Clive Morton

Clive Morton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Morton began his acting career with roles in such films as the period drama "Scott of the Antarctic" (1948) with John Mills, the Dennis Price comedy "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949) and the Alec Guinness comedy "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1952). He also appeared in the drama "Turn the Key Softly" (1953) with Yvonne Mitchell and "Carrington V.C." (1955) with David Niven. His film career continued throughout the fifties and the sixties in productions like the dramatic adaptation "Richard III" (1955) with Laurence Olivier, "Abandon Ship!" (1957) with Tyrone Power and the comedy "Lucky Jim" (1957) with Ian Carmichael. He also appeared in the Ray Milland thriller "The Safecracker" (1958), "Shake Hands With the Devil" (1959) and "Pure Hell of St. Trinian's" (1960). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the Susan Hayward dramatic adaptation "I Thank a Fool" (1962), the Tony Randall comedy adaptation "The Alphabet Murders" (1965) and the Peter O'Toole dramatic adaptation "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969). He also appeared in the comedic adaptation "Lock Up Your Daughters!" (1969) with Christopher Plummer and the biopic "Young Winston" (1972) with Simon Ward. Morton last acted in "11 Harrowhouse" (1974) with Charles Grodin. Morton passed away in September 1975 at the age of 71.