Clive Francis Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Drama Award for Best Actor for his role in "Travels with My Aunt․"
• Both of his parents were actors, with his father, Raymond Francis, playing Tom Lockhart in "No Hiding Place" and his mother, Margaret Towner, playing Jira in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace․"
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV movie "Romeo and Juliet" in 1965
• Quote: "(On if being an actor helps with writing adaptations): "Definitely, because you've got the rhythms in your head of how it should sound when spoken, it's incredibly useful․""
• Quote: "(On reading "A Christmas Carol"): "It's cleansing․ It goes through all the emotions and you come out a better person at the end of it․""
• Best known for his role as Lodger in "A Clockwork Orange" and as Windham in "Sharpe's Company․"
• Has adapted several works of literature for the stage, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and his annual one-man version of "A Christmas Carol․"
• Has appeared in stage productions of "The Servant of Two Masters," "Bloomsbury," and "An Ideal Husband," among others
• Is also an illustrator and caricaturist, and has designed the covers for several theatrical autobiographies for people like John Gielgud and Alec Guinness