09/15/1945
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK:
Clive Merrison (Clive Robert Merrison) – Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio, born 15 September 1945 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Trained at Rose Bruford College and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is best known for voicing Sherlock Holmes in all 64 episodes of the BBC Radio 4 dramatizations (1989–1998) and the 16 episodes of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2002–2010), and for playing the Headmaster in The History Boys (2006) on stage and screen. His most notable film roles include Major Lanyev in Firefox (1982), the Forger in Escape to Victory (1981), Dr. Henry Hulme in Heavenly Creatures (1994), Fenelon-Barnes in The English Patient (1996), Desmond Fairchild in An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), and Mr. Gilbert in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018). On television he appeared in Doctor Who (1967), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Stalin (1992), Peep Show (2010), and Midsomer Murders.
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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) as Mr. Gilbert |
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Bert & Dickie (2012) as Clement Attlee |
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Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings (2010) as Dan Corrigan |
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The History Boys (2006) as Headmaster |
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Open Wide (2005) as Prison Governor |
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The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope (2004) as Anthony Trollope |
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (2003) as William Godwin |
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The Falklands Play (2002) as Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence) |
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The Discovery of Heaven (2001) as Theo Kern |
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Pandaemonium (2001) as Dr Gillman |
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Care (2000) as Desmond Pickering |
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Up at the Villa (2000) as Archibald Grey |
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Saving Grace (2000) as Quentin Rhodes |
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Janice Beard 45 WPM (1999) as Tobo |
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Human, All Too Human (1999) as Reader |
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Photographing Fairies (1997) as Gardner |
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True Blue (1996) as Jack Garnet |
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The English Patient (1996) as Fenelon-Barnes |
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An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) as Desmond Fairchild |
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Heavenly Creatures (1994) as Dr. Henry Hulme |
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Anna Lee: Headcase (1993) as Mr. Emburey |
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Stalin (1992) as Molotov |
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Rebecca's Daughters (1992) as Sir Henry |
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The Spirit of Man (1989) as Claude Delmas |
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Thin Air (1988) as Leonard Draeger |
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (1987) as Deputy Chief Caretaker |
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Cariani and the Courtesans (1987) as Moretti |
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Monsignor Quixote (1985) as Shop Assistant |
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The Sign of Four (1983) as Bartholomew Sholto |
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Submariners (1983) as |
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The Falklands Factor (1983) as "Junius" |
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The Bad Sister (1983) as Paul |
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Coming Out of the Ice (1982) as Bikov |
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Firefox (1982) as Major Lanyev |
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Escape to Victory (1981) as The Forger |
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The Cause (1981) as Rennie |
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Dead Man's Kit (1980) as Commander Maybury |
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Feelifax (1980) as Cooker(voice) |
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Thank You, Comrades (1978) as Preobrazhenski |
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The Girl Who Walked Quickly (1978) as Godolt |
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Stronger Than the Sun (1978) as Gregory |
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The After Dinner Joke (1978) as Dent |
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A Christmas Carol (1977) as Bob Cratchit |
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Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) as Chris |
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Cork and Bottle (1977) as John Bottle |
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) as Weston |
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Come Dancing (1970) as |
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Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) as Jim Callum |