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.
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Movies (41)
Girl with an Itch
as Gramps
1958
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n Cobb
1956
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb
1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
1955
The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
1955
Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel
1955
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
1954
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jim Martin
1953
Hangman's Knot
as Plunkett, the Station agent
1952
Captive of Billy the Kid
as Skeeter Davis
1952
Man in the Saddle
as Pay Lankershim
1951
Gold Raiders
as Doc Mason
1951
Silver City Bonanza
as Town Loafer
1951
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
1950
Harvey
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Mr. Edwards
1950
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle
1949
Deputy Marshal
as Doc Vinson
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
1949
Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
1948
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb
1948
The Paleface
as Hank Billings
1948
Loaded Pistols
as Jim Hedge
1948
Moonrise
as Coroner
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn
1948
Relentless
as Dad
1948
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ira Mackel
1947
The Millerson Case
as Sheriff Luke Akers
1947
Yankee Fakir
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
1947
The Yearling
as Pa Forrester
1946
Gallant Bess
as Smitty
1946
Wake Up and Dream
as Henry Pecket
1946
People on Paper
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
1945
Captain Eddie
as Jabez
1945
Grissly's Millions
as Old Tom
1945
Tall in the Saddle
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
1944
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns
1943
The Kansan
as Bridge-Tender
1943
