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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-10-16 (144 years old)

Place of Birth

Cozaddale, Ohio, USA

Clem Bevans

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clem Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men.

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

Acting

1960

Thriller as Obed
Thriller as The Old Gaffer

1959

1958

1957

Perry Mason as Capt. Hugo

1956

1955

Ten Wanted Men as Tod Grinnel
The Kentuckian as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Gunsmoke as Fly

1954

The Boy from Oklahoma as Amiel "Pop" Pruty

1953

1952

Hangman's Knot as Plunkett, the Station agent
Captive of Billy the Kid as Skeeter Davis

1951

Man in the Saddle as Pay Lankershim
Gold Raiders as Doc Mason
Silver City Bonanza as Town Loafer

1950

Harvey as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley

1949

The Gal Who Took the West as Hawley (as old Timer)
Streets of Laredo as Pop Lint
Rim of the Canyon as Loco John
Big Jack as Saltlick Joe
Deputy Marshal as Doc Vinson
Tell It to the Judge as Alonzo K. Roogle

1948

The Paleface as Hank Billings
Highway 13 as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Moonrise as Coroner
Loaded Pistols as Jim Hedge
Relentless as Dad
Portrait of Jennie as Capt. Cobb

1947

The Millerson Case as Sheriff Luke Akers
Yankee Fakir as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")

1946

The Yearling as Pa Forrester
Wake Up and Dream as Henry Pecket
Gallant Bess as Smitty

1945

People on Paper as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Captain Eddie as Jabez

1944

Tall in the Saddle as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)

1943

The Human Comedy as Henderson
The Kansan as Bridge-Tender
Happy Go Lucky as Mr. Smith
The Woman of the Town as Buffalo Burns
Lady Bodyguard as Elmer Frawley

1942

Saboteur as Neilson
Captains of the Clouds as Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison
Lucky Jordan as Gas Station Attendant
The Forest Rangers as Terry McCabe
This Gun for Hire as Scissor Grinder
Fly By Night as Station Watchman

1941

The Smiling Ghost as Sexton at cemetery
Pacific Blackout as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Texas as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Parson of Panamint as Crabapple Jones

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Ben Mattling
She Couldn't Say No as Eli Potter
Half a Sinner as Snuffy
20 Mule Team as Chuckawalla
Calling All Husbands as Judge Todd
Northward, Ho! as Newspaper-reading skeptic
Untamed as "Smokey" Moseby
Young Tom Edison as Mr. Waddell
Wyoming as Pa McKinley
Go West as Railroad Official
The Captain Is a Lady as Samuel Darby
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Driver (Uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)

1939

Undercover Doctor as Sam Whitmore
Outside These Walls as Smedley (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat as 'Cap' Finch
The Cowboy Quarterback as Lem the Mailman
Help Wanted as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
They Made Me a Criminal as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Zenobia as Sheriff
Stand Up and Fight as Bum in jail
King of the Underworld as Villager #3 (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight as Jimmy Barzek
The Oklahoma Kid as Postman (uncredited)
Dodge City as Charley (uncredited)
Hell's Kitchen as Mr. Quill
I'll Tell the World as Grandpa Burton
Maisie as Station Agent (Uncredited)
Yes, My Darling Daughter as Henry - Baggage Man
Night Work as Smokestack Smiley
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town as Curdleface (uncredited)
Ambush as Pop Stebbins

1938

Of Human Hearts as Elder Massey
Mr. Chump as Pop (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer, Detective as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Young Fugitives as Benjie Collins
One Wild Night as Deaf Man (uncredited)
Miracle Money as Mr. Greene (uncredited)

1937

Riding on Air as Sheriff
Mountain Music as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Topper as Board Member (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday as Sheriff
Dangerous Number as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Idol of the Crowds as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Big City as Grandpa Sloane

1936

The Phantom Rider as Mr. Hudson
Rhythm on the Range as Gila Bend
Every Sunday as Man playing checkers

1935

Way Down East as Doc Wiggin