Clive Francis
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Clive Francis, son of actors Raymond Francis and Margaret Towner, was born in Eastbourne on June 6, 1946. (His father played a police inspector in the 1960s series No Hiding Place, his mother still acts today - most recently she played Jira, Anakin Skywalker's friend, in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.)
[edit] Career
Clive Francis began his acting career at the age of 16 as a Penguin Player, and has acted on stage, radio, television and to a lesser extent, in films.
He is also a noted caricaturist and has had several exhibitions. His caricatures have appeared on the covers for books written by actor Alec Guinness, for example, and he's also had several books of caricatures published himself: There's Nothing Like A Dane (Hamlet), There's Nothing Like A Thane (Macbeth) and a book on John Gielgud.
[edit] Television
Francis starred in the series The 10%ers, The Piglet Files and May To December. He has guest-starred in dozens of other programs.
