Clive Carter
{{Short description|British actor and singer}}
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Clive Carter is a British actor and singer, best known for his role of "Claude Elliott and others" in the original London cast of Come From Away, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination. He studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
His West End theatre credits include Someone Like You with Petula Clark, A Man for All Seasons with Martin Shaw, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Brendan Fraser and Ned Beatty, We Will Rock You, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Bamatabois/Grantaire and later Inspector Javert in Les Misérables, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera (A role he originated at the Sydmonton Festival workshop), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Always at the Victoria Palace with Shani Wallis and Side by Side by Sondheim. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance as The Wolf/Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods.
Other UK stage credits include a national tour of Oklahoma!; Putting It Together at the Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford; Macbeth, As You Like It, Henry V, and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at Northcott, Exeter; A Little Night Music and Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Nottingham Playhouse; and Godspell at the Leicester Haymarket. He starred as Frank-N-Furter in a European tour of The Rocky Horror Show.
On UK television Carter has appeared in Rep, EastEnders, and Dalziel and Pascoe. He had a small role in the feature film The Da Vinci Code.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1382332/|title=Clive Carter|publisher=IMDb|access-date=6 May 2019}}
He played the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the West End production of the musical Wicked. He replaced Sam Kelly from Monday 29 March 2010, starring opposite Rachel Tucker and Louise Dearman.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136358-Lee-Mead-to-Join-Londons-Wicked-as-Fiyero-Principals-Confirmed Lee Mead to Join London's Wicked as Fiyero; Principals Confirmed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131073750/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136358-Lee-Mead-to-Join-Londons-Wicked-as-Fiyero-Principals-Confirmed |date=31 January 2010 }} He was highly acclaimed in the role, and exited the show alongside Dearman and many other of his co-stars on Saturday 10 December 2011, after almost two years in the role. Desmond Barrit returned to the company, replacing Carter.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/gina-beck-and-matt-willis-to-join-london-cast-of-wicked-desmond-barrit-to-return-as-wizard-com-182614|title=Gina Beck and Matt Willis to Join London Cast of Wicked; Desmond Barrit to Return as Wizard|work=Playbill|date=14 September 2011|accessdate=26 December 2021}}
In October 2011, he appeared in a concert of the new musical Soho Cinders at the Queen's Theatre, London. He originated the roles of Mr. Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre.{{cite journal| url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831357897742/Nigel+Planer+joins+cast+of+Charlie+%26+The+Chocolate+Factory.html| title=Cast of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory| journal=What's on Stage| date=11 January 2013| access-date=11 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118022427/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831357897742/Nigel+Planer+joins+cast+of+Charlie+%26+The+Chocolate+Factory.html| archive-date=18 January 2013| url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=MOULIN ROUGE! Resumes West End Performances and Reschedules Opening Night|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/MOULIN-ROUGE-Resumes-West-End-Performances-and-Reschedules-Opening-Night-20211213|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=www.Broadwayworld.com|language=en-GB}} His performance in the latter earned him another nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.{{cite web |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/nominations-announced-for-the-olivier-awards-2022-with-mastercard |title=Nominations Announced for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard |publisher=Society of London Theatre |first=Kitty |last=Underwood |date=8 March 2022 |accessdate=2 April 2022}} In October 2018, Carter played Merlyn and King Pellinore in the London Musical Theatre Orchestra production of Camelot at the London Palladium.[https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/casting-announced-for-london-musical-theatre-orchestra-performance-of-camelot Casting announced for London Musical Theatre Orchestra performance of Camelot]
Filmography
=Film=
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! Film ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2001
| Learning to Love the Grey | Dr. Edward Marsh | TV film |
| 2005
| Peter Soam | |
| 2006
| Biggin Hill | |
| 2018
| Ensemble | |
| 2021
| Rupture | Henry | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 1975
| Brickie | Episode: "Rubber Bunny" |
| rowspan="3"|1981
| Waiter | Episode: "Anniversary Waltz" |
| Never the Twain
| Waiter | Episode: "Of Meissen Men" |
| Diamonds
| Policeman | Episode: "My End Is My Beginning" |
| 1982
| Rep | Dudley Blake | Series regular |
| 1984
| Mitch | Jeavons | Episode: "Postman's Knock" |
| 1992
| rowspan="4"|The Bill | Michael Ash | Episode: "Hands Up" |
| 1996
| John Ryland | Episode: "Judgement Call" |
| 2000
| John Chandler | Episode: "Streetwise" |
| 2002
| Allen's Solicitor | Episode: "Protection" |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Doctors | Peter Andrews | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| EastEnders
| Mac | 2 episode |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| Casualty | Sydney Cage | Episode: "Communion" |
| Dalziel and Pascoe
| Peter Mayhew | Episode: "Under Dark Stars" |
| Roman Mysteries
| Diaulus | Episode "The Enemies of Jupiter" |
| 2016
| Murder Maps | Detective Wensley | Episode: "Murder in the Roaring Twenties" |
| 2017
| Lennie Dick | Episode: "Aces High" |
| 2022
| Dodger | Charles Kemble | Episode: "Phantom" |
Selected theatre credits
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1382332}}
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Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:British male stage actors
Category:British male musical theatre actors
Category:British male television actors
Category:British male film actors