'Star Wars' Actor Clive Revill Dead at 94
'Star Wars' Actor Clive Revill Dead At 94 After Reported Battle With Dementia
Update
10:03 AM PT -- Clive's daughter Kate tells TMZ … "My father had been suffering with dementia for over three years. My husband, and our 7-year-old daughter relocated from Redwood City to care for him in 2002. He actually completed his last motion picture in 2016 directed by Fernando Trueba which he enjoyed tremendously.
"As a professional, he was never short on time or generosity when speaking with younger people who wished to enter into the world of show business. He spoke at UT’s Theatre Under the Stars, Magic Con, and Wizard Con. He is also one of the last performers who worked with Billy Wilder and Irving Kirshner. Whether encouraging me through medical school or being a wonderful dad, he covered all the bases."
Actor Clive Revill — best known as the voice of the villainous Emperor Palpatine in one of the "Star Wars" films, has died.
Revill passed away at an assisted-living facility in Sherman Oaks, California, on March 11 while suffering from dementia, his daughter, Kate, told The Hollywood Reporter.
In "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back," Revill played the role of the hooded Palpatine who spoke in a creepy voice as a three-dimensional image to Darth Vader about their enemy Luke Skywalker.
In the famous 1980 scene, Darth Vader, voiced by James Earl Jones, convinces Palpatine to turn Skywalker to the "dark side" or kill him.
Revill also starred in many older flicks, such as "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (1965), "Kaleidoscope" (1966) with Warren Beatty, "Modesty Blaise" (1966), "The Legend of Hell House" (1973) and "Matilda" (1978).
He also landed theatre roles on Broadway and was nominated for 2 Tony Awards for his characters in the musicals -- "Irma la Douce" and "Oliver!"
Revill was 94.
RIP