E. E. Clive
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
Actor Mr. Barrows
The Little Princess
Actor Barouche Driver
Rose of Washington Square
Actor Inspector Bristol
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Actor Barraclough
Raffles
Actor Hotchkiss
Man About Town
Actor London Cabbie John Clayton
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Actor Butler
Bachelor Mother
Actor Port Commandant General (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Actor Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood
I'm from Missouri
1938
Actor Tenny
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Actor 'Tenny' Tennison
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Actor Alf
Arsène Lupin Returns
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Actor Chester Blascomb
The First Hundred Years
Actor Minister MacDougall
Kidnapped
Actor
Submarine Patrol
Actor Major Barclay
The Last Warning
Actor Room Steward
Gateway
1937
Actor Cosgrove Dabney
Personal Property
Actor Tenny
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Actor "Tenny" Tennison
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Actor First Butler
It's Love I'm After
Actor 'Tenny' Tennison
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Actor Auctioneer
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Actor Wilbur
Danger – Love at Work
Actor Mr. Palmiston
Live, Love and Learn
Actor Stiles
They Wanted to Marry
Actor Sir Samuel Buffington
Ready, Willing and Able
Actor Lord Nigel Braemer
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Actor Cabby
On the Avenue
Actor Bilge
Maid of Salem
Actor Captain Bowden
Love Under Fire
Actor Guide
Night Must Fall
1936
Actor Sir Harry Lorridaile
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Actor Detective Sergeant Wilkes
Dracula's Daughter
Actor Fishing Instructor
Libeled Lady
Actor Sir Humphrey Harcourt
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Actor Masters
Tarzan Escapes
Actor
Show Boat
Actor Magistrate
Lloyd's of London
Actor Dr. Hardy
Isle of Fury
Actor Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
Actor London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan
Piccadilly Jim
Actor Charles Fendwick
Cain and Mabel
Actor King
Trouble for Two
Actor Lord Henry Hathaway
The Unguarded Hour
Actor Foot, the Butler
The Dark Hour
Actor Barkins
Ticket to Paradise
Actor Morgan
Palm Springs
Actor Dr. Smith (uncredited)
The White Angel
Actor Walker
The Golden Arrow
Actor . Montgomery Brantley
All American Chump
Actor Montgomery Brantley
All American Chump
Actor Saint Gaudens (uncredited)
Camille
Actor Sir Arthur
Show Boat
1935
Actor Burgomaster
Bride of Frankenstein
Actor Clerk of the Court
Captain Blood
Actor Mayor Thomas Sapsea
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Actor McIntosh
Atlantic Adventure
Actor Jevons
We're in the Money
Actor Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
David Copperfield
Actor Grammaphone Man (uncredited)
Kind Lady
Actor Crane
Stars Over Broadway
Actor Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Actor Coroner's Photographer (uncredited)
Remember Last Night?
Actor Lord Holloway
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Actor Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
Actor Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Actor Coachman
3 Kids and a Queen
Actor Judge in 'Old Bailey'
A Tale of Two Cities
1934
Actor Det. Sgt. Thacker
Charlie Chan in London
Actor Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
The Gay Divorcee
Actor Sheriff Greer
The Little Minister
Actor London Bobbie
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Actor Lord Fetherstone
The Poor Rich
Actor Spot Hawkins
Long Lost Father
Actor Sergeant Dawes
Father Brown, Detective
Actor Chayne
One More River
Actor Major Mills (uncredited)
Riptide
