CLIVE REVILL

'Clive Selsby Revill' (born April 18, 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an experienced character actor who has made more than 50 films and TV movies and whose work has ranged from blockbuster films to stage classics. Among his film roles were two notable films for Billy Wilder, ''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'' in 1970 and ''Avanti!'' in 1972. He also played dour Finlay Perkin in the blockbuster 1978 American miniseries ''Centennial''.
Revill has enjoyed his greatest success on the stage in productions like ''Sherry!'' and ''Oliver!'' (as Fagin) and the Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy Operas ''The Pirates of Penzance'' and ''The Sorcerer'' (in which he appeared in the title role of John Wellington Wells). He was twice nominated for Tony Awards for ''Oliver!'' and ''Irma La Douce''.
He appeared as Joe Devlin in the "The Conspirators" episode of tv series, ''Columbo''.
Revill has also performed voice-over work in such films as '', ''The Hobbit'', and ''Return to Never Land''.
He is one of only four actors to appear in both an episode of ''Star Trek'' and a ''Star Wars'' film, and he is the only one to have had a speaking role in both. Revill supplied the voice of The Emperor in '' and played Sir Guy of Gisburne in the '' episode "QPid". His voice in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' was replaced with that of Ian McDiarmid for the DVD release.
He also voiced King Nod in the re-edited versions of ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' and Doctor Doom in ''.
In two instances, Revill played famous characters but was quickly replaced and forgotten as the original performer. The first instance of this was the aforementioned 'The Empire Strikes Back' as The Emperor; he was later replaced by McDiarmid. The second instance was as the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in the first three episodes of ''. His replacement, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., would go on to voice the role for the remainder of the series and also return from time to time in a guest capacity in that show's numerous spin-offs.

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Clive was also featured on rapper, Ludacris's 5th Album "The Red Light District" on the 12th track entitled "Large Amounts"