Personal Info
Birth date
1887-06-01 (138 Years)
Day of death
1974-11-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tufnell Park, London, England, UK
Also known as
Клайв Брук
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook
Clifford Hardman Brook
Clive Brook
Biography
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor.
Filmography
Shanghai Express
6.96
Overview:
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.Cavalcade
5.5
Overview:
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.The List of Adrian Messenger
6.609
Overview:
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.Underworld
7.045
Overview:
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.Convoy
5.4
Overview:
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.The Night of June 13
7
Overview:
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.Woman to Woman
6.5
Overview:
David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married in London. Louise, now a mother, thinks him dead. She becomes a famous dancer under the name Deloryse but falls gravely ill. One night, as David is in the audience of her show, he recovers his memory. When she learns that David is married to another woman, Louise turns her son in the care of David's new wife and accepting a dancing job at a party, she dies there of exhaustion and sorrow.Scandal Sheet
NYR
Overview:
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.Freedom Radio
6.3
Overview:
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.Love in Exile
NYR
Overview:
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.The White Shadow
7.2
Overview:
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing, and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film cans were mislabled Two Sisters and Unidentified American Film and only later identified. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2012.The Four Feathers
4.4
Overview:
An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.The Dictator
6
Overview:
The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King Christian VII of Denmark and his English consort Caroline Matilda in Eighteenth century Copenhagen and the Queen's tragic affair with the royal physician and liberal reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee.24 Hours
5.5
Overview:
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.The Devil Dancer
5
Overview:
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.Gallant Lady
6
Overview:
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.You Never Know Women
6
Overview:
On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he attempts to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown.Let's Try Again
2.5
Overview:
To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard) in this 1934 film directed by Worthington Miner.Sherlock Holmes
5.1
Overview:
Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.The Home Maker
NYR
Overview:
A man's life seems to be falling apart. He's bored with his job, gets passed over for a promotion and, when the pressures get to be too much, he tries to commit suicide, but he even fails at that and manages only to cripple himself instead of killing himself. Forced to stay at home, he finds the role of "househusband" enjoyable--until his wife takes a low-paying job with his old company, and rapidly rises up the corporate ladder.The Man from Yesterday
4.8
Overview:
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.Where Sinners Meet
4
Overview:
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.Paramount on Parade
6.1
Overview:
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directorsMidnight Club
NYR
Overview:
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Standing) sends two of his officers (Billy Bevan and Charles McNaughton) to the Midnight Club to check up on a couple of shady characters - Colin Grant (Clive Brook) and Arthur Bradley (Allan Mowbray) and a girl, Iris Witney (Helen Vinson). There have been a number of jewel robberies around town recently, but, unknown to the police, these three have the perfect alibis!!! They have found "doubles", and while they are out committing the robberies, their doubles spend the night at the club, confusing the two officers who are on their tail.The Flemish Farm
5.5
Overview:
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.Action for Slander
NYR
Overview:
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.Return to Yesterday
6.2
Overview:
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.Make Me a Star
5.5
Overview:
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.Tarnished Lady
4.7
Overview:
Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity ever since her father's death. Although she loves writer DeWitt Taylor, who is indifferent to amassing a fortune, her mother urges her to marry stockbroker Norman Cravath instead. Nancy acquiesces to her mother's wishes but, despite the fact her new husband does everything he can to please her, she is miserable in her marriage.Acting
TBADe Femme à Femme as Unknown
1963The List of Adrian Messenger as Marquis of Gleneyre
1944On Approval as George, 10th Duke of Bristol
1943The Shipbuilders as Leslie Pagan
1943The Flemish Farm as Maj. Lessart
1942Breach of Promise as Peter Conroy
1941Freedom Radio as Dr. Karl Roder
1940Convoy as Captain Tom Armitage
1940Return to Yesterday as Robert Maine / Manning
1938The Ware Case as Sir Hubert Ware
1937Action for Slander as Ann Daviot
1936Love in Exile as King Regis VI
1936Lonely Road as Malcolm Stevenson
1935Dressed to Thrill as Bill Trent
1935The Dictator as Dr. Struensee
1934Let's Try Again as Jack
1934Where Sinners Meet as Latimer
1933Gallant Lady as Dan Pritchard
1933If I Were Free as Gordon Evers
1933Midnight Club as Colin Grant
1933Cavalcade as Robert Marryot
1932Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1932The Night of June 13 as John Curry
1932Make Me a Star as Clive Brook (uncredited)
1932The Man from Yesterday as Captain Tony Clyde
1932Shanghai Express as Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
1931Husband's Holiday as George Boyd
193124 Hours as James Morton Towner
1931Silence as Jim Warren
1931The Lawyer's Secret as Drake Norris
1931Tarnished Lady as Norman Cravath
1931East Lynne as Capt. William Levison
1931Scandal Sheet as Noel Adams
1930Anybody's Woman as Neil Dunlap
1930Sweethearts and Wives as Reginald De Brett
1930Paramount on Parade as Sherlock Holmes
1930Slightly Scarlet as Hon. Courtenay Parkes
1929The Laughing Lady as Daniel Farr
1929The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1929Charming Sinners as Robert Miles
1929The Four Feathers as Lt. Jack Durrance
1929A Dangerous Woman as Frank Gregory
1928Interference as Sir John Marlay
1928Forgotten Faces as Heliotrope Harry
1928The Perfect Crime as Benson
1928The Yellow Lily as Archduke Alexander
1928Midnight Madness as Michael Bream
1927French Dressing as Henri de Briac
1927The Devil Dancer as Stephen Athelstan
1927Barbed Wire as Oskar Muller
1927Hula as Anthony Haldane
1927Underworld as Rolls Royce Wensel
1926The Popular Sin as Jean Corot
1926For Alimony Only as Peter Williams
1926You Never Know Women as Norodin
1926Why Girls Go Back Home as Clifford Dudley
1926When Love Grows Cold as Jerry Benson
1925The Pleasure Buyers as Tad Workman
1925The Home Maker as Lester Knapp
1925Seven Sinners as Jerry Winters
1925Compromise as Alan Tahyer
1925The Woman Hater as Unknown
1925Playing with Souls as Matthew Dale Sr.
1925Déclassé as Rudolph Solomon
1925Enticement as Henry Wallis
1924The Mirage as Henry Galt
1924Human Desires as Georges Gautier
1924Christine of the Hungry Heart as Dr. Alan Monteagle
1924The Passionate Adventure as Adrien St. Clair
1924The White Shadow as Robin Field
1924The Wine of Life as Michael Strong
1924The Money Habit as Noel Jason
1923The Royal Oak as Dorian Clavering
1923Out to Win as Barraclough
1923Through Fire and Water as John Dryden
1923Woman to Woman as David Compton / David Anson-Pond
1922A Debt of Honour as Walter Hyde
1922The Experiment as Vivian Caryll
1922Married to a Mormon as Lionel Daventry
1922Vanity Fair as Rawdon Crawley
1922Tense Moments from Opera as Duke of Mantua / Alfred Germont (segments "Rigoletto", "La Traviata")
1922A Tale of Two Cities as Sydney Carton
1921Christie Johnstone as Astral Hither
1921Daniel Deronda as Mallinger Grandcourt
Directing
1944On Approval ... Director
Writing
1944On Approval ... Adaptation
Production
1944On Approval ... Producer