Clem Bevans
Acting
Born 1880-10-16
Died 1963-08-11
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
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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.
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.
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Perry Mason
Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
Thriller
Gunsmoke
The Real McCoys
Screen Director's Playhouse
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Sergeant York
Saboteur
Go West
Harvey
Portrait of Jennie
Tall in the Saddle
The Yearling
Topper
Dodge City
This Gun for Hire
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Ten Wanted Men
The Kentuckian
The Paleface
Zenobia
Texas
The Stranger Wore a Gun
The Human Comedy
Tell It to the Judge
Streets of Laredo
Hangman's Knot
Young Tom Edison
Man in the Saddle
The Oklahoma Kid
Grissly's Millions
Undercover Doctor
They Made Me a Criminal
Idiot's Delight
Way Down East
Moonrise
Loaded Pistols
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Help Wanted
The Forest Rangers
Of Human Hearts
The Gal Who Took the West
Hell's Kitchen
Gold Rush Maisie
Relentless
King of the Underworld
Mourning Becomes Electra
The Boy from Oklahoma
Big Jack
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rhythm on the Range
Stand Up and Fight
20 Mule Team
Lucky Jordan
Thunder Afloat
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