O.B. Clarence(1870-1955)
- Actor
Stocky, bespectacled English character actor, whose career began in the
music halls. Educated at Dover College, Oliver Burchett Clarence acted
in repertory theatre from 1890. He then worked as a member of
actor-manager Frank Benson's troupe
for a number of years. During the First World War, he served as a
special constable. After the war, Clarence undertook extensive
classical training in Britain and America and subsequently accumulated
a long list of credits on London's Shakespearean stage. A regular in
British films from 1930, he was generally well-cast in period drama or
comedy, often as cloth-capped working class types, priests or likable
old dodderers. O.B. Clarence retired from acting at the age of eighty.
music halls. Educated at Dover College, Oliver Burchett Clarence acted
in repertory theatre from 1890. He then worked as a member of
actor-manager Frank Benson's troupe
for a number of years. During the First World War, he served as a
special constable. After the war, Clarence undertook extensive
classical training in Britain and America and subsequently accumulated
a long list of credits on London's Shakespearean stage. A regular in
British films from 1930, he was generally well-cast in period drama or
comedy, often as cloth-capped working class types, priests or likable
old dodderers. O.B. Clarence retired from acting at the age of eighty.