John Clive

Acting

Other notable film appearances include the Ealing Studios comedy The Magnet, credited as Clive Kendall. In the Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine, he featured as the voice of John Lennon. His television appearances also included Robert's Robots, Rising Damp, The Dick Emery Show, The Perils of Pendragon, The Sweeney, Great Expectations and The History of Mr Polly. He appeared in the first Wednesday Play, Wear a Very Big Hat, broadcast by BBC 1 in 1964. Clive also featured in, Lady Windermere's Fan, One Way Out and The Ten Percenters.

Author

In 1977, he co-wrote, with J.D. Gilman, the historical novel KG 200, a story about a secret Luftwaffe unit during the Second World War. "KG 200" was an international best-seller. The Last Liberator, his next book followed in 1980, and was well received by literary critics. Barossa (1981) also achieved critical acclaim. Broken Wings was published in 1983 and matched the international success of KG 200. Other fictional titles written by Clive include, Ark (1986) another book well received by critics and co-written with Nicholas Head. The Lions' Cage was published in 1988.

Death

John Clive died after a short illness on 14 October 2012 in England, just under a quarter of the year short of his 80th birthday.