ACTOR Clive Revill was the voice of the dark side but his career will remain a force to be reckoned with after his death at the age of 94.
Encouraged by legend Laurence Olivier to study acting, he went on to become one of film's biggest baddies as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980.
Clive passed away after a battle with dementia on March 11 in a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, as confirmed by his daughter Kate.
Born in Wellington, in 1930 to Eleanor, a homemaker and an opera singer, and Malet, a carpenter, he became one of the most celebrated actors from New Zealand.
His career kicked off in the 50s when he met Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, who were on tour in New Zealand. They invited him to study at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol. But life away from home was not easy.
He revealed in 2017: "I had my doubts at one point when I thought, 'I can't do it. I can't do this. I can't find it within myself'. I had a marvellous talk with a woman in charge of movement in school who said, 'You've got to go back to within yourself and find the truth within yourself, and if you can find that truth, never, never, never lose it because it's more than a ring on a finger. It's the absolu...
Encouraged by legend Laurence Olivier to study acting, he went on to become one of film's biggest baddies as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980.
Clive passed away after a battle with dementia on March 11 in a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, as confirmed by his daughter Kate.
Born in Wellington, in 1930 to Eleanor, a homemaker and an opera singer, and Malet, a carpenter, he became one of the most celebrated actors from New Zealand.
His career kicked off in the 50s when he met Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, who were on tour in New Zealand. They invited him to study at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol. But life away from home was not easy.
He revealed in 2017: "I had my doubts at one point when I thought, 'I can't do it. I can't do this. I can't find it within myself'. I had a marvellous talk with a woman in charge of movement in school who said, 'You've got to go back to within yourself and find the truth within yourself, and if you can find that truth, never, never, never lose it because it's more than a ring on a finger. It's the absolu...
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