Warren Clarke
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| Born |
Alan James Clarke 26 April 1947 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 12 November 2014 (aged 67) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–2014 |
| Spouse(s) | Gail Lever (1968–1976) (divorced) (1 child) Michelle Mordaunt (1987–2014) (his death) (1 child) |
| Children | 2 |
Warren Clarke (26 April 1947 – 12 November 2014) was an English actor. He was known for his appearances in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and for numerous television appearances, including lead roles in the TV series Dalziel and Pascoe (as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel), The Manageress and Sleepers.
Born Alan James Clarke in Oldham, Lancashire, his father worked as a stained-glass maker and his mother as a secretary. He left Barlow Hall Secondary Modern School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, aged 15 and began work at the Manchester Evening News as a copy boy. He later moved on to amateur dramatics and performed at Huddersfield Rep before working as an actor full-time. During this period he also decided to change his first name to Warren, a name he chose as his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
Clarke's first television appearance was in the long-running Granada soap opera Coronation Street, initially as Kenny Pickup in 1966 and then as Gary Bailey in 1968. His first major film appearance was in Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange (1971) where he played a 'droog' named 'Dim' opposite Malcolm McDowell. He appeared with McDowell again in the film O Lucky Man! (1973) and in the TV film Gulag (1985).
Clarke appeared in a wide range of roles in television and film productions including The Breaking of Bumbo (1970), Home (1970) opposite Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud, Charlton Heston's Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), S.O.S. Titanic (1979), Hawk the Slayer (1980), Masada (1981), Enigma (1982), Lassiter (1984), Top Secret! (1984), Ishtar, (1987) and I.D. (1995). He played a Russian dissident in Clint Eastwood's Firefox (1982).
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