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Clive James(1939-2019)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Producer
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While at Cambridge, Clive began a fruitful songwriting partnership with Pete Atkin. With Clive's lyrics and Pete's vocals and musical settings, they released six critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums in the early 70s before Pete moved on to audio production at the BBC. Clive toured with Pete in a words and music show promoting the final album. They have recently re-united on stage and in the studio for more of their trademark songs, which have been described as "somewhere between The Kinks and Steely Dan" (quote from NY Times).
BornOctober 7, 1939
DiedNovember 24, 2019(80)
BornOctober 7, 1939
DiedNovember 24, 2019(80)
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win total

Known for

Stuart Maconie and Andrew Collins in Collins and Maconie's Movie Club (1997)
Collins and Maconie's Movie Club
7.9
TV Series
  • Producer
Les voisins (1985)
Les voisins
5.6
TV Series
  • Postman
Za gaman (1984)
Za gaman
7.5
TV Series
  • Additional Crew(UK)
  • 1984
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
5.4
  • Paddy
  • 1974

Credits

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Writer



  • Monday Night Clive
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1999
  • Clive James Meets Damon Hill
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1997
  • The Clive James Show (1995)
    The Clive James Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1997
  • Clive James' Postcard from... (1989)
    Clive James' Postcard from...
    8.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1989–1995
  • Clive James on 1994
    7.5
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Clive James in Sunday Night Clive (1994)
    Sunday Night Clive
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Clive James on 1993
    8.6
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1993
  • Patricia Hearst in Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993)
    Fame in the Twentieth Century
    8.2
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1993
  • Clive James on 1992
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1992
  • Clive James on 1991
    8.8
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1991
  • Clive James in Saturday Night Clive (1989)
    Saturday Night Clive
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • written by
    • 1989–1990
  • Clive James on the 80s (1989)
    Clive James on the 80s
    TV Special
    • written by
    • 1989
  • All Over Down Under (1986)
    All Over Down Under
    8.6
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • The Late Clive James
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1983–1987
  • Clive James Live in Las Vegas
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1982

Actor



  • Les voisins (1985)
    Les voisins
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Postman
    • 1996
  • Saturday Night People
    TV Series
    • 1978
  • So It Goes (1976)
    So It Goes
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Henry Kissinger
    • 1976
  • Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
    5.4
    • Paddy
    • 1974
  • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
    5.6
    • Man passed out at party (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • The Adventures of X
    Short
    • 1967

Producer



  • Stuart Maconie and Andrew Collins in Collins and Maconie's Movie Club (1997)
    Collins and Maconie's Movie Club
    7.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1997

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Official Site
    • The Spectator
  • Height
    • 1.75 m
  • Born
    • October 7, 1939
    • Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died
    • November 24, 2019
    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK(leukaemia and COPD)
  • Spouse
    • Prue Shaw1968 - November 24, 2019 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Non-Fiction: 2006 "North Face of Soho - Unreliable Memoirs Volume IV" by Clive James, Picador
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Interviews
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Studied Civil Engineering at Sydney University. After graduating, he went to England to study at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, he became a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club and, later, President of the Footlights Club.
  • Quotes
    I had a great time as a critic. It was like writing a poem, actually. Writing a column and writing a poem are very similar. The essay and the poem are very close forms, you really, really try to pack it tight. And the column was packed tight. It had a joke paragraph and a serious paragraph. I write poems the same way; I think, "What comes next? How do I end this?"

FAQ

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  • When did Clive James die?
    November 24, 2019
  • How did Clive James die?
    Leukaemia and COPD
  • How old was Clive James when he died?
    80 years old
  • Where did Clive James die?
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • When was Clive James born?
    October 7, 1939

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