Clifford Severn (September 21, 1925 – June 4, 2014) was an American cricketer and child screen actor.
Clifford Severn was the son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890–1981). 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 in 2014 at age 88.
Like his brothers Winston and Raymond, Clifford Severn played for the US national cricket team.
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.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1935 Jalna Wakefield Whiteoaks Film debut The Perfect Gentleman Johnny Uncredited1937 Quality Street Arthur Uncredited The Prince and the Pauper Third Urchin Uncredited Our Gang Follies of 1938 Waiter Short, Uncredited1938 Kidnapped Urchin Uncredited A Christmas Carol Boy Buying Scrooge's Christmas Turkey Uncredited 1939 Man About Town English Bellboy Uncredited1940 Gaucho Serenade Ronnie Willoughby Captain Caution Travers 1941 Man Hunt Cockney Boy Uncredited How Green Was My Valley Mervyn Phillips Uncredited1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Paddy This Above All Lift Boy Atlantic Convoy Sandy Brown Random Harvest Albert Uncredited 1943 Forever and a Day Nelson Trimble 1944 They Live in Fear Paul Graffen Final film
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