Colin Clive

He suffered chronic alcoholism and died of tuberculosis in 1937. Crenna's son Richard Anthony Crenna is also an actor. He first worked with Whale on a production about the horrors of trench warfare and subsequently joined the British community in Hollywood in the 1930s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd. Clive was born in France to a British colonel, and was in the military before he became a stage actor. Suffering from pancreatic cancer, Crenna died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at the age of 75. Colin Clive (20 January 1900 - 25 June 1937)British Stage and screen actor most famous for portraying Dr Frankenstein in James Whale's two universal Frankenstein films Frankenstein (1930) and Bride of Frankenstein (1931). Crenna had a long career in films, appearing in such movies as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, First Blood (and its following Rambo sequels), Hot Shots! Part Deux and The Flamingo Kid.

He remained with the cast of the latter show when it transitioned to television. When Our Miss Brooks was canceled, he moved to another television program, The Real McCoys. Born in Los Angeles, California, Crenna got his acting start on radio, appearing in Boy Scout Jamboree, Date With Judy and Our Miss Brooks. Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1927 - January 18, 2003) was an American actor.