E. E. Clive
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 26, 1879
- Died
- Jun 6, 1940 (aged 60)
- Place of birth
- Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Credits
- 89
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.
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
1935Movie
Burgomaster
The Invisible Man
1933Movie
Constable Jaffers
Foreign Correspondent
1940Movie
Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Captain Blood
1935Movie
Clerk of the Court
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939Movie
London Cabbie John Clayton
Dracula's Daughter
1936Movie
Sergeant Wilkes
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964Movie
Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Flowing Gold
1940Movie
Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
1940Movie
Mr. Naismith (uncredited)
Pride and Prejudice
1940Movie
Sir William Lucas
Adventure in Diamonds
1940Movie
Mr. MacPherson
Congo Maisie
1940Movie
Horace Snell
The Earl of Chicago
1940Movie
Mr. Redwood
The Honeymoon's Over
1939Movie
Col. Shelby
Raffles
1939Movie
Barraclough
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939Movie
Inspector Bristol
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939Movie
Tenny
Bachelor Mother
1939Movie
Butler
Man About Town
1939Movie
Hotchkiss
Rose of Washington Square
1939Movie
Barouche Driver
I'm from Missouri
1939Movie
Mr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939Movie
Tenny
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939Movie
London Cabbie John Clayton
The Little Princess
1939Movie
Mr. Barrows
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939Movie
Port Commandant General (uncredited)
The Last Warning
1938Movie
Major Barclay
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938Movie
Tenny
Submarine Patrol
1938Movie
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938Movie
'Tenny' Tennison
Gateway
1938Movie
Room Steward
Kidnapped
1938Movie
Minister MacDougall
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938Movie
Tenny
The First Hundred Years
1938Movie
Chester Blascomb
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938Movie
Alf
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937Movie
'Tenny' Tennison
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937Movie
Lord Nigel Braemer
Live, Love and Learn
1937Movie
Mr. Palmiston
It's Love I'm After
1937Movie
First Butler
Danger – Love at Work
1937Movie
Wilbur
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937Movie
Tenny
Love Under Fire
1937Movie
Captain Bowden
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937Movie
Auctioneer
Night Must Fall
1937Movie
Guide
Personal Property
1937Movie
Cosgrove Dabney
Ready, Willing and Able
1937Movie
Sir Samuel Buffington
On the Avenue
1937Movie
Cabby
Maid of Salem
1937Movie
Bilge
They Wanted to Marry
1937Movie
Stiles
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937Movie
"Tenny" Tennison
Camille
1936Movie
Saint Gaudens (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
1936Movie
Magistrate
Tarzan Escapes
1936Movie
Masters
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936Movie
Sir Humphrey Harcourt
All American Chump
1936Movie
. Montgomery Brantley, Montgomery Brantley
Isle of Fury
1936Movie
Dr. Hardy
Libeled Lady
1936Movie
Fishing Instructor
Cain and Mabel
1936Movie
Charles Fendwick
Piccadilly Jim
1936Movie
London Gossip Editor Bill Mechan
The White Angel
1936Movie
Dr. Smith (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise
1936Movie
Barkins
Palm Springs
1936Movie
Morgan
Trouble for Two
1936Movie
King
The Golden Arrow
1936Movie
Walker
Show Boat
1936Movie
Sir Arthur
Dracula's Daughter
1936Movie
Sergeant Wilkes
The Unguarded Hour
1936Movie
Lord Henry Hathaway
Love Before Breakfast
1936Movie
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936Movie
Sir Harry Lorridaile
The Dark Hour
1936Movie
Foot, the Butler
Captain Blood
1935Movie
Clerk of the Court
A Tale of Two Cities
1935Movie
Judge in 'Old Bailey'
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935Movie
Lord Holloway
Kind Lady
1935Movie
Grammaphone Man (uncredited)
Stars Over Broadway
1935Movie
Crane
Remember Last Night?
1935Movie
Coroner's Photographer (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
1935Movie
Higgins - Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
1935Movie
Coachman
Page Miss Glory
1935Movie
Monogram Shirtmaker (uncredited)
Atlantic Adventure
1935Movie
McIntosh
We're in the Money
1935Movie
Jevons
Bride of Frankenstein
1935Movie
Burgomaster
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935Movie
Thorpe's Chauffeur Westbrook (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935Movie
Sapsea
David Copperfield
1935Movie
Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
The Little Minister
1934Movie
Sheriff Greer
Father Brown, Detective
1934Movie
Sergeant Dawes
The Gay Divorcee
1934Movie
Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in London
1934Movie
Det. Sgt. Thacker
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934Movie
London Bobbie
One More River
1934Movie
Chayne
Riptide
1934Movie
Major Mills (uncredited)
The Poor Rich
1934Movie
Lord Fetherstone
Long Lost Father
1934Movie
Spot Hawkins
The Invisible Man
1933Movie
Constable Jaffers
Cheaters at Play
1932Movie
Steward