John Clements hailed from southern England and was educated at St Paul's School in London and St John's College, Cambridge. His acting aspiration prompted his first stage appearance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1930 in the play "Out of the Blue". Through the 1930s, he continued to develop his acting skills touring with the Ben Greet Company. It was in late 1935 he founded the Intimate Theatre at Palmer's Green in North London. There he provided weekly plays in repertory until 1941. During the war, he worked with Entertainments National Service Association in the Queen's Honours List 1956 and awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1968 Queen's Honours List for his services to drama.
Stepfather of John Standing.
Especially memorable as the young British officer whose three comrades, and then his fiance, brand him as coward in Zoltan Korda s The Four Feathers .
He was awarded the CBE in the 1956 Queens Birthday Honours List and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1968 Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
