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{{short description|English actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Colin Clive | image = Colin Clive in Mad Love (1935) trailer.jpg | caption = [[Trailer (promotion)|Trailer]] for ''[[Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love]]'' (1935) | birth_name = Colin Glenn Clive-Greig | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|01|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Saint-Malo]], [[Brittany]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|1937|06|25|1900|01|20|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | resting_place = Ashes scattered at sea | education = [[Stonyhurst College]] <br> [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1925–1937 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Evelyn Taylor|1922|1929|end=her death}} * {{marriage|[[Jeanne de Casalis]]|1929}} }} }} '''Colin Glenn Clive''' (born '''Clive-Greig'''; 20 January 1900 – 25 June 1937) was a British theatre and film actor. Known for portraying individualistic, tumultuous characters which often mirrored his personal life,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movie-quotes/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref> he is most famous for his role as [[Victor Frankenstein|Dr. Henry Frankenstein]] in the 1931 film ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' and its 1935 sequel, ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]''. Clive’s maniacal delivery of the words, "It's alive, it's alive!" when Dr. Frankstein confirms his creature is moving, was listed by [[American Film Institute|AFI]] as one of the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes|100 greatest movie quotes of all time]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movie-quotes/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>
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