Clifford Mollison

{{Short description|British actor (1897–1986)}}

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| name = Clifford Mollison

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|03|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|06|04|1897|03|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cyprus

| birthname = Clifford Lely Mollison

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1913–1980

| spouse = Muriel Agnes Pope
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1923; ? - 19??)
Avril Wheatley
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1952; ? - 19??)

| relatives = Henry Mollison (brother)

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Clifford Lely Mollison (30 March 1897 – 4 June 1986) was a British stage, film and television actor.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/hsd/clifford-mollison|title=Clifford Mollison | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f69b4dc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081242/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f69b4dc|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=Clifford Mollison|website=BFI}} He made his stage debut in 1913.{{cite book|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA526|year=2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-1197-5|page=526}} He was married to the actress Avril Wheatley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/clifford-mollison-and-his-actress-wife-avril-wheatley-with-their-son-james-after-his-christening-for-full-caption-see-version-4049541a|title=Clifford Mollison His Actress Wife Avril Wheatley Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock|website=Shutterstock Editorial}} His younger brother was the actor Henry Mollison.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/r.php/30591/show.html|title=Theatre collections: record view - Special Collections & Archives - University of Kent|website=www.kent.ac.uk}}

Mollison acted in the West End on a number of occasions. In 1921 he appeared at the Strand Theatre in Ian Hay's A Safety Match. In 1923 he was in Charles McEvoy's The Likes of Her. In 1925 he starred in the play The River by Patrick Hastings. In 1953 he appeared in Peter Ustinov's The Love of Four Colonels.