Cliff Severn
Cliff Severn (Johannesburg, September 21, 1925 – Thousand Oaks, June 4, 2014) was an American cricketer and child screen actor.
Clifford Severn was the son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981).[1] His parents emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles after he was born. He had seven siblings who were all child actors: Venetia Severn, Yvonne Severn, Raymond Severn, Ernest Severn, Christopher Severn, William Severn and Winston Severn. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 2014.[2][3][4]
Like his brothers Winston and Raymond, Cliff Severn played for the US national cricket team.[5]
As Clifford Severn (in 1940 films as Clifford Severn Jr), he appeared notably in the films A Christmas Carol and the war film They Live in Fear.
Selected Filmography
- Jalna (1935) - Wakefield 'Wake' Whiteoaks
- The Perfect Gentleman (1935) released in UK as The Imperfect Lady - Johnny
- Quality Street (1937) - Arthur
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937) - third urchin
- Our Gang Follies of 1938 (Short) (1938) - Richard
- Kidnapped (1938) - urchin
- A Christmas Carol (1938) - Boy buying Scrooge's Christmas turkey
- Man About Town (1939) - English bellboy
- Gaucho Serenade (1940) - Ronnie Willoughby (as Clifford Severn Jr.)
- Captain Caution (1940) - Travers (as Clifford Severn Jr.)
- South of Suez (1940) - technical advisor (non-acting)
- Man Hunt (1941) - cockney boy
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Mervyn Phillips
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) - Paddy
- This Above All (1942) - lift boy
- Atlantic Convoy (1942) - Sandy Brown
- Random Harvest (1942) - Albert
- Forever and a Day (1943) - Nelson Trimble, Bill and Susan's son
- They Live in Fear (1944) - Paul Graffen
References
- ↑ Memorials to the Severn family
- ↑ US cricket pioneer Clifford Severn passes away at 88
- ↑ Peter Della Penna (June 5, 2014). "US cricket pioneer Severn passes away at 88". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ↑ Cliff Severn at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Profile". Cricket Archive. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
External links
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