E. E. Clive
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1879
- Died
- June 6, 1940 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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.
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Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Pride and Prejudice
Movie · as Sir William Lucas
Congo Maisie
Movie · as Horace Snell
The Earl of Chicago
Movie · as Mr. Redwood
Foreign Correspondent
Movie · as Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Movie · as Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Adventure in Diamonds
Movie · as Mr. MacPherson
The Little Princess
Movie · as Mr. Barrows
Rose of Washington Square
Movie · as Barouche Driver
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Inspector Bristol
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Movie · as Tenny
Raffles
Movie · as Barraclough
Man About Town
Movie · as Hotchkiss
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as London Cabbie John Clayton
Bachelor Mother
Movie · as Butler
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Movie · as Port Commandant General (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Movie · as Tenny
I'm from Missouri
Movie · as Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood
The Honeymoon's Over
Movie · as Col. Shelby
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Movie · as Tenny
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Movie · as 'Tenny' Tennison
Arsène Lupin Returns
Movie · as Alf
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Movie · as Tenny
The First Hundred Years
Movie · as Chester Blascomb
Kidnapped
Movie · as Minister MacDougall
Submarine Patrol
Movie
The Last Warning
Movie · as Major Barclay
Gateway
Movie · as Room Steward
Personal Property
Movie · as Cosgrove Dabney
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Movie · as Tenny
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Movie · as "Tenny" Tennison
It's Love I'm After
Movie · as First Butler
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Movie · as 'Tenny' Tennison
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie · as Auctioneer
Danger – Love at Work
Movie · as Wilbur
Live, Love and Learn
Movie · as Mr. Palmiston
They Wanted to Marry
Movie · as Stiles
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie · as Sir Samuel Buffington
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie · as Lord Nigel Braemer
On the Avenue
Movie · as Cabby
Maid of Salem
Movie · as Bilge
Love Under Fire
Movie · as Captain Bowden
Night Must Fall
Movie · as Guide
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Sir Harry Lorridaile
Dracula's Daughter
Movie · as Sergeant Wilkes
Libeled Lady
Movie · as Fishing Instructor
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · as Sir Humphrey Harcourt
Tarzan Escapes
Movie · as Masters
Show Boat
Movie · as Sir Arthur
Lloyd's of London
Movie · as Magistrate
Isle of Fury
Movie · as Dr. Hardy
Love Before Breakfast
Movie · as Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan
Cain and Mabel
Movie · as Charles Fendwick
Trouble for Two
Movie · as King
The Unguarded Hour
Movie · as Lord Henry Hathaway
The Dark Hour
Movie · as Foot, the Butler
Ticket to Paradise
Movie · as Barkins
Palm Springs
Movie · as Morgan
The White Angel
Movie · as Dr. Smith (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow
Movie · as Walker
All American Chump
Movie · as . Montgomery Brantley
Camille
Movie · as Saint Gaudens (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
Movie · as Burgomaster
Captain Blood
Movie · as Clerk of the Court
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie · as Sapsea
Atlantic Adventure
Movie · as McIntosh
We're in the Money
Movie · as Jevons
David Copperfield
Movie · as Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
Kind Lady
Movie · as Grammaphone Man (uncredited)
Stars Over Broadway
Movie · as Crane
Page Miss Glory
Movie · as Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited)
Remember Last Night?
Movie · as Coroner's Photographer (uncredited)
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Movie · as Lord Holloway
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · as Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Movie · as Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie · as Coachman
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Judge in 'Old Bailey'
Charlie Chan in London
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Thacker
The Gay Divorcee
Movie · as Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
The Little Minister
Movie · as Sheriff Greer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie · as London Bobbie
The Poor Rich
Movie · as Lord Fetherstone
Long Lost Father
Movie · as Spot Hawkins
Father Brown, Detective
Movie · as Sergeant Dawes
One More River
Movie · as Chayne
Riptide
Movie · as Major Mills (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
Movie · as Constable Jaffers
Cheaters at Play
Movie · as Steward