1. Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes was an English actor and theatrical manager.
12 Facts About Alec Clunes
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Alec Clunes played Hastings in Laurence Olivier's Richard III, and appeared in wartime films such as One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, although he was in fact a conscientious objector.
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Alec Clunes appeared in The Adventures of Quentin Durward.
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Alexander Sheriff de Moro Alec Clunes was born on 17 May 1912 to a show business family, he was the son of Alexander Sydenham Sherriff Alec Clunes and Georgina Ada Sumner.
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Alec Clunes began his stage career with Ben Greet's company before playing at the Old Vic theatre in 1934.
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Alec Clunes played numerous Shakespearian roles, before taking over the management of the Arts Theatre, London in 1942, where he remained until 1950.
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Alec Clunes later ran a theatre bookshop in Cecil Court.
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Alec Clunes was twice married: to actress Stella Richman, later a television producer, and Daphne Gillian Acott, with whom he had one son, actor Martin Clunes.
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Alec Clunes died from lung cancer on 13 March 1970, aged 57.
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Alec Clunes left a widow, his son, Martin Clunes, and a daughter, Amanda Clunes.
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Alec Clunes played Governor Woodes Rogers, the lead in the first three episodes of The Buccaneers in 1956.
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Alec Clunes was offered the lead part of Professor Bernard Quatermass in the famous BBC science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit in 1958, but declined the role.