13 Facts About Clive Revill

Clive Selsby Revill was a New Zealand actor, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage.

Clive Revill's roles included voicing the Emperor in the original theatrical edition of The Empire Strikes Back.

Clive Revill originally trained to be an accountant in New Zealand, but decided to change his career path in 1950 when he made his stage debut as Sebastian in Twelfth Night.

Clive Revill was known for his roles in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, on both stage and television.

Clive Revill starred in the first national tour of the musical Drood, replacing George Rose, who was murdered during the run.

Clive Revill participated in the workshop production of Tom Jones: The Musical, playing the role of Squire Western and reprising it on the cast recording.

Clive Revill had notable supporting turns in Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing opposite Laurence Olivier, and his American film debut A Fine Madness, as well as a rare leading role in the horror film The Legend of Hell House.

Clive Revill was often cast as humorous foreign characters.

Clive Revill played both Ko-Ko in The Mikado, and the title character, John Wellington Wells, in The Sorcerer for the Brent Walker television series of Gilbert and Sullivan productions, shown by the BBC in 1983.

Clive Revill starred as the wizard Vector in the short-lived series Wizards and Warriors.

Clive Revill has featured in numerous cartoons such as The Transformers and DuckTales and more video games, including Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Conquest: Frontier Wars.

Clive Revill was married twice and had a daughter, Kate, with his second wife.

Clive Revill died of complications from dementia at a Sherman Oaks nursing home on 11 March 2025, at the age of 94.