Recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, earned two Tony nominations ...

Clive Revill, the actor who originally voiced Emperor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," has died. He was 94.

It's impossible to imagine anyone other than Ian McDiarmid playing the Emperor in Star Wars. His cackling voice and piercing looks made Darth Sidious one of the best villains in cinema history ...

A "Star Wars" actor who played a key role in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 died in a care facility in California.

Clive Revill, who provided the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars, has died at the age of 94.

Clive Revill, the original Emperor Palpatine actor in 'Star Wars', is dead at 94 after battling dementia. His daughter has confirmed news of his death.

Ian McDiarmid almost didn't play Palpatine due ... Star Wars has one undisputed Emperor of Evil, and while the character was played perfectly in every single iteration, the iconic actor behind ...

communicates with the emperor (as a holographic projection). Revill’s voice would be replaced on the 2004 DVD release of the film by Ian McDiarmid’s, who went on to play the character in ...

When 'The Empire Strikes Back' was released in 1980, it fundamentally altered the trajectory of the 'Star Wars' series. Within the movie, the audience was introduced to Emperor Palpatine for the first ...

Clive Revill, the Star Wars icon who originally voiced Emporer Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back, has died at age 94. The ...

“The Force is strong with him,” he said. Revill’s voice would be replaced in the DVD release of the film in 2004 by Ian McDiarmid, who then played Emperor Palpatine in “Return of the Jedi” and in the ...