Clive Morton

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. In 1955, he appeared in Laurence Olivier's Richard III and is recalled by fans of Doctor Who for his role as prison governor George Trenchard in The Sea Devils in 1972. He played Commander Julius Rogue in the first series of the fondly-remembered children's TV series Rogue's Rock in 1974. One of his last roles was as an aged butler in an episode of Upstairs Downstairs.
Morton was also a Shakespearian 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 ferocious Earl of Talbot in Henry VI.
Morton was married to Fresh Fields actress Fanny Rowe. They acted together on stage in the 1955 J.B. Priestley play Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon.
Selected filmography
The Last Coupon (1932) – (uncredited)
The Secret of the Loch (1934) – Reporter / Photographer in Pub (uncredited)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) – Journalist (uncredited)
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1939) – Frank Fielding
While the Sun Shines (1947) – Guide
Jassy (1947) – Sir William Fennell
Mine Own Executioner (1947) – Robert Paston
This Was a Woman (1948) – Company Director
Bond Street (1948) – Bank Manager (uncredited)
The Blind Goddess (1948) – Mersel
Quartet (1948) – Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Here Come the Huggetts (1948) – Mr. Campbell
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) – Herbert Ponting F.R.P.S.
Vote for Huggett (1949) – Mr. Campbell
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) – Campbell (uncredited)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) – The Prison Governor
A Run for Your Money (1949) – Editor
The Blue Lamp (1950) – Police Sgt. Brooks
Trio (1950) – Ship's Captain (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Traveller's Joy (1950) – Svensen
Night Without Stars (1951) – Dr. Coulson
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – Station Sergeant
His Excellency (1952) – The G.O.C.
Castle in the Air (1952) – MacFee
Turn the Key Softly (1953) – Walters
Carrington V.C. (1954) – Lt. Col. Huxford
The Harassed Hero (1954) – Archer
Orders Are Orders (1955) – Lt. Gen. Sir Cuthbert Grahame Foxe
Richard III (1955) – The Lord Rivers
Beyond Mombasa (1956) – Irate Man
Seven Waves Away (1957) – Maj. Gen. Barrington
After the Ball (1957) – Henry de Frece
Lucky Jim (1957) – Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart
The Safecracker (1958) – Sir George Turvey
The Duke Wore Jeans (1958) – Lord Edward Whitecliffe
The Moonraker (1958) – Lord Harcourt
Next to No Time (1958) – Wallis
The Navy Lark (1959) – Rear Admiral
Make Mine a Million (1959) – National TV director general
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) – Sir Arnold Fielding
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) – V.I.P.
The Clue of the New Pin (1961) – Ramsey Brown
A Matter of WHO (1961) – Hatfield
I Thank a Fool (1962) – Judge
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Artillery General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
The Alphabet Murders (1965) – 'X'
Stranger in the House (1967) – Col. Flower
Star! (1968) – Army Officer Outside Window (uncredited)
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969) – Bowsell
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) – General Paunceforth
Jane Eyre (1970) – Mr. Eshton
Zeppelin (1971) – Lord Delford
Young Winston (1972) – Dr. Roose
11 Harrowhouse (1974) – Sir Harold the Chairman
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English male film actors
English male television actors
1904 births
1975 deaths
20th-century English male actors
British male comedy actors