Clive Revill Biography (1930-)

Full name, Clive Selsby Revill; born April 18, 1930, in Wellington, New Zealand; son of Malet Barford and Eleanor May (maiden name, Neel) Revill; marriedValerie Nelson (divorced). Addresses: Agent: Arlene Thorton & Associates, Inc., 12001 Ventura Place, Suite 201, Studio City, CA 91604.; Agent:15029 Encanto Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-4409.

Nationality: New Zealander
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: April 18, 1930; Wellington, New Zealand

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950
(Broadway debut) Sam Weller, Mr. Pickwick, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1952
(London debut) Pearson, Listen to the Wind, Arts Theatre, 1955
Trinculo, The Tempest, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1957
Ratty, Toad of Toad Hall, Drury Lane Theatre, 1957
Bob-Le-Hotu, Irma La Douce, Lyric Theatre, London, 1958-1960, thenPlymouth Theatre, 1960-61
Ko-Ko, The Mikado, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, 1962
Fagin, Oliver!, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1963-64
Jean-Paul Marat, The Marat/Sade, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1964
Barabas, The Jew of Malta, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
Sheridan Whiteside, Sherry, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1967. The General, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, Chichester Festival, c. 1968-c. 1969
Caliban, The Tempest, Chichester Festival, c. 1968-c. 1969
Mr. Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth, Chichester Festival, c. 1968-c. 1969
A Who's Who of Flapland, Royal Court Theatre, London, and TheatreUpstairs, London, 1969
Max Beerbohm, The Incomparable Max, Royale Theatre, New York City,1971
Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1975
Clare Quilty, Lolita, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1981
Appeared in productions with the Ipswich Repertory Theatre Company, 1953-55; and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1956-c. 1958, including Cymbeline, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King John, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest.
Major Tours
Major-General Stanley, Pirates of Penzance, U.S. cities, 1981-c. 1982
William Cartwright/Your Chairman, Drood! (also known as The Mystery of Edwin Drood), U.S. cities, 1988
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Reach for the Sky, J. Arthur Rank, 1957
The Ghost of the Fourth Earl of Ambrose, The Headless Ghost, American International, 1959
Andrews, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Columbia, 1965
Dr. Menken, A Fine Madness, Warner Bros., 1966
Inspector "Manny" McGinnis, Kaleidoscope (also known as The Bank Breaker), Warner Bros., 1966
McWhirter/Sheik Abu Tahir, Modesty Blaise, Twentieth Century-Fox,1966
Frank Wheatly, The Double Man, Warner Bros., 1967
Sergi Serapkin, Fathom, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
Joseph, The High Commissioner (also known as Nobody Runs Forever), Cinerama, 1968
Charles, Italian Secret Service, Cineriz, 1968
Vucovich, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Cesare Sado, The Assassination Bureau, Paramount, 1969
Rogozhin, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, United Artists, 1970
George, The Buttercup Chain, Columbia, 1971
Alexander Lynch-Gibbon, A Severed Head, Columbia, 1971
Lord Hammond, Boulevard du rhum (also known as El bulevar del ron, Rum Runners, and La via del rhum), 1971
Carlo Carlucci, Avanti!, United Artists, 1972
The Drunk, Escape to the Sun (also known as Bricha El Hashemesh), Cinevision, 1972
Mr. (Lionel) Barrett, The Legend of Hell House, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Bay of Algiers, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, 1973
Alf Chestermann, The Black Windmill, Universal, 1974
The businessman, The Little Prince, Paramount, 1974
Ballad singer, Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei), American Film Theatre, 1975
Quon, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Buena Vista, 1975
John Fennel, Licking Hitler, 1977
Billy Baker, Matilda, American International, 1978
Voice of Emperor Palpatine, The Empire Strikes Back (also known asStar Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Garcia, Zorro, the Gay Blade, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Ko-Ko, The Mikado (also known as The Town of Titipu), 1982
Voice of Kickback, The Transformers (also known as Matrix Forever, Transformers the Movie: Mokushiroku Matrix yo eien ni, and The Transformers: Matrix yo eien ni; animated), DEG, 1986
King Mezzer, Rumpelstiltskin, Cannon, 1987
King William, The Frog Prince, 1988
Dr. Kellaway, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D., Vestron, 1989
Money Matthew, Mack the Knife (also known as The Threepenny Opera), 21st Century, 1990
Peirrepoint, Let Him Have It, Fine Line, 1991
Fire Marshal, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (also known as Sacre Robin des bois), 1993
Voice of King Nod, Arabian Night (animated), Miramax, 1995

Radio announcer, Delta of Venus, New Line Cinema, 1995
Sykes, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1995
Morgenfeller, The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley,Seventh Art Releasing, 1995
London, Possums, Monarch Home Video, 1998
Rupert Masters, Intrepid, 2000
Zamytov, Crime and Punishment, 21st Century Film Corp., 2000
Also appeared in Once Upon a Tractor.
Television Appearances
Series
Rolf, the Preacher, Arthur of the Britons, 1972
Wizard Vector, Wizards and Warriors, CBS, 1983
Voice of Kickback and additional voices, Transformers (also knownas Transformers: 2010, The Transformers, and Tatakae! Cho robot seimeitai TRANSFORMERS; animated), 1984
Voice of storyteller, Dragon's Lair (animated), ABC, 1984-85
Voice, Turbo-Teen (animated), 1984-85
Voice of Galeo, Snorks (animated), 1984-86
Voice, Pound Puppies (animated), ABC, 1986-88
Frost, Mama's Boy, NBC, 1987-88
Voice of Potsworth, Potsworth & Co. (also known as MidnightPatrol; animated), 1990
Voice of Alfred Pennyworth, Batman: The Animated Series (animated), 1992
Dunhill, The Preston Episodes, Fox, 1995
Miniseries
Finlay Perkin, Centennial, NBC, 1978-79
Lord Loudoun, George Washington, CBS, 1984
Notary Jacquemine, Feast of All Saints, 2001
Movies
Coincidence, 1968
Dundas Slater, The Great Houdini (also known as The Great Houdinis), ABC, 1976
Joe Devlin, Columbo: The Conspirators, 1978
Victor De Salle, She's Dressed to Kill (also known as Someone'sKilling the World's Greatest Models), NBC, 1979
Berenkov, Charlie Muffin (also known as A Deadly Game), 1979
Dr. Dussel, The Diary of Anne Frank, NBC, 1980
Charlie Chaplin, Moviola: The Scarlet O'Hara War (also known as Moviola and The Scarlett O'Hara), NBC, 1980
Tea Bags, Joe Dancer: The Monkey Mission, NBC, 1981
Raul, Samson and Delilah, ABC, 1984
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, 1984
Vincent Faunce, A Masterpiece of a Murder, NBC, 1986
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (also known as Hoodwinked and The Old Dick), USA Network, 1989
Cookie, The Sea Wolf, 1993
Specials
Coachman, Pinocchio, CBS, 1976
John Wellington Wells, The Sorcerer (part of "Compleat Gilbert andSullivan" series), PBS, 1985
Prime Minister, The Emperor's New Clothes, Showtime, 1985
Sylvia Fine Kayes Musical Comedy Tonight III (The Spark and the Glue), PBS, 1985
Voice, The Butter Battle Book (animated), TNT, 1989
Pilots
E. P. Woodhouse, Allison's Assistant, Winner Take All, CBS, 1977
Erik Clawson, Death Ray 2000 (also known as T. R. Sloane),NBC, 1981
Dr. Carey, 13 Thirteenth Avenue, CBS, 1983
Prime Minister Weyback, Royal Match, CBS, 1985
Episodic
"Chicken Soup with Barley," Theatre 625: Wesker Trilogy No. 1, 1966
"Candida," Play of the Month, 1971
"Mill Hill," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1972
Lord Barnes, "The Constance Missal," Jason King, 1972
Professor Elliot, "Maude's Rejection," Maude, 1976
Mark Crayford, "Dead Men Are Dangerous," The New Avengers, 1977
"The Pirate," Young Dan'l Boone, 1977
Phil Bronson, "The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, 1977
"Marya," Play of the Month, 1979
Zabin, "Harts on Their Toes," Hart to Hart, 1982
Doctor Ellis Harvey, "Love among the Steele," Remington Steele, 1983
Professor Ryan, "E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)," The Facts of Life, 1984
Andre Bender, "Model for Murder," T. J. Hooker, 1984
Jonathan Hawley, "Murder to a Jazz Beat," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1985
Harley Douglas, "King for a Day," Three's a Crowd, 1985
Clyde Royce, "Reel Trouble," The Fall Guy, 1985
The Love Boat, ABC, 1986
Inky, "I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway," Magnum, P.I., 1986
"Personal Demons," The Twilight Zone, 1986
Ben Williams, "Saturday in New York with George," Newhart, 1986
"Rain, Rain Go Away," Bustin' Loose, 1987
Anthony Braddock, "D.O.A.: MacGyver," MacGyver, 1987
Bert Davies, "Curse of the Daanav," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988
Hector, "Twist," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1988
Graham McKinley (episodes 4 & 5), Probe, 1988
Mr. Pipp, "Pile of Death," Get a Life, 1990
Voice of Shakespeare, "Weirdest Story Ever Told," Tiny Toon Adventures (animated), 1991
Sir Guy of Gisbourne, "Qpid," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1992
Trakis, "Born to the Purple," Babylon 5, 1994
Voice of harpooner/medical officer, "East of Zanzibar," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated), Cartoon Network and syndicated, 1996
Sorcerer, "Soul Mates," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1996
Voice of hunter #1/Trench, "Village of the Doomed," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated), Cartoon Network and syndicated, 1996
Claude Bell, "Last Call," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1997
Professor Nesler, "Talking Trash," Step by Step, ABC, 1997
Mr. Bernie Pimmler, "Cher's Weekend at Bernie's," Clueless, 1999
Also appeared in Dynasty; Doopy, Master Detective (animated); as Trevor Dial, "Sea Trial," Fortune Hunter; as Lyle Spangler, Freakazoid! (animated), The WB;
Other
Also appeared in Barn Pow, Ben Franklin in Paris, A Bitof Vision, Faerie Tale Theatre, Feather and Father, Hopcroft in Europe, A Man Called Sloane, Nobody's Perfect, The Piano Player, Platonov, A Sprig of Broome, Volpone, and Zapp.
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of General Dodonna, X-Wing, 1995

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