Clive Merrison was born on 15 September 1945 and is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio.
15 Facts About Clive Merrison
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Clive Merrison appeared in the original West End and Broadway productions of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, as well as the 2006 film.
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Clive Merrison appeared as Boris Savinkov the White Russian commander in the series Reilly: Ace of Spies starring Sam Neill as Reilly.
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Clive Merrison has twice appeared in supporting roles in Doctor Who, in The Tomb of the Cybermen and Paradise Towers.
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Clive Merrison has appeared in Yes, Prime Minister, Kit Curran, The Labours of Erica, Bergerac, Mann's Best Friends, Double First, Drop the Dead Donkey, Time Riders, Pie in the Sky, The Tomorrow People, Mortimer's Law, The Bill, Believe Nothing, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Lewis and The Brief.
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Clive Merrison played Bob Cratchit in a 1977 BBC adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Mark Corrigan's father in the 2010 Peep Show Christmas special, and Clement Attlee in the 2012 TV movie Bert and Dickie.
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Clive Merrison has done voice work as a guest appearance in the children's animated series Testament: The Bible in Animation and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales.
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Clive Merrison portrayed Antonin Artaud in the Rome and London premieres of Charles Marowitz's play, Artaud at Rodez.
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Clive Merrison portrayed the headmaster in the original National Theatre and Broadway productions of Alan Bennett's hit play, The History Boys which went on to win 6 Tony Awards and an Oliver for Best New Play.
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Clive Merrison played the onscreen father of Kate Winslet in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, and the traditionalist headmaster in Alan Bennett's The History Boys, filmed in 2006.
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Clive Merrison was the forger in the 1981 film Escape to Victory and played Bartholomew Sholto in The Sign of Four, Desmond Fairchild in An Awfully Big Adventure and the lawyer in Saving Grace.
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From 5 November 1989 to 5 July 1998, Clive Merrison played the lead role of Sherlock Holmes on radio in a series of BBC Radio 4 dramatisations, with Michael Williams as Dr Watson.
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Clive Merrison is the first actor to have played Holmes in adaptations of every short story and novel by Arthur Conan Doyle about the character.
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In 1967 Clive Merrison lived at 45 Arlington Road in West Ealing.
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Clive Merrison married Gillian Barge in 2003, who died in the same year.