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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).
May 2, 2020 · One Man Crazy; The Life and Death of Colin Clive tells the rollicking, extraordinary life of British actor Colin Clive. Clive was best known for being ‘madness’ personified as Henry Frankenstein in James Whale’s picture ; that, along with Dracula launched the horror cycle at Universal Studios.
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.
When Journey's End was filmed in 1929, Clive started his film career. He made 18 films, each stylish, quirky, and highly individualistic. Colin Clive died in Los Angeles, California on 25 June 1937, of tuberculosis worsened by chronic alcoholism. He was 37 years old.
May 31, 2021 · That’s right, this month the fantastic Colin Clive, is my icon of the month. Colin Glenn Clive-Greig was born on 20th January 1900 in Saint-Malo, France, to an English colonel Colin Philip Greig and his wife, Caroline Margaret Lugard Clive.
Actor. Married until his death; born in 1897; died on August 16, 1966. Clive reprised his stage success in the 1930 filming of "Journey's End," helmed by James Whale. A talented actor with a real flair for tension bordering on hysteria, he is probably best known for his portrayals of Dr. Frankenstein in Whale's two masterworks of the macabre ...
English actor of stage and screen, Colin Clive, died on the 25th of June, 1937, aged just 37. Although most famously remembered for playing Dr Frankenstein in James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), it was his stage and film portrayal of the tormented alcoholic Captain Stanhope, a role which tragically mirrored his ...
Apr 26, 2006 · Refined, deliberate, with a talent for melodrama, Colin Clive made a brief but memorable mark on the horror genre, creating the sound era's very first Dr. Frankenstein, but personal problems took him from the spotlight before his time.
Colin Clive. Highest Rated: 100% History Is Made at Night (1937) Lowest Rated: 83% Christopher Strong (1933) Birthday: Jan 20, 1900. Birthplace: St. Malo, France. Clive reprised his stage...
