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Clem Bevans

Clem Bevans

Birthday: 1879-10-16 | Place of Birth: Cozaddale, Ohio, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1956
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma

as    Amiel "Pop" Pruty

1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun

as    Jim Martin

1952
Hangman's Knot

as    Plunkett, the Station agent

1952
Captive of Billy the Kid

as    Skeeter Davis

1951
Gold Raiders

as    Doc Mason

1951
Man in the Saddle

as    Pay Lankershim

1949
Tell It to the Judge

as    Alonzo K. Roogle

1949
The Gal Who Took the West

as    Hawley (as old Timer)

1949
Rim of the Canyon

as    Loco John

1949
Streets of Laredo

as    Pop Lint

1949
Big Jack

as    Saltlick Joe

1948
Relentless

as    Dad

1948
The Paleface

as    Hank Billings

1948
Loaded Pistols

as    Jim Hedge

1947
The Millerson Case

as    Sheriff Luke Akers

1946
The Yearling

as    Pa Forrester

1946
Gallant Bess

as    Smitty

1945
Grissly's Millions

as    Old Tom

1943
The Kansan

as    Bridge-Tender

1943
The Woman of the Town

as    Buffalo Burns

1942
Saboteur

as    Neilson

1942
1942
The Forest Rangers

as    Terry McCabe

1940
20 Mule Team

as    Chuckawalla

1940
Young Tom Edison

as    Mr. Waddell

1940
Granny Get Your Gun

as    Smokey

1940
Half a Sinner

as    Snuffy

1939
Help Wanted

as    H.L. (Pop) Daniels

1939
Main Street Lawyer

as    Zeke