Clem Bevans
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Saboteur
as Neilson 1942
Sergeant York
as Zeke 1941
This Gun for Hire
as Scissor Grinder 1942
Topper
as Board Member (uncredited) 1937
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb 1948
Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited) 1939
The Yearling
as Pa Forrester 1946
Go West
as Railroad Official 1940
The Paleface
as Hank Billings 1948
Moonrise
as Coroner 1948
Tall in the Saddle
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited) 1944
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n Cobb 1956
The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited) 1955
They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited) 1939
The Human Comedy
as Henderson 1943
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jim Martin 1953