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Actor
Clive Merrison
- Born September 15, 1945 in 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.
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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.
Known for
The English Patient1996
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society2018
Heavenly Creatures1994
Escape to Victory1981
Doctor Who1963
Firefox1982
Peep Show2003
Saving Grace2000
Filmography
- 2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyFilmMr. Gilbert
- 2012Bert & DickieFilmClement Attlee
- 2010Peep Show: Seasonal BeatingsFilmDan Corrigan
- 2009Monday MondaySeries
- 2007LewisSeriesSimon Flaxmore
- 2006The History BoysFilmHeadmaster
- 2005Open WideFilmPrison Governor
- 2004The Two Loves of Anthony TrollopeFilmAnthony Trollope
- 2003Peep ShowSeriesDan Corrigan
- 2003Frankenstein: Birth of a MonsterFilmWilliam Godwin
- 2002Foyle's WarSeriesDr. Alan Redmund
- 2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSeriesGeoffrey Cramond
- 2002Julius CaesarSeriesCatullus
- 2002Believe NothingSeriesEdmund Bilyas
- 2002The Falklands PlayFilmRt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
- 2001The Discovery of HeavenFilmTheo Kern
- 2001PandaemoniumFilmDr Gillman
- 2000Saving GraceFilmQuentin Rhodes
- 2000Up at the VillaFilmArchibald Grey
- 2000CareFilmDesmond Pickering
- 1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsSeriesChamberlain
- 1999Janice Beard 45 WPMFilmTobo
- 1999Human, All Too HumanFilmReader
- 1999Life SupportSeriesLovat Alexander
- 1998How Do You Want Me?Series
- 1998Mortimer's LawSeriesTegwyn
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeriesColin Hawksley, Caleb Southwood
- 1997LexxSeriesProfessor Shnoog
- 1997Photographing FairiesFilmGardner
- 1996The English PatientFilmFenelon-Barnes
- 1996True BlueFilmJack Garnet
- 1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationSeriesDarius (voice)
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureFilmDesmond Fairchild
- 1994Heavenly CreaturesFilmDr. Henry Hulme
- 1994Space PrecinctSeriesDamon Reseda
- 1994Pie in the SkySeriesPhil Bower
- 1993Anna Lee: HeadcaseFilmMr. Emburey
- 1992StalinFilmMolotov
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeriesMacduff (voice)
- 1992Rebecca's DaughtersFilmSir Henry
- 1992Archer's GoonSeriesHathaway
- 1991Time RidersSeriesProfessor Crow
- 1990Drop the Dead DonkeySeriesNicholas Waugh
- 1989The Spirit of ManFilmClaude Delmas
- 1989The Labours of EricaSeries
- 1988A Very British CoupSeriesT.V. Interviewer
- 1988Double FirstSeries
- 1988Thin AirFilmLeonard Draeger
- 1988Thin AirSeriesLeonard Draeger
- 1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersFilmDeputy Chief Caretaker
- 1987Cariani and the CourtesansFilmMoretti
- 1986Call Me MisterSeries
- 1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeSeriesPercival Fortescue
- 1985Lytton's DiarySeriesHarvey Sobell
- 1985Monsignor QuixoteFilmShop Assistant
- 1985Mann's Best FriendsSeriesIrvin
- 1984The BillSeries
- 1984The Kit Curran Radio ShowSeriesDamien Appleby
- 1984FreudSeriesTausk
- 1984CharlieSeriesSmith
- 1983The Sign of FourFilmBartholomew Sholto
- 1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeriesSavinkov
- 1983Agatha Christie's Partners in CrimeSeriesRichards
- 1983The Bad SisterFilmPaul
- 1983The Falklands FactorFilm"Junius"
- 1983SubmarinersFilm
- 1982FirefoxFilmMajor Lanyev
- 1982Coming Out of the IceFilmBikov
- 1982Shine on Harvey MoonSeriesDick Elliot
- 1981Escape to VictoryFilmThe Forger
- 1981BergeracSeriesAckroyd
- 1981Private SchulzSeriesKruger, Radio Announcer (voice)
- 1981The BorgiasSeriesAscanio Sforza
- 1981WolcottSeriesJeremy Godden
- 1981The CauseFilmRennie
- 1980Yes MinisterSeries
- 1980Dead Man's KitFilmCommander Maybury
- 1980FeelifaxFilmCooker(voice)
- 1980Spy!SeriesBogden Stashinsky
- 1978OutSeriesDr. Whyte