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Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945, Tenby, Wales) is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio. He trained at Rose Bruford College.
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,... MORE
Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945, Tenby, Wales) is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio. He trained at Rose Bruford College.
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.
Merrison was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company in the 1970's and the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.
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 LESS
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