Clive Morton

{{Short description|English actor (1904–1975)}}

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| name = Clive Morton

| image = File:Butler Hudson and Butler Makepiece (Upstairs, Downstairs 1971 TV series - A Change of Scene).jpg

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| caption = Gordon Jackson (as Butler Hudson, left) and Clive Morton (as Butler Makepiece) in A Change of Scene (1973)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|3|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|9|24|1904|3|16|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

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| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Fanny Rowe
{{marriage|Joan Harben| |1953|reason=div}}

| yearsactive = 1932–1975

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Clive Morton (16 March 1904 – 24 September 1975) was an English actor. Best known for playing upper class Englishmen, he made many screen appearances, especially on television.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f0938b0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804031557/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f0938b0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-04|title=Clive Morton|work=BFI}}

Career

In 1955, Morton appeared in Laurence Olivier's film version of Richard III. On television, he appeared in Doctor Who as prison governor George Trenchard in The Sea Devils in 1972, played a butler in an episode of Upstairs Downstairs in 1973,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/clive-morton-p50915|title=Clive Morton movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography – AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/seadevils/detail.shtml|title=BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Sea Devils – Details}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19750924&id=lglPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2173,3073593|title=Toledo Blade – Google News Archive Search}} and was cast as Commander Julius Rogue in the first series of the children's television series Rogue's Rock in 1974.

Morton was also a Shakespearean actor and an Associate Artiste of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the 1964 'Histories' Repertoire he played the Bishop of Carlisle in Richard II, the Earl of Worcester in Henry IV and the Earl of Talbot in Henry VI.{{cite web|url=http://www.modernlibrary.com/2010/09/13/rsc-stage-histories/|title=RSC Stage Histories « Modern Library|publisher=|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092928/http://www.modernlibrary.com/2010/09/13/rsc-stage-histories/|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Morton was married to Joan Harben and divorced in 1953. He then married Fresh Fields actress Fanny Rowe. They acted together on stage in the 1955 J.B. Priestley play Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon.

Selected filmography

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