The legendary voice actor behind one of the “Star Wars” franchise's most terrifying villains passed away a few weeks before his 95th birthday.
Cliveleville, known for voice of Emperor Palpatine in “Empire Strikes Back,” passed away on March 11 at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, California.
Kate Leville, the daughter of two-time Tony candidate, revealed that he was battling dementia, According to the Hollywood Reporter.
Revill was born on April 18, 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand, and began working as an accountant “suddenly” before he decided to exchange financial documents with the stage script.
He moved to theatrical actor in his early 30s and made his Broadway debut with the show “Mr. Pickwick” at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (formerly Plymouth Theatre).
The versatile performer scored two Tony Award nominations for the back-to-back project in the early '60s.
He was first nominated for Best Feature Actor in the Musical of Bob Le Hotz's character in “Irma La Deus,” but he lost to Dick Van Dyke in “Goodbye, Goodbye.”
Two years later, he was nominated for “Best Actor” for his performance as Fagin in the musical “Oliver!”.
When the stars were building their own reputation on stage, including appearing on the BBC's “Sunday Night Theatre” episode, he concluded his resume by acting in films such as the 1957 TV shows “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” as well as “The Kaleidoscope” and “Fatom.”
Revill returned to the Major Awards Circuit in 1972 and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as Carlo Carlucci in the film Avanti!
One of the most famous roles of the veteran character actors hit the big screen in 1980 when he voiced the Emperor in George Lucas's widely popular franchise film Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Stands.
Revill delivered the classic line “There's a great obstacle to the Force.”
According to the Dallas ObserverLevil was given three takes to record the film's iconic lines. The final take was eventually used in the hit film.
Star was an Imperial Officer in Star Wars: X-wing vs. Tie Fighter in Star Wars video games like Dodonna in Star Wars: X-wing, and served in three additional roles in Star Wars: Old Republic.
Levil acted most of his voice in his later years for video games like “The Hobbit,” and played roles in comics like “The Batman: Animated Series” in 1992 and Galeo's “Snorks.”
The well-known performer has two divorces and welcomed his daughter Kate when he remarried film producer Susie Scholl Levile.
