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Colin Clive
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Born
Colin Glenn Clive-Greig
Height6' (1.83 m)
SpouseJeanne De Casalis

Colin Clive (20 January 190025 June 1937) was an English stage and screen actor most famous for portraying Dr. Frankenstein in James Whale's two Universal Frankenstein films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.

Clive was born in France to a British colonel, and was in the military before he became a stage actor. He first worked with Whale in the Savoy Theatre production of Journey's End and subsequently joined the British community in Hollywood in the 1930s.

He suffered chronic alcoholism and died of tuberculosis.

Films

  1. Journey's End (1930)
  2. The Stronger Sex (1931)
  3. Frankenstein (1931)
  4. Lily Christine (1932)
  5. Christopher Strong (1933)
  6. Looking Forward (1933)
  7. The Key (1934)
  8. One More River (1934)
  9. Jane Eyre (1934)
  10. Clive of India (1935)
  11. The Right to Live (1935)
  12. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  13. The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
  14. Mad Love (1935)
  15. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
  16. The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
  17. History Is Made at Night (1937)
  18. The Woman I Love (1937)