Clive: You may tell me that millions enjoy horror films, and that of those millions thousands enjoy my work in them, and I will tell you that I still hate playing in them.
Clive's girlfriend, actress Iris Lancaster, made funeral arrangements for him in the absence of any family.
Clive was residing in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles at the time of his death.
According to his prep school obituary, Clive was an excellent soccer player and long distance runner during his years at Stonyhurst College. He also played in the school orchestra.
When Universal decided to film Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi wanted to play the part of the scientist but director James Whale insisted upon Clive being cast instead. Lugosi was then offered the role of the monster and declined it.
Clive appeared with a young Bette Davis in the 1935 film The Girl From Tenth Avenue.
Clive was a direct descendant of famed British military leader Robert Clive who had in the 18th century gotten a foothold for the British Empire in India.
Journey's End, an anti-war play directed by future Frankenstein director James Whale was the production which made Clive a star on the London stage. Ironically, Clive got the part only because Laurence Olivier bowed out of the production.
Clive's Mad Love co-star, Peter Lorre, served as one of the pallbearers at his funeral.
Clive had a non-singing role in the 1928 London production of the classic musical Show Boat.
Clive stood 6 feet tall in his prime.
Clive was portrayed by Matt McKenzie in Gods and Monsters, the 1998 biopic about Frankenstein director James Whale.
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