Colin Clive

He suffered chronic alcoholism and died of tuberculosis in 1937. He lives in New York and London with his dog Honey. 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. Cumming is known to date both men and women, and described himself as "a frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millennium." He is also an activist for gay rights organizations and AIDS charities including Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Clive was born in France to a British colonel, and was in the military before he became a stage actor. His first novel "Tommy's Tale" (ISBN 0141003766) was published in 2002 and he was one half of Victor and Barry with Forbes Masson, a comedy act revolving around two members of a Glasgow amateur theatre group. 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). In 2001 Cumming co-wrote and co-directed the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, which they both starred in as a Hollywood couple.

His other stage roles have included Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noel Coward, the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and "The Madman" in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of An Anarchist by Dario Fo. Perhaps one of Cumming's most acclaimed performances was as the charismatic Emcee in the 1998 Broadway revival of the popular stage musical Cabaret, for which he won a Tony as well as other awards that year. He has often been utilised as a character actor —he was the hedonistic Lord Rochester in Plunkett and Macleane (1997) as well as the evil scientist Fegan Floop in Spy Kids and its sequels, directed by Robert Rodriguez. In 1991, he played the lead in a BBC Christmas special, Bernard and the Genie opposite Lenny Henry, and went on to star in the Scottish sitcom, The High Life, for which he also wrote the theme music, playing airline steward "Sebastian Flight".

After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1985, Cumming appeared in a six part series on British Television called Shadow of the Stone with Shirley Henderson in 1986. Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965 in Perthshire, Scotland), is an actor of stage and screen, possibly best known for his performance in the film X2 as Nightcrawler. Son of the Mask (2005). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

X2 (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner) (2003). Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Spy Kids (2001). Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Plunkett and Macleane (1999). Titus (Saturninus) (1999). Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). Emma (1996).

GoldenEye (1995). Second Best (1994). Micky Love (1993). Prague (1992).

Bernard and the Genie (1991). Bean (1989). Mr. The Conquest of the South Pole (1988).