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Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Acting September 15, 1945 (81 years old) Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Biography

Clive Merrison (Clive Robert Merrison) – Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio, born 15 September 1945 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Trained at Rose Bruford College and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is best known for voicing Sherlock Holmes in all 64 episodes of the BBC Radio 4 dramatizations (1989–1998) and the 16 episodes of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2002–2010), and for playing the Headmaster in The History Boys (2006) on stage and screen. His most notable film roles include Major Lanyev in Firefox (1982), the Forger in Escape to Victory (1981), Dr. Henry Hulme in Heavenly Creatures (1994), Fenelon-Barnes in The English Patient (1996), Desmond Fairchild in An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), and Mr. Gilbert in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018). On television he appeared in Doctor Who (1967), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Stalin (1992), Peep Show (2010), and Midsomer Murders.

Movies 48

The English Patient 7.1

The English Patient

as Fenelon-Barnes

1996
Escape to Victory 6.9

Escape to Victory

as The Forger

1981
Firefox 6.1

Firefox

as Major Lanyev

1982
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 7.4

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

as Mr. Gilbert

2018
Heavenly Creatures 6.9

Heavenly Creatures

as Dr. Henry Hulme

1994
The History Boys 6.6

The History Boys

as Headmaster

2006
Stalin 5.3

Stalin

as Molotov

1992
Saving Grace 6.5

Saving Grace

as Quentin Rhodes

2000
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 5.8

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

as Weston

1972
An Awfully Big Adventure 6.5

An Awfully Big Adventure

as Desmond Fairchild

1995
Up at the Villa 5.3

Up at the Villa

as Archibald Grey

2000
Photographing Fairies 5.7

Photographing Fairies

as Gardner

1997
The Sign of Four 6.5

The Sign of Four

as Bartholomew Sholto

1983
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen 8.0

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

as Jim Callum

1967
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers 6.5

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

as Deputy Chief Caretaker

1987
The Falklands Play 7.0

The Falklands Play

as Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)

2002
The Discovery of Heaven 6.6

The Discovery of Heaven

as Theo Kern

2001
Janice Beard 45 WPM 5.2

Janice Beard 45 WPM

as Tobo

1999
Coming Out of the Ice 6.8

Coming Out of the Ice

as Bikov

1982
Cariani and the Courtesans 7.0

Cariani and the Courtesans

as Moretti

1987
True Blue 6.2

True Blue

as Jack Garnet

1996
Pandaemonium 5.0

Pandaemonium

as Dr Gillman

2001
The After Dinner Joke 7.5

The After Dinner Joke

as Dent

1978
Dead Man's Kit

Dead Man's Kit

as Commander Maybury

1980
Monsignor Quixote 8.8

Monsignor Quixote

as Shop Assistant

1985
Riddles of the Sphinx 4.8

Riddles of the Sphinx

as Chris

1977
A Christmas Carol 6.7

A Christmas Carol

as Bob Cratchit

1977
Rebecca's Daughters 6.5

Rebecca's Daughters

as Sir Henry

1992
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings 10.0

Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings

as Dan Corrigan

2010
Care 5.3

Care

as Desmond Pickering

2000
Stronger Than the Sun

Stronger Than the Sun

as Gregory

1978
The Girl Who Walked Quickly 9.0

The Girl Who Walked Quickly

as Godolt

1978
Human, All Too Human

Human, All Too Human

as Reader

1999
The Falklands Factor 7.0

The Falklands Factor

as "Junius"

1983
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster 9.0

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

as William Godwin

2003
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope 9.0

The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope

as Anthony Trollope

2004
The Bad Sister 5.3

The Bad Sister

as Paul

1983
Come Dancing 6.2

Come Dancing

1970
Open Wide

Open Wide

as Prison Governor

2005
Bert & Dickie 6.2

Bert & Dickie

as Clement Attlee

2012
Thin Air 7.0

Thin Air

as Leonard Draeger

1988
The Spirit of Man 10.0

The Spirit of Man

as Claude Delmas

1989
Anna Lee: Headcase 6.0

Anna Lee: Headcase

as Mr. Emburey

1993
Thank You, Comrades

Thank You, Comrades

as Preobrazhenski

1978
The Cause

The Cause

as Rennie

1981
Submariners

Submariners

1983
Cork and Bottle 8.0

Cork and Bottle

as John Bottle

1977
Feelifax

Feelifax

as Cooker(voice)

1980

TV Shows 56

Midsomer Murders 7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Colin Hawksley

1997
Midsomer Murders 7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Caleb Southwood

1997
Doctor Who 7.9

Doctor Who

as Jim Callum

1963
Doctor Who 7.9

Doctor Who

as Deputy Chief

1963
The Bill 6.8

The Bill

1984
Great Performances 6.1

Great Performances

as Shop Assistant

1971
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as John Bottle

1967
Lewis 7.6

Lewis

as Simon Flaxmore

2007
Thirty-Minute Theatre 4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Ivor

1965
Foyle's War 7.9

Foyle's War

as Dr. Alan Redmund

2002
Bergerac 7.0

Bergerac

as Ackroyd

1981
Peep Show 8.0

Peep Show

as Dan Corrigan

2003
Lexx 7.0

Lexx

as Professor Shnoog

1997
Pie in the Sky 8.3

Pie in the Sky

as Phil Bower

1994
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 7.4

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Geoffrey Cramond

2002
Drop the Dead Donkey 7.0

Drop the Dead Donkey

as Nicholas Waugh

1990
Yes Minister 8.3

Yes Minister

1980
Shine on Harvey Moon 7.7

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Dick Elliot

1982
Space Precinct 6.1

Space Precinct

as Damon Reseda

1994
When the Boat Comes In 7.7

When the Boat Comes In

1976
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime 6.7

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime 6.7

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

as Richards

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies 7.0

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Savinkov

1983
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 6.5

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Macduff (voice)

1992
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns 7.0

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as Chamberlain

1999
Private Schulz 5.3

Private Schulz

as Kruger

1981
Private Schulz 5.3

Private Schulz

as Radio Announcer (voice)

1981
Chancer 6.3

Chancer

as Linton

1990
Lytton's Diary 7.3

Lytton's Diary

as Harvey Sobell

1985
Testament: The Bible in Animation 7.0

Testament: The Bible in Animation

as Darius (voice)

1996
Julius Caesar 6.1

Julius Caesar

as Catullus

2002
Mixed Blessings 6.8

Mixed Blessings

as Vicar

1978
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye 7.3

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as Percival Fortescue

1985
How Do You Want Me? 7.8

How Do You Want Me?

1998
Call Me Mister 6.0

Call Me Mister

1986
The Borgias 8.7

The Borgias

as Ascanio Sforza

1981
Believe Nothing 6.8

Believe Nothing

as Edmund Bilyas

2002
Life Support

Life Support

as Lovat Alexander

1999
Out 7.8

Out

as Dr. Whyte

1978
Freud 5.0

Freud

as Tausk

1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show 6.3

The Kit Curran Radio Show

as Damien Appleby

1984
Counterstrike 7.0

Counterstrike

as Idris Evans

1969
Wolcott 6.0

Wolcott

as Jeremy Godden

1981
Monday Monday 8.5

Monday Monday

2009
A Very British Coup 7.9

A Very British Coup

as T.V. Interviewer

1988
Judge Dee 5.0

Judge Dee

1969
Archer's Goon 10.0

Archer's Goon

as Hathaway

1992
Thin Air

Thin Air

as Leonard Draeger

1988
Spy!

Spy!

as Bogden Stashinsky

1980
Charlie 10.0

Charlie

as Smith

1984
The Labours of Erica 8.0

The Labours of Erica

1989
Mann's Best Friends 5.0

Mann's Best Friends

as Irvin

1985
Time Riders 6.3

Time Riders

as Professor Crow

1991
Here I Stand...

Here I Stand...

as George Jacob Holyoake

1977
Double First 6.5

Double First

1988
Mortimer's Law 10.0

Mortimer's Law

as Tegwyn

1998

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