John Clements

Sir John Selby Clements CBE (born April 25, 1910 in London , † April 6, 1988 in Brighton ) was a British actor , theater director and film and theater producer .

Life

Sir John Clements was a successful stage actor who at times even ran his own theater in London and repeatedly took on management duties in the theater sector. He was married to actress Kay Hammond. As a film actor, he appeared from 1934. He also had the greatest international success with four feathers. Clements often worked with the director Alexander Korda , but set the focus of his acting work in the theater and had only a few appearances in film from the beginning of the 50s. Clements was raised to the nobility in 1968. He is the stepfather of the actor John Standing .

From 1966 to 1973 he was artistic director ( general manager and multiple director ) of the Chichester Festival Theater.

Filmography (selection)

1935: The Divine Spark
1936: What will come ( Things to Come )
1936: Rembrandt
1937: Tatjana (Knight without Armor)
1938: South Riding
1939: Four Feathers ( The Four Feathers )
1940: Convoy
1942: Ships with Wings
1943: Tomorrow We Live
1943: Undercover
1945: They Came to a City
1949: Train of Events
1958: Froschmann Crabb ( The Silent Enemy )
1963: shackles of the soul ( The Mind Bender )
1969: Oh! What a lovely war
1982: Gandhi

Web links

John Clements in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 94.

personal data
SURNAME	Clements, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clements, John Selby (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1988
Place of death	Brighton

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 94.