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clive brook st paul 's , covent garden 17 november 1974 london , england , uk clifford hardman brook london , england , uk 1918 -- 1963 faith brook lyndon brook 250px 1 june 1887 clive brook mildred evelyn clive.brook.jpg clive brook
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clive brook

clive brook -lrb- born clifford hardman brook , 1 june 1887 -- 17 november 1974 -rrb- was a british film actor .
after making his first screen appearance in 1920 , brook emerged as a leading british actor in the early 1920s .
after moving to the united states , brook became one of the major stars for paramount pictures in the late silent era .
during 1928 -- 29 brook successfully made the transition to sound and continued to feature in many of hollywood 's most prestigious films , including a number of literary adaptations .
in the mid-1930s he returned to britain , where he appeared regularly in leading film roles for a further decade .
