1. Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook was an English stage and film actor.
11 Facts About Clive Brook
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Clive Brook attended Dulwich College because of his father's desire for him to be a lawyer, but family financial problems caused him to leave at age 15.
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Clive Brook served in the British Army during the First World War, rising to the rank of major.
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Clive Brook first appeared on stage in 1918 and in films from 1919.
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Clive Brook worked first in British films then in Hollywood.
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Clive Brook was memorable in Josef von Sternberg's Underworld as an alcoholic ex-lawyer who is taken under the wing of a professional thief.
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Von Sternberg later featured him in one of Clive Brook's best remembered appearances, playing opposite Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express.
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Clive Brook played Sherlock Holmes three times: The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes, and as part of an anthology film, Paramount on Parade.
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Clive Brook returned to film one last time in The List of Adrian Messenger.
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Clive Brook returned to England in 1935 because of kidnapping threats toward his children.
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Clive Brook starred as Josiah Bolton in the comedy Second Threshold from 2 January 1951 until 21 April 1951.