E. E. Clive

Known For: Acting
Born: August 26, 1879
Place of Birth: Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Died: June 6, 1940

E. E. Clive

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 …

Filmography

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

Flowing Gold

1940 · Mr. Naismith (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Mr. Naismith (uncredited)

Pride and Prejudice

1940 · Sir William Lucas

Adventure in Diamonds

1940 · Mr. MacPherson

Congo Maisie

1940 · Horace Snell

The Earl of Chicago

1940 · Mr. Redwood

The Honeymoon's Over

1939 · Col. Shelby

Raffles

1939 · Barraclough

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939 · Inspector Bristol

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939 · Tenny

Bachelor Mother

1939 · Butler

Man About Town

1939 · Hotchkiss

Rose of Washington Square

1939 · Barouche Driver

I'm from Missouri

1939 · Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939 · Tenny

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939 · London Cabbie John Clayton

The Little Princess

1939 · Mr. Barrows

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939 · Port Commandant General (uncredited)

The Last Warning

1938 · Major Barclay

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938 · Tenny

Submarine Patrol

1938

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938 · 'Tenny' Tennison

Gateway

1938 · Room Steward

Kidnapped

1938 · Minister MacDougall

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938 · Tenny

The First Hundred Years

1938 · Chester Blascomb

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938 · Alf

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

1937 · 'Tenny' Tennison

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937 · Lord Nigel Braemer

Live, Love and Learn

1937 · Mr. Palmiston

It's Love I'm After

1937 · First Butler

Danger – Love at Work

1937 · Wilbur

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937 · Tenny

Love Under Fire

1937 · Captain Bowden

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937 · Auctioneer

Night Must Fall

1937 · Guide

Personal Property

1937 · Cosgrove Dabney

Ready, Willing and Able

1937 · Sir Samuel Buffington

On the Avenue

1937 · Cabby

Maid of Salem

1937 · Bilge

They Wanted to Marry

1937 · Stiles

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937 · "Tenny" Tennison

Camille

1936 · Saint Gaudens (uncredited)

Lloyd's of London

1936 · Magistrate

Tarzan Escapes

1936 · Masters

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 · Sir Humphrey Harcourt

All American Chump

1936 · . Montgomery Brantley

Isle of Fury

1936 · Dr. Hardy

Libeled Lady

1936 · Fishing Instructor

Cain and Mabel

1936 · Charles Fendwick

Piccadilly Jim

1936 · London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan

The White Angel

1936 · Dr. Smith (uncredited)

Ticket to Paradise

1936 · Barkins

Palm Springs

1936 · Morgan

Trouble for Two

1936 · King

The Golden Arrow

1936 · Walker

Show Boat

1936 · , Sir Arthur

Dracula's Daughter

1936 · Sergeant Wilkes

The Unguarded Hour

1936 · Lord Henry Hathaway

Love Before Breakfast

1936 · Yacht Captain (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1936 · Sir Harry Lorridaile

The Dark Hour

1936 · Foot, the Butler

Captain Blood

1935 · Clerk of the Court

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Judge in 'Old Bailey'

The Widow from Monte Carlo

1935 · Lord Holloway

Kind Lady

1935 · Grammaphone Man (uncredited)

Stars Over Broadway

1935 · Crane

Remember Last Night?

1935 · Coroner's Photographer (uncredited)

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 · Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited)

3 Kids and a Queen

1935 · Coachman

Page Miss Glory

1935 · Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited)

Atlantic Adventure

1935 · McIntosh

We're in the Money

1935 · Jevons

Bride of Frankenstein

1935 · Burgomaster

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 · Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 · Sapsea

David Copperfield

1935 · Sheriff's Man (uncredited)

The Little Minister

1934 · Sheriff Greer

Father Brown, Detective

1934 · Sergeant Dawes

The Gay Divorcee

1934 · Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in London

1934 · Det. Sgt. Thacker

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 · London Bobbie

One More River

1934 · Chayne

Riptide

1934 · Major Mills (uncredited)

The Poor Rich

1934 · Lord Fetherstone

Long Lost Father

1934 · Spot Hawkins

The Invisible Man

1933 · Constable Jaffers

Cheaters at Play

1932 · Steward

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