Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison (Clive Robert Merrison) – Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio, born 15 September 1945 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Trained at Rose Bruford College and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is best known for voicing Sherlock Holmes in all 64 episodes of the BBC Radio 4 dramatizations (1989–1998) and the 16 episodes of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2002–2010), and for playing the Headmaster in The History Boys (2006) on stage and screen. His most notable film roles include Major Lanyev in Firefox (1982), the Forger in Escape to Victory (1981), Dr. Henry Hulme in Heavenly Creatures (1994), Fenelon-Barnes in The English Patient (1996), Desmond Fairchild in An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), and Mr. Gilbert in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018). On television he appeared in Doctor Who (1967), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Stalin (1992), Peep Show (2010), and Midsomer Murders.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1945-09-15 · Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Known for
- The English Patient (1996) — Fenelon-Barnes
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) — Mr. Gilbert
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) — Dr. Henry Hulme
- Escape to Victory (1981) — The Forger
- Doctor Who (1963) — Jim Callum
- Firefox (1982) — Major Lanyev
- Peep Show (2003) — Dan Corrigan
- Saving Grace (2000) — Quentin Rhodes
- Midsomer Murders (1997) — Colin Hawksley
- The History Boys (2006) — Headmaster
- Yes Minister (1980)
- Lexx (1997) — Professor Shnoog
- Lewis (2007) — Simon Flaxmore
- Foyle's War (2002) — Dr. Alan Redmund
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) — Chamberlain
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) — Desmond Fairchild