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Alma mater
  
Dulwich College

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
Clive Brook


Years active
  
1918–1963

Occupation
  
Actor

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Full Name
  
Clifford Hardman Brook

Born
  
1 June 1887 (
1887-06-01
)
London, England, UK

Resting place
  
St Paul's, Covent Garden

Died
  
November 17, 1974, Ealing, London, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Mildred Evelyn (m. 1920–1974)

Parents
  
George Alfred Brook, Charlotte Mary Brook

Movies
  
Shanghai Express, Cavalcade, On Approval, Underworld, The List of Adrian Messenger

Similar People
  
Faith Brook, Josef von Sternberg, Lyndon Brook, Frank Lloyd, Beatrice Lillie

Children
  
Faith Brook, Lyndon Brook

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Clifford "Clive" Hardman Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor.

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After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, Brook became one of the major stars for Paramount Pictures in the late silent era. During 1928–29 he successfully made the transition to sound and continued to be featured in many of Hollywood's most prestigious films, including a number of literary adaptations. In the mid-1930s he returned to England, where he appeared regularly in leading film roles for a further decade.

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Early life

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Brook was born in Islington, London, the son of an opera singer, a published writer and a violinist. He was educated at Dulwich College and served in the Artists' Rifles in the First World War. Brook was 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) tall and had brown hair with grey eyes.

He first appeared on stage in 1918 and also in films from 1919. He worked first in British films then in Hollywood.

Hollywood

One of his best remembered appearances was playing opposite Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express (1932). He played Sherlock Holmes three times: The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes (in that order), and as part of an anthology film, Paramount on Parade (1930).

In 1934 he was voted one of the most popular stars at the British box office.

Return to England

In 1943, he adapted the comedy On Approval by Frederick Lonsdale and wrote, produced, directed and starred in the film with Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. The costumes were by Cecil Beaton.

In 1949 he presented the radio series The Secrets of Scotland Yard. In 1956 he appeared on stage in One Bright Day at the Apollo Theatre in London.

He died 17 November 1974 in Ealing, London.

Family

Brook married Mildred Evelyn. Their children, Faith and Lyndon, were also actors.

Filmography

Actor
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger as
Marquis of Gleneyre
1956
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
The Judge / Sandor Turai / Henry Hutton / ...
- The Judge's Story (1959) - The Judge
- The Play's the Thing (1957) - Sandor Turai
- The Gioconda Smile (1957) - Henry Hutton
- Action for Slander (1956)
- Second Threshold (1956) - Josiah Bolton
1958
Saturday Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mr. Latimer
- The Dover Road (1958) - Mr. Latimer
1955
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series)
- The Masque of Kings (1955)
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)
- Second Threshold (1951)
1944
On Approval as
George, 10th Duke of Bristol
1943
The Shipbuilders as
Leslie Pagan
1943
The Flemish Farm as
Maj. Lessart
1942
Adventure in Blackmail as
Peter Conroy
1941
A Voice in the Night as
Karl
1940
Convoy as
Captain Armitage
1940
Return to Yesterday as
Robert Maine
1938
The Ware Case as
Sir Hubert Ware
1937
Action for Slander as
Maj. George Daviot
1936
Lonely Road as
Malcolm Stevenson
1936
Love in Exile as
King Regis VI
1935
Dressed to Thrill as
Bill Trent
1935
Loves of a Dictator as
Dr. Friedrich Struensee
1934
Let's Try Again as
Dr. Jack Overton
1934
Where Sinners Meet as
Mr. Latimer
1933
Gallant Lady as
Dan Pritchard
1933
If I Were Free as
Gordon Evers
1933
Midnight Club as
Colin Grant
1933
Cavalcade as
Robert Marryot
1932
Sherlock Holmes as
Sherlock Holmes
1932
The Night of June 13 as
John Curry
1932
Make Me a Star as
Clive Brook (uncredited)
1932
The Man from Yesterday as
Captain Tony Clyde
1932
Shanghai Express as
Captain Donald Harvey
1931
Husband's Holiday as
George Boyd
1931
24 Hours as
Jim Towner
1931
Silence as
Jim Warren
1931
The Lawyer's Secret as
Drake Norris
1931
Tarnished Lady as
Norman Cravath
1931
East Lynne as
Capt. William Levison
1931
Scandal Sheet as
Noel Adams
1930
Anybody's Woman as
Neil Dunlap
1930
Sweethearts and Wives as
Reginald De Brett
1930
Paramount on Parade as
Sherlock Holmes (Murder Will Out)
1930
Slightly Scarlet as
Hon. Courtenay Parkes
1929
The Laughing Lady as
Daniel Farr
1929
The Marriage Playground as
On-Screen Trailer Host and Narrator (uncredited)
1929
The Return of Sherlock Holmes as
Sherlock Holmes
1929
Charming Sinners as
Robert Miles
1929
The Four Feathers as
Lt. Jack Durrance
1929
A Dangerous Woman as
Frank Gregory
1928
Interference as
Sir John Marlay
1928
Forgotten Faces as
Heliotrope Harry Harlow
1928
The Perfect Crime as
Benson
1928
Yellow Lily as
Archduke Alexander
1928
Midnight Madness as
Michael Bream
1927
French Dressing as
Henri de Briac
1927
The Devil Dancer as
Stephen Athelstan
1927
Hula as
Anthony Haldane
1927
Underworld as
Rolls Royce Wensel
1927
Barbed Wire as
Oskar Muller
1927
Afraid to Love as
Sir Reginald Belsize
1926
The Popular Sin as
Jean Corot
1926
For Alimony Only as
Peter Williams
1926
You Never Know Women as
Norodin
1926
Why Girls Go Back Home as
Clifford Dudley
1926
Three Faces East as
Valdar
1926
When Love Grows Cold as
Jerry Benson
1925
The Pleasure Buyers as
Tad Workman
1925
Seven Sinners as
Jerry Winters
1925
Compromise as
Alan Tahyer
1925
The Home Maker as
Lester Knapp
1925
The Woman Hater as
Miles - the Woman-hater
1925
If Marriage Fails as
Joe Woodbury
1925
Playing with Souls as
Matthew Dale Sr.
1925
Enticement as
Henry Wallis
1925
Déclassé as
Rudolph Solomon
1924
The Mirage as
Henry Galt
1924
Human Desires as
Georges Gautier
1924
The Passionate Adventure as
Adrien St. Clair
1924
Christine of the Hungry Heart as
Dr. Alan Monteagle
1924
The Wine of Life as
Michael Strong
1924
White Shadows as
Robin Field
1924
The Recoil as
Marchmont
1924
The Money Habit as
Noel Jason
1923
Woman to Woman as
David Compton / David Anson-Pond
1923
The Reverse of the Medal (Short) as
General
1923
The Royal Oak as
Dorian Clavering
1923
Out to Win as
Barraclough / Altar
1923
This Freedom as
Harry Occleve
1923
Through Fire and Water as
John Dryden
1922
A Debt of Honour as
Walter Hyde
1922
Love and a Whirlwind as
Grifftih
1922
Tense Moments from Opera as
Duke of Mantna / Alfred Germont (segments "Rigoletto", "La Traviata")
1922
Tense Moments with Great Authors as
Rawdon Crawley (segment "Vanity Fair") / Sydney Carton (segment "Tale of Two Cities, A")
1922
The Experiment as
Vivian Caryll
1922
Sir Rupert's Wife (Short) as
Sir Rupert Leigh
1922
The Parson's Fight (Short) as
Parson
1922
La traviata (Short) as
Alfred Germont
1922
Rigoletto (Short) as
Duke of Mantua
1922
Stable Companions as
James Pilkington
1922
Married to a Mormon as
Lionel Daventry
1922
Shirley as
Robert Moore
1922
A Tale of Two Cities (Short) as
Sydney Carton
1922
The Sheik (Short) as
The Sheik
1922
Vanity Fair (Short) as
Rawdon Crawley
1921
Christie Johnstone as
Astral Hither
1921
Sonia as
David O'Raine
1921
A Sportsman's Wife as
Dick Anderson
1921
Daniel Deronda as
Mallinger Grandcourt
1921
The Loudwater Mystery as
Lord Loudwater
1921
Her Penalty as
Robert Trenchard
1920
Kissing Cup's Race as
Lord Rattlington
1920
Trent's Last Case as
John Marlow
Director
1944
On Approval
Writer
1944
On Approval (adapted for the screen by)
Producer
1944
On Approval (producer)
Soundtrack
1933
Cavalcade (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" (1788) - uncredited)
Self
1951
Showtime, U.S.A. (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.16 (1951) - Self
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (Short) as
Self
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (Short) as
Self
1927
A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (Documentary short) as
Self
1926
Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 15 (Documentary short) as
Self
1924
The City of Stars (Short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2021
Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (TV Series) as
Sherlock Holmes
- Clive Brook on Sherlock Holmes (1932 Film) (2021) - Sherlock Holmes
2017
The Best of Hollywood (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Interviewee
- Episode dated 27 October 2017 (2017) - Self - Interviewee
2006
Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (Documentary) as
Self
1990
Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary) as
Captain 'Doc' Harvey (uncredited)
1965
The Love Goddesses (Documentary) as
Self

References

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