Alec Clunes

Alec Clunes was born on May 17, 1912 in UK. Alec Clunes's big-screen debut came with Convoy directed by Pen Tennyson in 1940, strarring Lieutenant Commander (uncredited). Alec Clunes is known for Hamlet at Elsinore directed by Philip Saville, Christopher Plummer stars as Hamlet and Robert Shaw as Claudius, King of Denmark. The upcoming new movie Alec Clunes plays is Hamlet at Elsinore which will be released on Nov 15, 1964.

In the 1940s and 50s, there were few greater classical actors in Britain than Alec Clunes. Born into a show business family, he began his career with