John Clive
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John Clive is an English
author
and actor
. He is best known for his international best selling historical and social fiction, such as "KG200" and "Borossa".
Clive is also known as an actor, who started his career at the age of fifteen. Since then he has appeared on London
, West End
stages, in plays such as Absurd Person Singular
, The Wizard Of Oz, Under Milk Wood
, The Bandwagon at the Mermaid Theatre
, The Winslow Boy
, Young Woodley and Life With Father
. Clive's distinctive character acting has led him to appear in comic and serious roles in films, such as The Italian Job
, Yellow Submarine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again
, A Clockwork Orange
and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
. He has also appeared in four of the quintessentially British Carry on series of comedy films. These include, Carry On Abroad
Carry On Dick
and That's Carry On!
comedy
The Magnet
, credited as Clive Kendall. In The Beatles
film Yellow Submarine, he featured as the voice of John Lennon
. His television appearances also include Robert's Robots, Rising Damp
, The Dick Emery Show, The Perils of Pendragon, The Sweeney
, Great Expectations
and The History of Mr Polly. He appeared in the first Wednesday Play Wear a Very Big Hat, broadcast by BBC 1 in 1964. Clive also featured in, Lady Windermere's Fan
, One Way Out
, and The Ten Percenters.
" with J.D. Gilman which was a story about a secret Luftwaffe
unit during The Second World War
. "KG 200" became an international bestseller and his next book "The Last Liberator", followed in 1980 and was well received by literary critics. "Barossa" (1981) also achieved critical acclaim. "Broken Wings" was published in 1983 and matched the international success of "KG 200". Other fictional titles written by Clive include, "Ark" (1986) another book well received by critics and co-written with Nicholas Head. "The Lions Cage" was published in 1988.
Appearances in deleted scenes
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is best known for his international best selling historical and social fiction, such as "KG200" and "Borossa".
Clive is also known as an actor, who started his career at the age of fifteen. Since then he has appeared on London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
stages, in plays such as Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular is a 1972 play by Alan Ayckbourn. Divided into three acts, it documents the changing fortunes of three married couples...
, The Wizard Of Oz, Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, adapted later as a stage play. A movie version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released during 1972....
, The Bandwagon at the Mermaid Theatre
Mermaid Theatre
The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre at Puddle Dock, in Blackfriars, in the City of London and the first built there since the time of Shakespeare...
, The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy
thumb|1st edition cover The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an actual incident in the Edwardian era, which took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.-Performance History:...
, Young Woodley and Life With Father
Life with Father
Life with Father is the title of a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day, Jr., which was adapted in 1939 into a long-running Broadway play by Lindsay and Crouse, which was, in turn, made into a 1947 movie and a television series.-The book:Clarence Day wrote...
. Clive's distinctive character acting has led him to appear in comic and serious roles in films, such as The Italian Job
The Italian Job
The Italian Job is a 1969 British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. Subsequent television showings and releases on video have established it as an institution in the United Kingdom....
, Yellow Submarine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth film in the Pink Panther series and picks up where The Return of the Pink Panther leaves off...
, A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange (film)
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...
and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...
. He has also appeared in four of the quintessentially British Carry on series of comedy films. These include, Carry On Abroad
Carry On Abroad
Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth Carry On film, released in 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey. June...
Carry On Dick
Carry On Dick
Carry On Dick was the 26th Carry On film. It was released in 1974 and marked the end of an era for the series. It featured the last appearances of Sid James and Hattie Jacques although both would make a further appearance in the Carry On Laughing TV series...
and That's Carry On!
That's Carry On!
That's Carry On! is a compilation of the highlights of the Carry On films and is the 29th entry in the series. The film features series regulars Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor co-presenting. This was to be Windsor's 10th and final appearance in the series. The idea for the film was inspired...
Acting
Other notable film appearances include the Ealing StudiosEaling Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
The Magnet
The Magnet
The Magnet was a United Kingdom weekly boys' story paper published by Amalgamated Press. It ran from 1908 to 1940, publishing a total of 1683 issues. Each issue contained a long school story about the boys of Greyfriars School, a fictional public school located somewhere in Kent, and were written...
, credited as Clive Kendall. In The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
film Yellow Submarine, he featured as the voice of John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
. His television appearances also include Robert's Robots, Rising Damp
Rising Damp
Rising Damp is a television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, first broadcast from 1974 to 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his well-received 1971 stage play, The Banana Box The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom on the 100 Best Sitcoms poll run in...
, The Dick Emery Show, The Perils of Pendragon, The Sweeney
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
, Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
and The History of Mr Polly. He appeared in the first Wednesday Play Wear a Very Big Hat, broadcast by BBC 1 in 1964. Clive also featured in, Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
, One Way Out
One Way Out
One Way Out may refer to:* One Way Out , the 2004 live album by The Allman Brothers Band* One Way Out , the 1955 British crime drama film starring Jill Adams and Eddie Byrne...
, and The Ten Percenters.
Author
In 1977, he co-wrote the historical novel "KG 200KG 200
Kampfgeschwader 200 was a Luftwaffe unit during World War II. The unit was the Luftwaffe's special operations wing that carried out long-distance reconnaissance flights, tested new aircraft designs, and operated captured aircraft....
" with J.D. Gilman which was a story about a secret Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
unit during The Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. "KG 200" became an international bestseller and his next book "The Last Liberator", followed in 1980 and was well received by literary critics. "Barossa" (1981) also achieved critical acclaim. "Broken Wings" was published in 1983 and matched the international success of "KG 200". Other fictional titles written by Clive include, "Ark" (1986) another book well received by critics and co-written with Nicholas Head. "The Lions Cage" was published in 1988.
Feature films
Credits include:- The Mini-AffairThe Mini-AffairThe Mini-Affair is a 1967 British romantic comedy film directed by Robert Amram and starring Georgie Fame, Rosemary Nicols and John Clive. A leading Pop star is kidnapped in swinging London.-Cast:* Georgie Fame - Georgie Hart* Rosemary Nicols - Charlotte...
(1967) - Smashing TimeSmashing TimeSmashing Time is a 1967 British comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. It is a satire on the 1960s media-influenced phenomenon of Swinging London.It was written by George Melly and directed by Desmond Davis...
(1967) - Yellow Submarine (1968)
- The Italian JobThe Italian JobThe Italian Job is a 1969 British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. Subsequent television showings and releases on video have established it as an institution in the United Kingdom....
(1969) - A Nice Girl Like MeA Nice Girl Like MeA Nice Girl Like Me is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Desmond Davis. The plot revolves around a girl who lives with her shrewd aunts, goes on a trip, gets pregnant, and must lie to her aunts that the baby is not hers.-Cast:...
(1969) - A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange (film)A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...
(1971) - Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
- Straight on Till MorningStraight on Till MorningStraight on Till Morning is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth and John Clive. A reserved young woman finds herself attracted to a handsome stranger, unaware of his psychotic tendencies...
(1972) - Go for a TakeGo for a TakeGo for a Take is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and featuring Dennis Price, Bob Todd, Reg Varney, Norman Rossington, Sue Lloyd, and Anouska Hempel.-Cast:* Johnny Briggs ... Assistant Director* John Clive ... Hotel Waiter...
(1972) - Carry On AbroadCarry On AbroadCarry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth Carry On film, released in 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey. June...
(1972) - Tiffany JonesTiffany JonesTiffany Jones is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Pete Walker and starring Anouska Hempel, Ray Brooks and Eric Pohlmann. It was based on a comic strip that had featured in the Daily Mail. The main character, Tiffany Jones, a leading model, also works as a secret agent...
(1973) - Queen KongQueen KongQueen Kong 1976 British comedy film spoofing King Kong. The film was never released theatrically in the UK, due to legal action by Dino De Laurentiis, producer of the 1976 King Kong remake. It got limited release in Italy and Germany. The film has since resurfaced on DVD.The film has a cult...
(1976) - The Pink Panther Strikes AgainThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainThe Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth film in the Pink Panther series and picks up where The Return of the Pink Panther leaves off...
(1976) - HardcoreHardcore (1977 film)Hardcore is a 1977 British comedy film directed by James Kenelm Clarke and starring Fiona Richmond, Anthony Steel, Graham Stark, Graham Crowden and Harry H. Corbett...
(1977) - Rosie Dixon - Night NurseRosie Dixon - Night NurseRosie Dixon - Night Nurse is a 1978 British comedy film directed by Justin Cartwright and starring Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle, Beryl Reid and John Le Mesurier. It was based on a novel by Christopher Wood. A new student nurse arrives at a hospital, attracting interest from the staff with comedic...
(1978) - Let's Get LaidLet's Get LaidLet's Get Laid is a 1978 British comedy film directed by James Kenelm Clarke and starring Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond and Anthony Steel. After being demobbed at the end of the Second World War, Gordon Laid returns to London - only to find himself suspected of a murder in Wapping.-Cast:* Fiona...
(1978) - Revenge of the Pink PantherRevenge of the Pink PantherRevenge of the Pink Panther is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series. Released in 1978, Revenge of was the last entry featuring series star Peter Sellers, who died in 1980...
(1978) - No Longer Alone (1978)
Television
Credits include:- The Wednesday PlayThe Wednesday PlayThe Wednesday Play was an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. Every week's play was usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured...
- "Wear a Very Big Hat" (1965)
- Watch the Birdies (1966)
- The SaintThe Saint (TV series)The Saint was an ITC mystery spy thriller television series that aired in the UK on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It centred on the Leslie Charteris literary character, Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-like adventurer with a penchant for disguise. The character may be nicknamed The Saint because the...
(1967)
- "A Double in Diamonds"
- Man in a SuitcaseMan in a SuitcaseMan in a Suitcase is a 1967 television series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.-Origins and overview:Man in a Suitcase was effectively a replacement for Danger Man, whose production had been curtailed when its star Patrick McGoohan had decided to create his own series, The Prisoner...
(1967)
- Man in a Suitcase
- "Sweet Sue"
- The Informer (1967)
- "No Further Questions"
- Z-CarsZ-CarsZ-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...
(1967)
- Z-Cars
- "Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 2
- "Who Said Anything About the Law?: Part 1
- The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969)
- "Episode #1.5"
- "Episode #1.4"
- "Episode #1.3"
- "Episode #1.2"
- "Episode #1.1"
- Here Come the Double DeckersHere Come the Double DeckersHere Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970-71 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused works yard.-The show:...
(1971)
- Here Come the Double Deckers
- "A Hit for a Miss"
- Father Dear Father (1971)
- "An Explosive Situation"
- The Man Outside (1972)
- "A Persistent Coffin"
- The World of Cilla (1973)
- Great ExpectationsGreat ExpectationsGreat Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
(1974) - Robert's Robots (1974)
- "Santa ClausTrophobia"
- "Rampaging Robots"
- "Gastronomics Anonymous"
- "Courting Disaster"
- "I Spy with My Little Ear"
- The Perils of Pendragon (1974)
- The SweeneyThe SweeneyThe Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
(1975)
- "Big Brother"
- How Green Was My ValleyHow Green Was My ValleyHow Green Was My Valley is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, telling the story through narration of the main character, of his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed to have based the book on his own knowledge of the Gilfach Goch area, but this was proven...
(1976)
- How Green Was My Valley
- "Episode #1.6"
- "Episode #1.5"
- "Episode #1.4"
- "Episode #1.3"
- "Episode #1.2"
- The Galton and SimpsonGalton and SimpsonRay Galton OBE , and Alan Simpson OBE , are British scriptwriters who met in 1948 at a tuberculosis sanatorium, the Surrey county sanatorium near Godalming, on which the sitcom Get Well Soon was based...
Playhouse (1977)
- The Galton and Simpson
- "Naught for Thy Comfort"
- Rising DampRising DampRising Damp is a television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, first broadcast from 1974 to 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his well-received 1971 stage play, The Banana Box The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom on the 100 Best Sitcoms poll run in...
- Rising Damp
- "The Good Samaritan" (1977)
- Odd Man Out (1977)
- "Sink or Swim"
- Rising DampRising DampRising Damp is a television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, first broadcast from 1974 to 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his well-received 1971 stage play, The Banana Box The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom on the 100 Best Sitcoms poll run in...
(1978)
- Rising Damp
- "Fire and Brimstone"
- Rings on Their Fingers (1978)
- "Party Mood"
- The Chiffy Kids (1978)
- "It Pays to Advertise"
- Leave It to Charlie (1979)
- "Money, Money, Money"
- The Nesbitts Are Coming (1980)
- "Moving Day"
- "Look on the Black Side"
- "Race Day"
- "The Big Job"
- "It's All a Game"
- The History of Mr. Polly (1980)
- "Episode #1.4"
- "Episode #1.3"
- "Episode #1.2"
- A Dream of Alice (1982)
- Theatre Night (1985)
- Lady Windermere's FanLady Windermere's FanLady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
(1985) - T-BagT-BagT-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a number of television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s on Children's ITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman, each series has a different title and features a single story told over several episodes.-History:The programme was...
's Christmas Carol (1989) - Screen One' (1989)
- "One Way Out"
- The 10 PercentersThe 10 PercentersThe Ten Percenters was a British television comedy series, broadcast on ITV, which began as a pilot in 1993 , and was followed by two series which were shown in 1994 and 1996...
(1996)
- The 10 Percenters
- "Surprise"
Other credits
Documentaries- That's Carry On (1977)
- Carry on LaughingCarry On LaughingCarry on Laughing is a British television comedy series produced in 1975 for ATV. Based on the Carry On films, it was an attempt to address the films' declining cinema attendance by transferring the franchise to television...
(1982) - Hamlet: The Video (1992)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2007)
Appearances in deleted scenes
- Carry on HenryCarry On HenryCarry On Henry is the 21st of the Carry On series and was released in 1971. It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina. James and Windsor feature alongside other regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry...
(1971) "Plotter" - Carry on Henry VIII (1971 USA) "Plotter"
- Carry on Henry or Mind My Chopper! (1971 UK, long title) "Plotter"