
  • Publicity listings
    • 12 Articles
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In their 1975 career article on the star, "Films in Review' reported that at the height of his popularity, he received an average 12,000 fan letters per month and a salary of $5000 per week.
  • Quotes
    Hollywood is a chain gang and we lose the will to escape. The links of the chain are not forged with cruelties but with luxuries.

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