Clive Francis

Birth Name:

Clive Francis

Birth Place:

Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Art department

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

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