Clive Mantle (born 3 June 1957) is an English actor. He came to prominence for his role as Little John in the 1980s fantasy series Robin of Sherwood ; he played the role of Dr Mike Barrett in the BBC hospital drama series Casualty and Holby City in the 1990s.
| Programme [1] | Date | Channel | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Orchard End Murder | 3 January 1981 | ITV | Ewen | |
| Robin of Sherwood | 9 March – 26 May 1985 | ITV | Little John | Series one; two-hour special, leading into a six programme series |
| Screen Two : "Hard Travelling" | 30 March 1986 | BBC One | Edward | |
| Robin of Sherwood | 9 March – 13 April 1985 | ITV | Little John | Series two; seven programme series |
| Robin of Sherwood | 5 April – 28 June 1986 | ITV | Little John | Series three; thirteen programme series |
| Dempsey and Makepeace : "Extreme Prejudice" | 27 September 1986 | ITV | "Big Ben" Davis | Series three; ten programme series |
| Lenny Henry Tonite: "What a Country" | 2 October 1986 | BBC Television | Cast member | |
| Hello Mum | 23 February 1987 | BBC Television | Cast member | |
| Scoop | 26 April 1987 | ITV | Cuthbert | |
| Alas Sage and Onion | 1988 | Cast member | ||
| Play on One: "Airbase" | 1 March 1988 | BBC Television | Cast member | |
| Shelley : "For Whom The Bell Tolls" | 21 November 1989 | ITV | Policeman | |
| Chelmsford 123 : "Bird Trouble" | 23 January 1990 | Channel 4 | Vulcan | |
| One Foot in the Grave : "The Valley of Fear" | 8 February 1990 | BBC One | Electricity man | |
| Bottom : "Smells" | 17 September 1991 | BBC Two | Husband | |
| Boon : "Trial and Error" | 8 October 1991 | ITV | Eric Wetherby | |
| WYSIWYG | 6 July 1992 | ITV | Globyool | |
| Casualty | 23 January 1993 – 16 November 1996 | BBC One | Mike Barrett | |
| The Good Sex Guide | 31 October & 14 November 1994 | ITV | On-screen participant | |
| This Morning | 1 March 1995 | ITV | On-screen participant | |
| Surprise, Surprise | 23 April 1995 | ITV | On-screen participant | |
| This Is Your Life | 25 October 1995 | ITV | Subject | |
| Scene : "Alison" | 9 October 1996 | BBC Two | Jonah | |
| Bloomin' Marvellous | 8 September 1997 – 27 October 1997 | BBC One | Jack | Eight episodes |
| Animal People: The Story of Little Lion | 10 September 1997 | BBC One | Narrator | |
| The Vicar of Dibley | 22 January 1998 | BBC One | Simon Horton | |
| Casualty | 21 & 28 February 1998, 27 August 2016 | BBC One | Mike Barrett | Guest role: 1998, 2016 |
| The Jack Docherty Show | 5 May 1998 | Channel 5 | On-screen participant | |
| The Full Motty | 5 June 1998 | BBC One | On-screen participant | |
| Holby City | 1999 – 2001 | BBC One | Mike Barrett | |
| Open House with Gloria Hunniford | 25 May 2001 | Channel 5 | On-screen Participant | |
| Heartbeat | 6 January 2002 | ITV | Vinny Sanders | |
| Stars and Their Lives: Derek Fowlds | 3 June 2002 | ITV | On-screen participant | |
| Emergency | 5 July – 9 August 2002 | ITV | Narrator | |
| Today with Des and Mel | 3 April 2003 | ITV | On-screen participant | |
| The Afternoon Play | 29 September 2004 | BBC One | Steve McGrath | |
| Airport Story | 6 January 2005 | ITV | Narrator | |
| The Robinsons | 9 June 2005 | BBC Two | Gavin | |
| This Morning | 16 & 23 August 2005 | ITV | Interviewee | |
| After Thomas | 26 December 2006 | ITV | John Havers | |
| Game of Thrones | 2011 | HBO | Greatjon Umber | One series |
| Sherlock : "The Hounds of Baskerville" | 8 January 2012 | BBC One | Dr Frankland | |
| Thomas & Friends | 2014 | Channel 5 | Gator | Three episodes |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | 2015 | BBC One | Dr Greysteel | |
| Still Open All Hours | 2018 | BBC One | Mr Roper | |
| Doctors | 2020 | BBC One | Mr Brook | Episode: "A Day in the Life..." |
| Film [1] | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Party Party | 1983 | Bobby |
| Foreign Body | 1986 | Tough character on bus |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | 1987 | 1st Nuclear Man (scenes deleted) |
| The Mini Sagas: The Nihilist's Double Vision | 1987 | Irate man |
| Without a Clue | 1988 | 1st thug |
| White Hunter Black Heart | 1990 | Harry |
| Alien 3 | 1992 | William |
| The Darkest Light | 1999 | Ministry vet |
| The Poseidon Adventure | 2005 | James Martin |
| Into the Storm | 2009 | Thompson |
| Tale of the Brave | 2014 | Gator |
| The More You Ignore Me | 2018 | Dunk |
Clive Barker is an English novelist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. He was also an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "The Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, primarily as a center fielder. Mantle is regarded by many as being one of the best players and sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player three times and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Little John is a companion of Robin Hood who serves as his chief lieutenant and second-in-command of the Merry Men. He is one of only a handful of consistently named characters who relate to Robin Hood and one of the two oldest Merry Men, alongside Much the Miller's Son. His name is an ironic reference to his giant frame, as he is usually portrayed in legend as a huge warrior – a 7-foot-tall (2.1-metre) master of the quarterstaff. In folklore, he fought Robin Hood on a tree bridge across a river on their first meeting.
Clive Walter Swift was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. He played many other television and film roles.
Clive Owen is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyes (1991) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier (1998). In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the drama Closer (2004).
Clive Selsby Revill is a New Zealand actor, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has also starred in numerous films and television programmes, often in character parts. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee; Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Irma La Douce and Best Actor in a Musical for Oliver! He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Billy Wilder's Avanti! (1972).
Pinhead is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Hellraiser franchise. The character first appeared as an unnamed figure in the 1986 Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart. When Clive Barker adapted the novella into the 1987 film Hellraiser, he referred to the character in early drafts as "the Priest" but the final film gave no name. The production and make-up crew nicknamed the character "Pinhead"—derived from his bald head studded with nails—and fans accepted the sobriquet. The name was then used in press materials, tie-in media, and on-screen in some of the film's sequels, although Barker himself despises the moniker.
Clive Russell is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in Ripper Street, Angus O'Connor in Happiness and Brynden Tully in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
John William Francis Hallam was a British character actor, who frequently played hard men or military types.
Clive Andrew Mantle is an English actor. He played general surgeon Mike Barratt in the BBC hospital drama series Casualty and Holby City in the 1990s, and Little John in the 1980s fantasy series Robin of Sherwood. He returned to Casualty in 2016 as Mike Barratt for the show's 30th anniversary.
Benjamin Charles Miles is an English actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the television comedy Coupling, from 2000 to 2004, as Montague Dartie in The Forsyte Saga, from 2002 to 2003, as propagandist and television executive Roger Dascombe in 2005 film V for Vendetta, as Peter Townsend in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2017) and George in episode 8 "The One That Holds Everything" in the TV drama The Romanoffs (2018).
Clive James Standen is an English actor best known for playing Bryan Mills in the NBC series Taken (2017–2018), based on the film trilogy of the same name, as well as Rollo in the History Channel series Vikings (2013–2018), Sir Gawain in the Starz series Camelot, Archer in the BBC One series Robin Hood, and Private Carl Harris in the BBC science-fiction programme Doctor Who.
Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for nine series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977.
The second series of the British medical drama television series Holby City commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 November 1999, and concluded on 9 March 2000.
The seventh series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 12 September 1992 and finished on 27 February 1993.
The eighth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 September 1993 and finished on 26 February 1994.
The tenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 September 1995 and finished on 24 February 1996. Notable events of the series include Ash's marriage to Laura, Baz's affair with Charlie, Baz's pregnancy, and a gas explosion.
The eleventh series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 14 September 1996 and finished on 22 February 1997. Notable events of the series include the death of Josh's wife and children as a result of a house fire, the birth of Charlie and Baz's son Louis, and the near-fatal stabbing of Jude at the end of the series.
Jus' Like That! A Night Out with Tommy Cooper is a stage comedy and entertainment show featuring various comedians and actors as Tommy Cooper. Written by John Fisher and directed by Patrick Ryecart, it appeared at the Edinburgh Festival among others on tour. In 2010, Clive Mantle portrayed Cooper, and others such as Jim Davidson have also done so.
Frozen Assets is a 1978 play by Barrie Keeffe, written for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play is "about what happens to a youth after he kills a prison guard". A production of the play was put on by director Will MacAdam at the NY Theatre Ensemble in 1983. Clive Mantle starred in a radio adaption of it. A revival of the play was put on by the Shattered Globe Theatre of Chicago under Nick Bowling from January 1999. It was praised by the Chicago Sun-Times as "hugely entertaining", a "marvelous blend of satire and social commentary and class-based screwball comedy". In 1989 Frozen Assets was also staged at the Half Moon Theatre in Stepney, East London with Marc Tufano playing the lead role of Buddy Clark.