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((Short description|English actor and theatrical manager))

((Use British English|date=August 2016))

((Use dmy dates|date=September 2021))
((Infobox person
| name               = Alec Clunes
| image              = Actor Alec Clunes.jpeg
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes
| birth_date         = ((birth date|1912|5|17|df=y))
| birth_place        = [[Brixton]], London, England
| death_date         = ((death date and age|1970|03|13|1912|5|17|df=y))
| death_place        = London, England
| spouse             = [[Stella Richman]] (divorced)<br />Daphne Acott (1956–1970; his death)
| children           = 2, including [[Martin Clunes]]
| occupation         = Actor, director
))

'''Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes''' (17 May 1912 – 13 March 1970) was an English actor and theatrical manager.<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=alec+clunes+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA2-PA1910|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-1196-8|via=Google Books))</ref>

Among the plays he presented were [[Christopher Fry]]'s ''[[The Lady's Not For Burning]]''.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/14/archives/alec-clunes-dies-london-producer.html|title=ALEC CLUNES DIES, LONDON PRODUCER|newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 March 1970 |publisher=))</ref> He gave the actor and dramatist [[Peter Ustinov]] his first break with his production ''The House of Regrets''.<ref>((cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3kg/house-of-regrets/production/wvz|title=Production of House of Regrets – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com))</ref> His film career was brief, but varied. He played Hastings in [[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' (1955), and also appeared in wartime films such as ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), although he was in fact a [[conscientious objector]]. He also appeared in ''[[The Adventures of Quentin Durward]]'' (1955).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fdb0782|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318080309/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fdb0782|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2018|title=Alec Clunes|publisher=))</ref>

Clunes' later stage work included succeeding [[Rex Harrison]] as Henry Higgins in the [[musical theater|stage musical]] ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' in 1959.<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45muCwAAQBAJ&q=alec+clunes+my+fair+lady&pg=PA381|title=Shaw|first=A. M.|last=Gibbs|date=14 June 1990|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-05402-2|via=Google Books))</ref> His final stage appearance was in 1968.

== Early and personal life ==
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Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes was born on 17 May 1912 to a show business family,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk|title=FreeBMD Home Page|website=freebmd.org.uk))</ref> he was the son of Alexander Sydenham Sherriff Clunes (1881–1960) and Georgina Ada Sumner (1882–1969). He began his stage career with [[Ben Greet]]'s company before playing at the [[Old Vic]] theatre in 1934.<ref name=dm>((cite book|title=Daily Mail Year Book 1965|type=paperback|year=1964|location=London|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|page=87))</ref> He played numerous Shakespearian roles, before taking over the management of the [[Arts Theatre]], London in 1942, where he remained until 1950. He later ran a theatre bookshop in [[Cecil Court]].<ref name=dm />

He was twice married: to actress [[Stella Richman]], later a television producer, and Daphne Gillian Acott, with whom he had one son, actor [[Martin Clunes]].

Alec Clunes died from [[lung cancer]] on 13 March 1970, aged 57. He left a widow, his son, [[Martin Clunes]], and a daughter, Amanda Clunes.

== Notable TV guest appearances ==
* ''[[Undermind (TV series)|Undermind]]'' playing "Police Sergeant" in episode: "Onset of Fear" (episode No. 1.1) 24 April 1965
* ''[[The Ronnie Barker Playhouse]]'' playing "Peregrine" in episode: "The Incredible Mister Tanner" (episode No. 1.4) 24 April 1968

Clunes played [[Woodes Rogers|Governor Woodes Rogers]], the lead in the first three episodes of [[The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)|''The Buccaneers'']] in 1956. He was also offered the lead part of [[Bernard Quatermass|Professor Bernard Quatermass]] in the famous [[BBC]] science-fiction serial ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' in 1958, but declined the role ([[André Morell]] was cast instead).<ref>((cite book|last=Murray|first=Andy|title=Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale|type=paperback|year=2006|location=London|publisher=Headpress|isbn=1-900486-50-4|page=67))</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1940|| ''[[Convoy (1940 film)|Convoy]]'' || Minor Role || Uncredited
|-
|1940|| ''[[Let George Do It!]]'' || Officer || Uncredited
|-
|1940|| ''[[Saloon Bar]]'' || Eddie Graves ||
|-
|1940|| ''[[Sailors Three]]'' || British Pilot ||
|-
|1942|| ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' || The Organist ||
|-
|1949|| ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' || Gale ||
|-
|1952|| ''La bergère et le ramoneur'' || The Blind Man || English version, Voice
|-
|1953|| ''[[Melba (film)|Melba]]'' || Cesar Carlton ||
|-
|1955|| ''[[The Adventures of Quentin Durward]]'' || Charles – Duke of Burgundy ||
|-
|1955|| ''Brighton Story'' (BFI film) || The Narrator
|-
|1955|| ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' || The Lord Hastings ||
|-
|1956|| ''[[Tiger in the Smoke]]'' || Asst. Commissioner Oates ||
|-
|1963|| ''[[Tomorrow at Ten]]'' || Anthony Chester ||
|}

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((IMDb name|0167339|Alec Clunes))
* [https://archive.org/details/THE_BUCCANEERS_Blackbeard Alec Clunes in ''The Buccaneers'' (Episode #1) at Archive.org]

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