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Colin Glenn Clive (born Clive-Greig; 20 January 1900 – 25 June 1937) was a British stage and screen actor. His most memorable role was Henry Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, in the 1931 film Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein.
Colin Clive (1900-1937) was a British actor who starred in the first sound version of Frankenstein (1931) and its sequel (1935). He also appeared in other films, plays and Broadway shows, and had a cracked baritone voice and a tragic life.
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- St. Malo, France
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
May 2, 2020 · Learn about the tragic life and career of Colin Clive, the British actor who played Henry Frankenstein in Universal's classic horror films. Read about his stage fright, his alcoholism, his affairs, and his legacy in this book review by Terry Sherwood.
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When Journey's End was filmed in 1929, Clive started his film career. He made 18 films, each stylish, quirky, and highly individualistic. Colin Clive died in Los Angeles, California on 25 June 1937, of tuberculosis worsened by chronic alcoholism. He was 37 years old.
Oct 26, 2013 · Colin Clive (1900-1937) is forever immortalized as Henry Frankenstein in the first two Universal FRANKENSTEIN films. His real forte as an actor was playing angst-ridden neurotics – meaning that he was perfectly cast as Henry Frankenstein – and when por…
May 31, 2021 · That’s right, this month the fantastic Colin Clive, is my icon of the month. Colin Glenn Clive-Greig was born on 20th January 1900 in Saint-Malo, France, to an English colonel Colin Philip Greig and his wife, Caroline Margaret Lugard Clive.
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A talented actor with a real flair for tension bordering on hysteria, he is probably best known for his portrayals of Dr. Frankenstein in Whale's two masterworks of the macabre, "Frankenstein" (1931) and "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)....
