CLIVE BROOK

'Clive Brook' (1 June 1887 - 17 November 1974) was an English actor.
Brook was born in London. He first appeared on stage in 1918 and also in films from 1919. In 1943, he adapted the Victoria comedy "On Approval" by Fredrick Londale and wrote, produced, directed and starred in the film with Beatrice Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. The costumes were by Cecil Beaton. It was Brooks' crowning achievement.
His daughter, Faith Brook is an actor as was his late son, Lyndon Brook.
Brook was 5' 11" tall and had black hair with brown eyes.
He was the son of an opera singer, a published writer and a violinist.
He distinguished himself in the 1914-1918 war, (The Great War/WW1).
He took to the stage and then to film, first British films then Hollywood.
He was best remembered playing opposite Dietrich in Shanghai Express [1932]
Brook married Mildred Evelyn and appeared in many films:
1920 Trent's Last Case (UK)

1921 Daniel Deronda (UK)

1922 Debt of Honor (UK)

1923 Woman to Woman (UK)

1924 Christine of the Hungry Heart

1924 The Mirage

1924 The Recoil

1925 Compromise

1925 Declasse

1925 Enticement

1925 The Home Maker

1925 If Marriage Fails

1925 Playing With Souls

1925 The Pleasure Buyers

1925 Seven Sinners

1925 The Woman Hater

1926 For Alimony Only

1926 The Popular Sin

1926 Three Faces East

1926 When Love Grows Cold

1926 You Never Know Women

1927 Afraid to Love

1927 Barbed Wire

1927 The Devil Dancer

1927 French Dressing

1927 Hula

1927 Underworld

1928 Forgotten Faces

1928 Midnight Madness

1928 The Perfect Crime

1928 The Yellow Lily

1929 Charming Sinners

1929 A Dangerous Woman

1929 The Four Feathers

1929 Interference

1929 The Laughing Lady

1929 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (played Holmes)

1930 Anybody's Woman

1930 Slightly Scarlet

1930 Sweethearts and Wives

1931 East Lynne

1931 Husband's Holiday

1931 The Lawyer's Secret

1931 Scandal Sheet

1931 Silence

1931 Tarnished Lady

1931 Twenty-Four Hours

1932 The Man From Yesterday

1932 The Night of June 13th

1932 Shanghai Express

1932 Sherlock Holmes again as Holmes 1933 Cavalcade

1933 If I Were Free

1933 Midnight Club

1934 Gallant Lady

1934 Let's Try Again

1934 Where Sinners Meet

1935 Loves of a Dictator/The Love Affair of the Dictator (UK)

1936 The Lonely Road (UK)

1936 Love in Exile (UK)

1938 Action for Slander (UK)

1938 The Ware Case (UK)

1940 Convoy (UK)

1940 Return to Yesterday (UK)

1940 The Voice in the Night/Freedom Radio (UK)

1942 Breach of Promise (UK)

1943 The Flemish Farm (UK)

1943 On Approval (UK) also director, producer, screenwriter

1944 Shipbuilders (UK)

1963 The List of Adrian Messenger (filmed in Ireland)

Contents

Filmography

External link

Filmography

★ ''Shanghai Express'' 1932

★ ''The Man from Yesterday'' 1932

★ ''The List of Adrian Messenger'' 1963

External link

★ Filmography of Clive Brook on IMDB

★ Biography of Clive Brook on FranklynCards

★ Photographs of Clive Brook