Clive Brook
Clifford Clive Hardman Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was a British film actor.
After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, Brook became one of the major stars for Paramount Pictures in the late silent era. During 1928-29 Brook successfully made the transition to sound and continued to feature in many of Hollywood's most prestigous films including a number of literary adaptations. In the mid-1930s he returned to Britain, where he appeared regularly in leading film roles for a further decade.
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