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Colin Glenn Clive (born Clive-Greig; 20 January 1900 – 25 June 1937) was a British stage and screen actor. His most memorable role was Henry Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, in the 1931 film Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein .
Colin Clive. Actor: Frankenstein. Who could forget Colin Clive's "It's Alive! It's Alive!" as he melted to the floor mumbling the same over and over in ecstasy after his success at animating the Monster in the first sound version of Frankenstein (1931). Film history - horror film history - but part of a short history for actor Colin Clive - he died at 37 years of age. The son of...
- January 20, 1900
- June 25, 1937
May 2, 2020 · Colin Clive unwittingly set the pattern for all ‘mad scientists’ in film, added to by the work of Lionel Attwill, Charles Laughton (both went to the same school in England), and the others that followed. Colin Clive’s all too brief life was a terrible downward spiral put into focus by this volume. You can buy One Man Crazy: The Life and ...
- Terry Sherwood
Jul 6, 2023 · Siena Athletics. Colin Clive, a 2014 Siena graduate and the most outstanding player of the 2011 MAAC tournament, died Monday at 31 years old after a five-year battle with brain cancer. Siena announced Clive’s passing on Thursday, celebrating the life of someone whose post-Siena life was met with obstacles.
Oct 26, 2013 · Colin Clive (1900-1937) is forever immortalized as Henry Frankenstein in the first two Universal FRANKENSTEIN films. His real forte as an actor was playing angst-ridden neurotics - meaning that he was perfectly cast as Henry Frankenstein - and when portraying a driven nervous energy character he didn't seem to be acting.
Colin Clive was born to a British colonel and his wife in St. Malo, France on 20 January 1900. His schooling was at the Convent of the Holy Cross, Boscombe, and Stonyhurst College, in preparation for entering Sandhurst, the British royal military academy. Unfortunately, a riding accident shattered the young man's knee and disqualified him for military service. Clive entered the Royal Academy ...
Other articles where Colin Clive is discussed: Bride of Frankenstein: Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive). Initially refusing to help, Frankenstein relents after Pretorius has the monster kidnap Frankenstein’s wife, Elizabeth (Valerie Hobson). However, once the two scientists have animated their new creation (Elsa Lanchester), a grotesque beauty with a frizzled shock of hair, even she rejects ...
