Clive Revill Movies and Career Information

Clive Selsby Revill (born 18 April 1930) is a New Zealand character actor best known for his performances in musical theatre and on the London stage. Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Eleanor May (née Neel) and Malet Barford Revill. He originally trained to be an accountant in his homeland of New Zealand, but decided to change his career path in 1950 when he made his stage debut as Sebastian in Twelfth Night. He then moved to England, where he appeared in The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's (later renamed The Royal Shakespeare Company) celebrated 1956–1958 season of productions, which included Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest. He went on to have such varied stage roles as Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall, and Jean-Paul Marat in The Marat/Sade. He made his Broadway debut in 1952, playing Mr. Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers, and went on to appear in Irma La Douce, The Incomparable Max, and Oliver!, for which his Fagin was nominated for a Tony Award. He is also known for his roles in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, on both stage and television. He also participated in the workshop production of Tom Jones: