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Clive Revill
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Revill as Fagin in the
1963 Broadway production of Oliver! |
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Clive Selsby Revill
18 April 1930 Wellington, New Zealand
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| Died | 11 March 2025 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Аctor |
| Years active | 1950–2016 |
| Children | 1 |
Clive Selsby Revill was an actor from New Zealand. He was born on April 18, 1930, and passed away on March 11, 2025. He was very well-known for his work in musical theater and on the London stage.
Clive Revill was a talented actor who performed with the famous Royal Shakespeare Company. He also appeared in many movies and TV shows, often playing interesting and unique characters. He was nominated for two Tony Awards, which are big awards for theater actors. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in the movie Avanti! (1972). One of his famous voice roles was Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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Early Life and Beginnings
Clive Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 18, 1930. His parents were Eleanor May and Malet Barford Revill. He went to Rongotai College when he was younger.
From Accounting to Acting
Clive Revill first trained to be an accountant in New Zealand. However, he decided to follow his passion for acting in 1950. That year, he made his first appearance on stage in a play called Twelfth Night. Soon after, he moved to London to study acting at the Old Vic Theatre.
A Career on Stage
Clive Revill had a long and successful career in theater. He performed in many different plays and musicals.
Famous Stage Roles
From 1956 to 1958, he was part of The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. He acted in classic plays like Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest.
He played many different characters, including Bob in Irma la Douce and Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall. He also played Jean-Paul Marat in Marat/Sade.
Broadway Success
Clive Revill made his first appearance on Broadway in 1952. He played Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers. He later starred in Irma La Douce and Oliver!. For his role as Fagin in Oliver!, he was nominated for a Tony Award. He was also known for his roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas, both on stage and TV.
Acting in Movies
Clive Revill's unique look, with his red hair, often led to him playing funny and unusual characters in British films during the 1960s and 1970s.
Notable Film Appearances
He appeared in movies like Kaleidoscope (1966), Modesty Blaise (1966), and The Assassination Bureau (1969). He also had important roles in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) with Laurence Olivier. He even had a main role in the horror film The Legend of Hell House (1973).
Clive Revill often played humorous characters from other countries. He worked with director Billy Wilder in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) and Avanti! (1972). For Avanti!, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for playing the hotel manager Carlo Carlucci.
Television Roles
Clive Revill also had a busy career on television, appearing in many different shows.
TV Series and Miniseries
In the 1978 TV miniseries Centennial, he played a Scottish accountant named Finlay Perkin. He also starred in Gilbert and Sullivan productions for the BBC, playing Ko-Ko in The Mikado and John Wellington Wells in The Sorcerer.
After moving to the United States, he made guest appearances in many popular TV series. These included Columbo (1978), Hart to Hart, Dynasty, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also played the wizard Vector in the series Wizards and Warriors.
Voice Acting Work
Clive Revill was very good at doing different accents, which made him a great voice actor.
Famous Voice Roles
He lent his voice to many animated series and films. He was the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in the first three episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. He also voiced Chico in Chico the Rainmaker (1974).
One of his most famous voice roles was Emperor Palpatine in the original version of The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Later, another actor replaced his voice in a DVD version to match other Star Wars movies. Revill also voiced characters in cartoons like The Transformers and DuckTales. He also voiced characters in video games such as Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
Personal Life
Clive Revill was married twice and had a daughter named Kate with his second wife. He passed away on March 11, 2025, at the age of 94. He died in a nursing home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, due to complications from dementia.
Images for kids
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Revill as Fagin in the 1963 Broadway production of Oliver!
See also
In Spanish: Clive Revill para niños
