John Clive - TV Tropes

"They thought that I could play this part and my agent said I should do it. I was a good boy and I always do what my agents says."

John Clive, (6 January 1933 — 14 October 2012), was a British actor best known for playing Rob Tweet in Carry On Abroad.

He started his career at 14 on stage and soon developed a reputation as a reliable character actor who could play both straight and comedic. In The '60s, he moved on to voice acting, TV, and films, notably voicing John Lennon in Yellow Submarine in 1968 and playing Old in The Gnomes of Dulwich in 1969.

He filmed parts for three Carry On... Series films. His first (Carry On Henry) left him on the cutting room floor, while his last (Carry On Dick) only gave him one scene. His biggest role was in Carry On Abroad, playing David Kernan's Crazy Jealous Guy of a Gay Best Friend.

In the late seventies, he began to write books. His first, KG 200, was an international best-seller. He followed this up with The Last Liberator, Barossa, Broken Wings, Ark, and The Lions' Cage.

He died after a short illness at the age of 79.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Film

• Asterix the Gaul (1967) — Narrator/Caligula Minus (voice)
• Yellow Submarine (1968) — John Lennon (voice)
• The Italian Job (1969) — Garage Manager
• Carry On Henry (1971) — Dandy (Deleted Role)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971) — Stage Actor
• Carry On Abroad (1972) — Rob Tweet
• Carry On Dick (1974) — Isaac
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — Chuck
• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) — President's Aide

Series

• Z Cars, 2-episode story "Who Said Anything About the Law?" (1967) — Fred
• The Saint, episode "A Double in Diamonds" (1967) — Garton
• Man in a Suitcase, episode "Sweet Sue" (1967) — Clerk
• The Gnomes of Dulwich, 5 episodes^{show list} (1969) — Old
• The Sweeney, episode "Big Brother" (1975) — John Frewin
• Rising Damp, 2 episodes:
  • "The Good Samaritans" (1977) — Samaritan
  • "Fire and Brimstone" (1978) — Gwyn Williams
• Screen One, episode "One Way Out" (1989) — Prudoe
• CASUAL+Y, episode "Deceptions" (1993) — Richard
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, episode "Prague, August 1917" (1993) — Very Thin Man

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