Clive Hornby

{{Infobox person

| name = Clive Hornby

| birth_name = Clive William Hornby

|image= Jack Sudgen.png

|caption=Hornby as Jack Sugden (2007)

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|10|20}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|07|03|1944|10|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Leeds, England

| resting_place = Rawdon Crematorium, West Yorkshire

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

| known_for = Role of Jack Sugden in Emmerdale (1980–2008)

| years_active =1975–2008

| spouse = {{marriage|Helen Weir|1984|reason=divorced|2000}}

| children = 1

}}

Clive William HornbyThis Is Your Life, 1997 (20 October 1944 – 3 July 2008) was an English actor, best known for his role as Jack Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2248872/Clive-Hornby.html|title=Clive Hornby|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=20 November 2016}} He first appeared in the programme (then named Emmerdale Farm) in 1980, and remained in the role for 28 years.

Career

=Television=

Hornby appeared in various television productions including the Royal Air Force National Service sitcom Get Some In!, Space: 1999 and Minder alongside George Cole.

=Music=

During the 1960s, Hornby was a drummer with The Dennisons.{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolbeat.com/The-Dennisons.html |title=The Beatles were just one of over 300 bands in 1960 – The Dennisons |publisher=Liverpool Beat |date= |accessdate=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531195458/http://www.liverpoolbeat.com/The-Dennisons.html |archivedate=31 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}

Personal life

Hornby was married to Helen Weir, who played his on-screen wife Pat Sugden. They had a son, Thomas, before divorcing in 2000.

Death

Hornby died from cancer on 3 July 2008, aged 63.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/newsandgossip/CliveHornbyhasdied786/default.html |title=Clive Hornby has died |date=4 July 2008 |publisher=ITV |accessdate=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627112514/http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/newsandgossip/CliveHornbyhasdied786/default.html |archivedate=27 June 2009 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/10/television|title=Clive Hornby obituary|work=The Guardian|date=10 July 2008|accessdate=16 February 2016}} He had left the soap to battle an illness. His funeral took place on 15 July 2008 at Rawdon Crematorium in Leeds.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7507276.stm|title=Soap stars mourn Emmerdale actor|accessdate=15 July 2008|date=15 July 2008|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC}}

Hornby's character Jack Sugden was killed off in February 2009 and the character was given an on-screen funeral. Jack's dialogue from earlier episodes was used as memories for several of the characters. A vision of Jack appeared at the graveside at the end of the episode, which closed with the original Emmerdale Farm theme tune.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080713082949/http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/castandcharacters/qtoz/JackSugden1.html Jack Sugden] on the [http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/ Emmerdale website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080829150226/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4269529.ece Times obituary]
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2248872/Clive-Hornby.html Telegraph obituary]

Category:1944 births

Category:2008 deaths

Category:Deaths from cancer in England

Category:English male soap opera actors

Category:English male television actors

Category:English drummers

Category:British male drummers

Category:Beat musicians

Category:Male actors from Liverpool

Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Category:20th-century British male musicians