Clem Bevans
Actor
- Born
- October 16, 1880 · Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
- Died
- August 11, 1963 (age 82)
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Clem Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men.
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Bevans had a very long career, starting in vaudeville in 1900 in an act with Grace Emmett. He progressed to burlesque, Broadway, and even light opera, before making his film debut at the age of 55 in Way Down East (1935). His portrayal was so good, he became stereotyped and played mostly likable old codgers for the rest of his life. Bevans played the neighbour of Gregory Peck in The Yearling and the gatekeeper in Harvey (1950). However, he did occasionally play against type, for example as a Nazi spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also made some television appearances, including the role of murderer Captain Hugo in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Demure Defendant" and as Pete in The Twilight Zone episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (1962). He played Captain Cobb in Disney's TV miniseries Davy Crockett.
His first cousin was actress Merie Earle, best known as Maude Gormley on The Waltons.
Known for
Harvey
December 4, 1950
Saboteur
April 22, 1942
Sergeant York
September 27, 1941
This Gun for Hire
April 24, 1942
Topper
July 16, 1937
Portrait of Jennie
December 25, 1948
Dodge City
April 8, 1939
The Yearling
December 18, 1946
Go West
December 6, 1940
The Paleface
December 17, 1948
Moonrise
October 1, 1948
Tall in the Saddle
September 29, 1944
Acting111
- 1958Girl with an Itch as Gramps
- 1956Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Cap'n Cobb
- 1955Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Captain Cobb
- 1955The Twinkle In God's Eye as Prospector
- 1955The Kentuckian as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
- 1955Ten Wanted Men as Tod Grinnel
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
- 1953The Stranger Wore a Gun as Jim Martin
- 1952Hangman's Knot as Plunkett, the Station agent
- 1952