---
name: "Clive Morton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clive-morton"
fi1m_id: "clive-morton"
imdb_id: "nm0607948"
tmdb_id: 47403
wikidata_id: "Q5134634"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1904"
died: "24 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T04:52:23.079033+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Clive Morton

## Identity

Clive Morton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clive-morton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clive-morton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0607948
- **TMDB ID:** 47403
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5134634
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Morton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47403

Actor. Born 16 March 1904 in London, England, UK. Died 24 September 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1904, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 September 1975
- **Active:** 1949–1971
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 91 (1), 1950s 82 (1), 1960s 90 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Crime 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Morton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47403

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kind Hearts and Coronets*](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md) (91), [*Upstairs, Downstairs*](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Clive Morton (16 March 1904 – 24 September 1975) was an English actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after working for the East India Dock Company and made his stage debut in 1920. He appeared regularly in film from 1932 and on television until his death.

Morton was frequently cast as upper-class Englishmen, including officers, butlers and professionals. His film credits include *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949) as the Prison Governor, *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), *Richard III* (1955) and *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948). On television he appeared in *Doctor Who* (1972) as Trenchard and in *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1973). He was an Associate Artiste of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He was married to actress Fanny Rowe; an earlier marriage to Joan Harben ended in divorce in 1953.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Makepiece — [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Fi1m 82, as Station Sergeant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Fi1m 91, as The Prison Governor — [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Fi1m 90, as Artillery General at Field Briefing (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *11 Harrowhouse* (1974), as Sir Harold
- *Dial M for Murder* (1974), series, as Sir James Avon
- *Woodstock* (1973), series, as Sir Henry Lee
- *Sykes* (1972), series, Actor
- *Young Winston* (1972), as Dr. Roose
- *Doctor Who: The Sea Devils* (1972), as Trenchard
- *The Man and the Snake* (1972), as Col. Gordon
- *Wives and Daughters* (1971), series, as Squire Hamley
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Makepiece — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *Zeppelin* (1971), as Lord Delford
- *Jane Eyre* (1970), as Mr. Eshton
- *A Distant Thunder* (1970), as Sir Andrew Manton QC
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Sir Andrew Manton QC
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Actor
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), as General Paunceforth
- *Lock Up Your Daughters* (1969), Actor
- *Something in the Cellar* (1969), as Dr. Pugh
- *Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?* (1968), as Henry Soames
- *Man in a Suitcase* (1967), series, Actor
- *Misleading Cases* (1967), series, as Sir Percival Clink
- *Stranger in the House* (1967), as Col. Flower
- *The Corridor People* (1966), series, as Sir Wilfred Templar
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Major Ampleforth
- *The Alphabet Murders* (1965), as Mister X
- *The World of Wooster* (1965), series, as Sir Humphrey Wardour
- *The Wars of the Roses* (1965), as Lord Talbot
- *The Wars of the Roses* (1965), series, as Lord Talbot
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Trenchard — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Our Man At St Mark's* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Invasion* (1963), as Charles
- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), as Artillery General at Field Briefing (uncredited) — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)
- *I Thank a Fool* (1962), as Judge
- *Out of This World* (1962), series, as Sir Gerald Christie
- *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, as English Ambassador
- *A Matter of WHO* (1961), as Hatfield
- *Clue of the New Pin* (1961), as Ramsey Brown
- *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960), as V.I.P.
- *Maigret* (1960), series, as Gautier
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor
- *Shake Hands with the Devil* (1959), as Sir Arnold Fielding
- *Make Mine a Million* (1959), as National TV Director General
- *The Navy Lark* (1959), as Rear Admiral, Mabel
- *Next to No Time* (1958), as Wallis
- *The Moonraker* (1958), as Lord Harcourt
- *Fair Game* (1958), series, as General Truscott
- *The Duke Wore Jeans* (1958), as Lord Edward Whitecliffe
- *The Safecracker* (1958), as Sir George Turvey
- *The Master Builder* (1958), as Dr. Herdal
- *Saturday Playhouse* (1958), series, as Sir Edward Blackenham, Dominio, Duke of Ayr and Stirling
- *Lucky Jim* (1957), as Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart
- *After the Ball* (1957), as Henry de Frece
- *Seven Waves Away* (1957), as George Kilgore
- *Beyond Mombasa* (1956), as Irate Man
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Sir Henry Martin
- *Richard III* (1955), as The Lord Rivers
- *Carrington V.C.* (1954), as Lt. Col. Huxford
- *Orders Are Orders* (1954), as Gen. Sir Cuthbert Grahame-Foxe
- *All Hallowe'en* (1953), as Sir Arthur
- *Turn the Key Softly* (1953), as Walters
- *Castle in the Air* (1952), as Macfree
- *His Excellency* (1952), as G.O.C.
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), as Station Sergeant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Night Without Stars* (1951), as Dr. Coulson
- *Traveller's Joy* (1950), as Svensen
- *Trio* (1950), as Ship's Captain
- *The Blue Lamp* (1950), as Police Sgt. Brooks
- *A Run for Your Money* (1949), as Editor
- *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), as The Prison Governor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md)
- *Vote for Huggett* (1949), as Mr. Campbell
- *Here Come the Huggetts* (1948), as Mr. G.H. Campbell
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), as Herbert Ponting F.R.P.S.
- *Quartet* (1948), as Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
- *The Blind Goddess* (1948), as Mersel
- *Bond Street* (1948), as Bank Manager
- *Mine Own Executioner* (1947), as Robert Paston
- *Jassy* (1947), as Sir William Fennell
- *While the Sun Shines* (1947), as Guide
- *Dead Men Tell No Tales* (1938), as Frank Fielding
- *The Man Who Changed His Mind* (1936), as Journalist
- *The Secret of the Loch* (1934), as Reporter (Uncredited)
- *The Last Coupon* (1932), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Clive Morton](https://film.one/media/person/59033/gallery-9e37ec668b9f.jpg) Clive Morton — Image via TMDB
- ![Clive Morton](https://film.one/media/person/59033/gallery-0fdab48d5d51.jpg) Clive Morton — Image via TMDB

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