Clive Selsby Revill (born 18 April 1930) is a New Zealand actor,
singer, and voice artist.Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand,
the son of Eleanor May (née Neel) and Malet Barford Revill. He
attended Rongotai College.He originally trained to be an accountant in
New Zealand, but decided to change his career path in 1950 when he
made his stage debut as Sebastian in Twelfth Night. He moved to London
in 1950 and studied acting there at the Old Vic Theatre. He appeared
in The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's celebrated 1956â€"1958
season of productions in Stratford, which included Hamlet, Love's
Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and The Tempest.
He went on to have such varied stage roles as Bob (narrator) in Irma
la Douce, Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall and Jean-Paul Marat in
Marat/Sade.
singer, and voice artist.Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand,
the son of Eleanor May (née Neel) and Malet Barford Revill. He
attended Rongotai College.He originally trained to be an accountant in
New Zealand, but decided to change his career path in 1950 when he
made his stage debut as Sebastian in Twelfth Night. He moved to London
in 1950 and studied acting there at the Old Vic Theatre. He appeared
in The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's celebrated 1956â€"1958
season of productions in Stratford, which included Hamlet, Love's
Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and The Tempest.
He went on to have such varied stage roles as Bob (narrator) in Irma
la Douce, Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall and Jean-Paul Marat in
Marat/Sade.
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