Clive Selsby Revill (born April 18, 1930) is a character actor of wide ranging ability, with vast experience of stage, screen and television, whose career encompasses everything from Shakespeare to Star Wars.

Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Eleanor May (née Neel) and Malet Barford Revill. He originally trained to be an accountant in his homeland of New Zealand, but decided to change his career path in 1950 when he made his stage debut as Sebastian in Twelfth Night. He then moved to England, where he appeared in The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's (later renamed The Royal Shakespeare Company) celebrated 1956-1958 season of productions, which included Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest. He went onto have such varied stage roles as Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall, and Jean-Paul Marat in The Marat/Sade.

He made his Broadway debut in 1952, playing Mr. Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers, and went onto make much lauded appearances in the musicals Irma La Douce and Oliver!, for which his Fagin was nominated for a Tony Award. He is also known for his roles in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, on both stage and television.

His red hair and distinctive Mr. Punch-like features often saw him cast as comic eccentrics in a number of British films of the sixties and seventies such as Kaleidoscope (1966), Modesty Blaise (1966), Fathom (1967), The Assassination Bureau (1969), and One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975). He also had notable supporting turns in Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) and his US film debut A Fine Madness (1966), as well as a rare leading role in the horror film The Legend of Hell House (1973).

Often cast as humorous foreign characters (he has played everything from Chinese to Russian), two of his most notable roles in this capacity were in films for Billy Wilder: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), and Avanti! (1972), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for his part as harassed hotel manager Carlo Carlucci. Later relocating to America, he has guest-starred in many well known TV series such as Columbo, Hart to Hart, Dynasty, Magnum, P.I., The Love Boat, Remington Steele, Murder She Wrote, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He is also known for his voice work, which includes The Emperor in the original theatrical version of The Empire Strikes Back (1980); numerous cartoons such as Transformers, Batman: The Animated Series and DuckTales; and more recently video games, including Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Conquest: Frontier Wars.

A grand, well-respected actor of stage, film and TV, most people think New Zealander Clive Revill is British. And although most people think of him as a comic eccentric best known for his sterling work on the musical stage, he was regarded for years as a formidable Shakespearean dramatic player. A man of many skills, Revill was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and educated at Rongotai College and Victoria University (Wellington). Once trained for a career as an accountant, he abruptly switched gears and made his stage debut in Auckland, New Zealand playing Sebastian in "Twelfth Night" in 1950. He then moved to England to study with the Old Vic School in London. He appeared at Stratford-on-Avon in mid-1950s presentations of "Hamlet," "Love's Labour's Lost," "The Merchant of Venice," "Julius Caesar" and "The Tempest," among others. Having made his Broadway debut back in 1952 with "Mr. Pickwick," he took a juicy chunk out of the Big Apple when he returned to New York in the 1960s with his critically lauded, Tony Award-nominated work in "Irma La Douce" and as Fagin in "Oliver!". He has delighted audiences for years with his larger-than-life roles, particularly in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas "The Mikado" and "The Pirates of Penzance." Other musicals included "Sherry," "Lolita" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," replacing George Rose in the last mentioned after the actor's untimely death in 1988. Most adept at humorous ethnic roles (he has played everything from Chinese to Russian), he is simply legendary for his acute sense of comic timing and uncanny use of body language. Revill has reveled over the years playing delightfully hissable gents who are often stuffy, pompous and ruthless to the hilt. Making an inauspicious debut in an unbilled role in 1956, his more pronounced movie work includes Kaleidoscope (1966), The Assassination Bureau (1969), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Avanti! (1972), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, The Legend of Hell House (1973), Mack the Knife (1990) and Robin Hood, Men in Tights (1993). Divorced from Valerie Nelson, Revill has one daughter and makes his home in Los Angeles.