E. E. Clive
![E. E. Clive](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5jN00ac4hKNMRh4xpVVSNI89Blu.jpg)
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 26, 1879
Day of Death: June 6, 1940 (61 years old)
Place of Birth: Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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.
1964
1940
1939
![The Little Princess](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cnMSURyv7R6gjmUm5SYdTxXLzIO.jpg)
Actor Mr. Barrows
The Little Princess
![Rose of Washington Square](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6PkqnPGGq1xw1EdSVq3lY4RAqPH.jpg)
Actor Barouche Driver
Rose of Washington Square
![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oNE3GyeA9ZUCzI9jYTgNy7vYTfO.jpg)
Actor Inspector Bristol
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
![Bulldog Drummond's Bride](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iLBOP7jO3hgGaJ6pbRlvNoYcoLy.jpg)
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
![Raffles](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/suUhtPpuB2DVXuEUVOF9aiLcj5N.jpg)
Actor Barraclough
Raffles
![Man About Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/97OuZ4AThlrIu0w1XfPm3nfxPLm.jpg)
Actor Hotchkiss
Man About Town
![The Hound of the Baskervilles](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/61XD1LxA3kXLRrBXat3jN84MtPR.jpg)
Actor London Cabbie John Clayton
The Hound of the Baskervilles
![Bachelor Mother](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/asVj2RpNpr9CSDYdYYu5Osg33A.jpg)
Actor Butler
Bachelor Mother
![Mr. Moto's Last Warning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AboXVQh5iNEbxqbHxtWoAFRrvva.jpg)
Actor Port Commandant General (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
![Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uoPPJXRFEQHLOxWxoWBiAgGlaVQ.jpg)
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Actor Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood
I'm from Missouri
1938
![Arrest Bulldog Drummond](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gXeCUeRNz1N3kj0GInNYpD50PHI.jpg)
Actor Tenny
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
![Bulldog Drummond in Africa](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3LxZSOXtOdMY6LZ0B8PCONRbsPH.jpg)
Actor 'Tenny' Tennison
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
![Arsène Lupin Returns](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3yHqgzR5uUQ7IUf1pGzsufn47g6.jpg)
Actor Alf
Arsène Lupin Returns
![Bulldog Drummond's Peril](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oEi90pKA2jiIjmc3zkGRSRPlMz5.jpg)
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
![The First Hundred Years](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tPUQnRYTesQxS2Hg1TdbsRdzpuA.jpg)
Actor Chester Blascomb
The First Hundred Years
![Kidnapped](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pTyZCwH1inELi1If5YkuXNTKe8Q.jpg)
Actor Minister MacDougall
Kidnapped
![Submarine Patrol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gvoPgtWUksgHHTiizy0gvIVdftP.jpg)
Actor
Submarine Patrol
![The Last Warning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/walWbeHP0MFR7UDrcE9k5oJakpt.jpg)
Actor Major Barclay
The Last Warning
![Gateway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4agT5Os4mQDj9SgWY6LedgcdR6l.jpg)
Actor Room Steward
Gateway
1937
![Personal Property](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1XtwLG2Geil2h3hc2rGqYSACtuQ.jpg)
Actor Cosgrove Dabney
Personal Property
![Bulldog Drummond Escapes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uEo6jswgrTCeTAQP9FGCLXFk1uq.jpg)
Actor "Tenny" Tennison
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
![Bulldog Drummond Comes Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8gskamdfXUHaF6N6fDD9KnDqMRf.jpg)
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
![It's Love I'm After](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yfHshvK1oR8GWilH5Q0iB79DRHU.jpg)
Actor First Butler
It's Love I'm After
![Bulldog Drummond's Revenge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2MApfgh43g93IDWD8o1SkfqyPJQ.jpg)
Actor 'Tenny' Tennison
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
![Danger – Love at Work](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wctV6xeGVIXofmRxNSOC858OjRg.jpg)
Actor Wilbur
Danger – Love at Work
![Live, Love and Learn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zMGeyEoaaEvJKENpmLVhSyMutxb.jpg)
Actor Mr. Palmiston
Live, Love and Learn
![They Wanted to Marry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4lLqvjsGWg5dCIuaVmRS9V46FPr.jpg)
Actor Stiles
They Wanted to Marry
![Ready, Willing and Able](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zTCbwp1yuGrToA2MGey9Hg3p0mZ.jpg)
Actor Sir Samuel Buffington
Ready, Willing and Able
![Beg, Borrow or Steal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bl2PtnSUgPRnLDNnNWh0vXVtCjO.jpg)
Actor Lord Nigel Braemer
Beg, Borrow or Steal
![On the Avenue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/A0Tf0Dm6BL8MncqXC485zZNzIV.jpg)
Actor Cabby
On the Avenue
![Maid of Salem](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2T16eAg4ByqkzWAMvoQcufP03pw.jpg)
Actor Bilge
Maid of Salem
![Love Under Fire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oUNifbWD9eGgj5joZgcJz78aaVQ.jpg)
Actor Captain Bowden
Love Under Fire
![Night Must Fall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nSZ8v3cISZpCbHLKLwhTJDHJN13.jpg)
Actor Guide
Night Must Fall
![The Emperor's Candlesticks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/geUo8IaO67Gw2lq5DI5RjLcj49b.jpg)
Actor Auctioneer
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1936
![Dracula's Daughter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/y7xBkkRLcg1I0fXHO4yYC5SwBCX.jpg)
Actor Detective Sergeant Wilkes
Dracula's Daughter
![Little Lord Fauntleroy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nNMt9xO4MK1M4nzlRi2ryCO3TyK.jpg)
Actor Sir Harry Lorridaile
Little Lord Fauntleroy
![Libeled Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mu2zGdHZJ9IASvnQktjGLZ4kU13.jpg)
Actor Fishing Instructor
Libeled Lady
![The Charge of the Light Brigade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/v7PFjyhEAWKGQ8g6cTGw4GzYKsa.jpg)
Actor Sir Humphrey Harcourt
The Charge of the Light Brigade
![Tarzan Escapes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rhh3vQt32phMCDgQ3OamIYX2tOK.jpg)
Actor Masters
Tarzan Escapes
![Lloyd's of London](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7Fg6Kcgrbw3Ek6SCK6DYDp4Y0OT.jpg)
Actor Magistrate
Lloyd's of London
![Isle of Fury](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lzUhoEjUya4imvpy6kiio81oRbJ.jpg)
Actor Dr. Hardy
Isle of Fury
![Piccadilly Jim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3sikVilpebkXuLfjFi8jxG2lFTq.jpg)
Actor London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan
Piccadilly Jim
![Cain and Mabel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u0Uo1auSeWGUlu8mAIAoeu85ldZ.jpg)
Actor Charles Fendwick
Cain and Mabel
![Trouble for Two](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jRil7KfZZbWsW5iXZ6btI92WoWW.jpg)
Actor King
Trouble for Two
![The Unguarded Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5NKrP7m6Oyd7lkSIhXs0uOXsget.jpg)
Actor Lord Henry Hathaway
The Unguarded Hour
![The Dark Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4xXBq6zbsxYmRslGBaLUx9luOO2.jpg)
Actor Foot, the Butler
The Dark Hour
![Ticket to Paradise](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uKZeDuiqVZagBbD4xRhtIwd9osc.jpg)
Actor Barkins
Ticket to Paradise
![Palm Springs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pM8BNBN7A16bwgW3oS0VmxXDGQN.jpg)
Actor Morgan
Palm Springs
![The White Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qaKhddLijEzfugwuwGGkbtRDaTv.jpg)
Actor Dr. Smith (uncredited)
The White Angel
![The Golden Arrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9jeyUJ0bfoniElAnkHhVj07jgvr.jpg)
Actor Walker
The Golden Arrow
![All American Chump](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lbxnMHzAZghioBVIh3myEHSuNrX.jpg)
Actor . Montgomery Brantley
All American Chump
![All American Chump](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lbxnMHzAZghioBVIh3myEHSuNrX.jpg)
Actor Montgomery Brantley
All American Chump
![Camille](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/78p9egiU16QpJNvmSVa4Vnr0JUK.jpg)
Actor Saint Gaudens (uncredited)
Camille
![Show Boat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vFJ1vdOvOJjKVsoi8x7eZUthAJm.jpg)
Actor Sir Arthur
Show Boat
![Show Boat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vFJ1vdOvOJjKVsoi8x7eZUthAJm.jpg)
Actor
Show Boat
![Love Before Breakfast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xcghIJtNdRFd1ZEtXQke4oQcKJr.jpg)
Actor Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
1935
![Bride of Frankenstein](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5241zUwe7rC17MNc2QpCBKKdp1N.jpg)
Actor Burgomaster
Bride of Frankenstein
![Captain Blood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Ae0ltppMl66pAH1odgDU1C4H1iq.jpg)
Actor Clerk of the Court
Captain Blood
![The Mystery of Edwin Drood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7a0l8RWY0nrIAs9E5n8dTxqfmtp.jpg)
Actor Mayor Thomas Sapsea
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
![Atlantic Adventure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aZTZhlRVwD2hgpNfhrYhBBswXQV.jpg)
Actor McIntosh
Atlantic Adventure
![We're in the Money](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AxRr3VCQo9wq4unLQZB5ixzSYs.jpg)
Actor Jevons
We're in the Money
![David Copperfield](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4MtgfnOvnUioz04Yp4Km4JGUOCQ.jpg)
Actor Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
David Copperfield
![Kind Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w8WW6QaY0EZLQDigdGJ6eOPFQRN.jpg)
Actor Grammaphone Man (uncredited)
Kind Lady
![Stars Over Broadway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/csEq34c29C1uNC5Tf4uax7hh1d0.jpg)
Actor Crane
Stars Over Broadway
![Page Miss Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nIOrxxCG5hYk2VmfigaXb5thf4G.jpg)
Actor Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
![Remember Last Night?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2hcdhWDm5EkL1yw7WpfGYINicWq.jpg)
Actor Coroner's Photographer (uncredited)
Remember Last Night?
![The Widow from Monte Carlo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k8VnhYFVsUzQxzMuWibxCKNhHpT.jpg)
Actor Lord Holloway
The Widow from Monte Carlo
![Gold Diggers of 1935](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/utP30vhi3le9X3STgoUIKaOLIqG.jpg)
Actor Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
![A Feather in Her Hat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/s3oh37dlXfj1tESNkOKfxuERcK1.jpg)
Actor Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
![3 Kids and a Queen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kmeDtqCLVsukO7yIj9R2CbP4neS.jpg)
Actor Coachman
3 Kids and a Queen
![A Tale of Two Cities](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w96kBV97DplsI1YKnhoBcFG2vL1.jpg)
Actor Judge in 'Old Bailey'
A Tale of Two Cities
1934
![Charlie Chan in London](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wfnnyrPbXxm3TQ7Eu3mkONZ18T8.jpg)
Actor Det. Sgt. Thacker
Charlie Chan in London
![The Gay Divorcee](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rfPQfRTsl3RKcf77OllAGgVB7ED.jpg)
Actor Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
The Gay Divorcee
![The Little Minister](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kKj7KJDsgoTX5PtfQkMZosfwf9v.jpg)
Actor Sheriff Greer
The Little Minister
![Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qPp8feJejNXt2UlbiwevFZYQSha.jpg)
Actor London Bobbie
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
![The Poor Rich](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/roSCm31stFEEX7N4IuAHm6lTnOx.jpg)
Actor Lord Fetherstone
The Poor Rich
![Long Lost Father](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xyvkxrUzCAu74NNp7nCzG8iB527.jpg)
Actor Spot Hawkins
Long Lost Father
![Father Brown, Detective](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6fVQnqMOOZpoW2XUvGkjk0eIpun.jpg)
Actor Sergeant Dawes
Father Brown, Detective
![One More River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/A7QDPc4z4E0eEokIcFxAfWh905x.jpg)
Actor Chayne
One More River
![Riptide](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7XfQzUcPxPyboUXhIiwMKEUmC8W.jpg)
Actor Major Mills (uncredited)
Riptide