O. B. Clarence

Oliver Burchett Clarence (25 March 1870, Hampstead, London – 2 October 1955, Hove, Sussex) was an English actor.

Following his education at Dover College and University College Hospital, he made his stage debut in 1890. His experience included Shakespearean repertory with Frank Benson and Ben Greet. He performed in over eighty shows in London and also toured the provinces and appeared abroad too.

Selected filmography

• Liberty Hall (1914)
• The Man from Chicago (1930)
• Keepers of Youth (1931)
• Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
• Jack's the Boy (1932)
• The Flag Lieutenant (1932)
• Excess Baggage (1933)
• His Grace Gives Notice (1933)
• Turkey Time (1933)
• Soldiers of the King (1933)
• A Shot in the Dark (1933)
• Eyes of Fate (1933)
• The Silver Spoon (1934)
• The Great Defender (1934)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• The Feathered Serpent (1934)
• Barnacle Bill (1935)
• No Monkey Business (1935)
• D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
• The Private Secretary (1935)
• All In (1936)
• Captain Bill (1936)
• King of Hearts (1936)
• The Cardinal (1936)
• Seven Sinners (1936)
• East Meets West (1936)
• Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
• Pygmalion (1938)
• Old Iron (1938)
• It's in the Air (1938)
• Black Eyes (1939)
• Return to Yesterday (1940)
• Saloon Bar (1940)
• Quiet Wedding (1941)
• Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
• Old Mother Riley in Business (1941)
• Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
• Dangerous Moonlight (released as Suicide Squadron in the USA, 1941)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)
• On Approval (1944)
• A Place of One's Own (1945)
• School for Secrets (1946)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
• Uncle Silas (1947)
• No Room at the Inn (1948)

External links

• O. B. Clarence at the Internet Movie Database