Clive Merrison

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Clive Merrison
Born	15 September 1945 (1945-09-15) (age 66) Tenby, Wales
Occupation	Actor

Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945, Tenby, Wales) is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio. He trained at Rose Bruford College.

Television

He has made numerous television appearances. He appeared as Boris the White Russian commander in the series Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) starring Sam Neill as Reilly. He has twice appeared in supporting roles in Doctor Who, in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and Paradise Towers (1987). He has also appeared in Drop the Dead Donkey, The Kit Curran Radio Show, Yes, Prime Minister, Foyle's War, Time Riders, The Bill, Mortimer's Law, Midsomer Murders, Bergerac, The Labours of Erica, The Tomorrow People and in the 2010 Peep Show Christmas special. He has also done voice work as a guest appearance in the children's animated series Testament: The Bible in Animation and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales.

Stage

Merrison was a member of Sir Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company in the 1970's and the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.

Film

Merrison played the onscreen father of Kate Winslet in the 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson and he played the traditionalist headmaster in Alan Bennett's The History Boys, filmed in 2006. He also appeared in the 1982 Clint Eastwood vehicle Firefox, An Awfully Big Adventure and played the lawyer in Saving Grace.

Sherlock Holmes on radio

From 5 November 1989 to 5 July 1998 he played the lead role of Sherlock Holmes on radio, with Michael Williams as Dr. Watson. Later, with Andrew Sachs as Watson, Merrison continued to play Holmes in the Bert Coules-scripted pastiche series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first series of which was broadcast in 2002, the second in 2004, the third in 2008-9 and the fourth in 2010. He is the only actor to have played Holmes in adaptations of every single Conan Doyle short story and novel about the character.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Clive Merrison at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Merrison, Clive
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Date of birth	15 September 1945
Place of birth	Tenby, Wales
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