John Clements
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| Born | John Selby Clements April 25, 1910 London, England |
| Died | April 6, 1988 (aged 77) Brighton, East Sussex, England |
Sir John Selby Clements, CBE (25 April 1910 – 6 April 1988) was a English actor and producer.
He made his first stage appearance in 1930. He founded the Intimate Theatre at Palmers Green in 1935, appearing in almost 200 plays. He has presented a number of plays in the West End as actor-manager-producer. He was the artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre from 1966 to 1973.
He married the actress Kay Hammond (1946-1980) and his stepson is the actor John Standing.
Clements was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1956 and knighted in 1968.
[edit] Filmography
- Things to Come (1936)
- Knight Without Armour (1937)...as Poushkoff
- The Four Feathers (1939)...as Harry Faversham
- Convoy (1940)
- Ship with Wings (1941)
- Train of Events (1949)
- The Silent Enemy (1958)
- The Mind Benders (1963)
- Oh What a Lovely War (1969)
- Gandhi (1982)
[edit] External links
- John Clements at the Internet Movie Database
- John Clements archive at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol
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