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Oliver Burchett Clarence (25 March 1870, Hampstead, London – 2 October 1955, Hove, Sussex) was an English actor. Following his education at Dover College and University College Hospital, he made his stage debut in 1890.
O.B. Clarence. Actor: Great Expectations. Stocky, bespectacled English character actor, whose career began in the music halls. Educated at Dover College, Oliver Burchett Clarence acted in repertory theatre from 1890.
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
O.B. Clarence. Actor: Great Expectations. Stocky, bespectacled English character actor, whose career began in the music halls. Educated at Dover College, Oliver Burchett Clarence acted in repertory theatre from 1890.
- March 25, 1870
- October 2, 1955
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Actor O.B. Clarence, born on Mar 25, 1870 and died on Oct 2, 1955 starred in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jamaica Inn, Pygmalion, A Place of One's Own, Great Expectations, Return to Yesterday, The Way to the Stars, Meet Me at Dawn, Dangerous Moonlight, The Magic Bow
The earliest recollection I have of my father, O. B. Clarence, is holding up my arms to him and saying “Up again”, and of course he would pick me up and hold me aloft. He was a very loving man. Apart from being a brilliant character actor he was modest, unselfish, a man of integrity.
A virile romantic lead in his turn-of-the-century stage performances, British actor O. B. Clarence settled for what one writer characterized as "benevolent, doddering" roles in films. On screen from 1914, Clarence played dozens of benign old duffers, usually wearing a working-class cloth cap.
