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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Clive Revill (1930 - ) Actor Also: Voice-over artist Born: April 18, 1930, Willington, New Zealand Education: Rongotai College, Victoria University; Brostol Old Vic Theatre School A well-respected stage actor, Revill has been cast in TV and films either in comic parts, usually as a stuffy, pompous Englishman, or in villainous roles. Born and raised in New Zealand, he moved to London after graduating from college and studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school. Revill made his stage debut on Broadway in Mr. Pickwick (1952) and then returned to England to join the Ipswich Repertory Theatre from 1953-55. Between 1956 and 1958, he worked at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company at Stratford-on-Avon where he appeared in Julio César, Measure for Measure y La Tempestad, among others. Revill came to the attention of Broadway audiences when he recreated his London stage role in Irma La Douce (1960-61) and for his performance as Fagin in the hit New York production of Oliver! He earned Tony nominations for his work in both, but lost the film roles to Jack Lemmon and Ron Moody respectively. Revill played Sheridan Whiteside in Sherry (1967), the short-lived musical version of El Hombre que Vino a Cenar and later toured the US in the 1980s in both The Pirates of Penzance y Drood. In 1957, Revill made his feature debut in Lewis Gilbert REACH FOR THE SKY and went on to appear in Otto Preminger BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965), Irvin Kershner A FINE MADNESS (1966), and Joseph Losey MODESTY BLAISE (1966). Billy Wilderr featured Revill in both THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970) and AVANTI! (1972). In the latter, Revill won critical kudos for his turn as an all-knowing, highly efficient hotel manager. In the cult classic, LA LEYENDA DE LA CASA INFERNAL (1973), he was the pragmatic physicist who did not believe the house was haunted but nevertheless had the gadgets to destroy the ghosts, if necessary. For director David Irving, he appeared in two features based on children's fairy tales: LAS ROPAS NUEVAS DEL EMPERADOR (1987) y EL ENANO SALTARÍN (1987). Revill has appeared in two Mel Brooks outings as well, LAS LOCAS LOCAS AVENTURAS DE ROBIN HOOD (1993) as the fire marshall, and DRÁCULA - MUERTO PERO FELIZ (1995) as Sykes. On TV, Revill's work has included such miniseries and movies as THE GREAT HOUDINIS (ABC, 1976), Centennial (NBC, 1978-79) and MOVIOLA: THE SCARLET O'HARA WAR (NBC, 1980), in which he portrayed Charlie Chaplin. In the TV remake of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (NBC, 1980), Revill was Mr. Dussel, the dentist, barely aware of his Jewish origins, who sought refuge with the Franks. Revill's first American series was the short-lived Wizards and Warriors (CBS, 1983) and he gave memorable support to David Alan Grier in the equally short-lived The Preston Episodes (Fox, 1995). After providing the voice of the Emperor in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980), Revill began a second career as a voice actor working on numerous animated series including, Dragon's Lair, Snorks, Pound Puppies y Batman.
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