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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 16, 1880
Place of Birth:
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
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Clem Bevans
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Girl with an Itch | Gramps |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Cap'n Cobb |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race | Captain Cobb |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Prospector |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Tod Grinnel |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Riverboat Captain (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Amiel "Pop" Pruty |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jim Martin |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Plunkett, the Station agent |
| 1952 | Captive of Billy the Kid | Skeeter Davis |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle | Pay Lankershim |
| 1951 | Gold Raiders | Doc Mason |
| 1951 | Silver City Bonanza | Town Loafer |
| 1950 | Harvey | Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Mr. Edwards |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Hawley (as old Timer) |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Pop Lint |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Loco John |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Saltlick Joe |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Doc Vinson |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Alonzo K. Roogle |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Hank Billings |
| 1948 | Highway 13 | Bill 'Pops' Lacy |
| 1948 | Moonrise | Coroner |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Capt. Bjorn |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Jim Hedge |
| 1948 | Relentless | Dad |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Capt. Cobb |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case | Sheriff Luke Akers |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis") |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ira Mackel |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Pa Forrester |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream | Henry Pecket |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Smitty |
| 1945 | People on Paper | Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Old Tom |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Jabez |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Card Game Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Henderson |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Bridge-Tender |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Mr. Smith |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Buffalo Burns |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Elmer Frawley |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Neilson |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Gas Station Attendant |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mailman |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Tadpole |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Terry McCabe |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Scissor Grinder |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Station Watchman |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Zeke |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Sexton at cemetery |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Midas Plant Night-Watchman |
| 1941 | Texas | Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Parson of Panamint | Crabapple Jones |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Ben Mattling |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Eli Potter |
| 1940 | Half a Sinner | Snuffy |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Chuckawalla |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Judge Todd |
| 1940 | Northward, Ho! | Newspaper-reading skeptic |
| 1940 | Untamed | "Smokey" Moseby |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Waddell |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Pa McKinley |
| 1940 | Go West | Railroad Official |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Samuel Darby |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Girl from God's Country | Ben |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Sam Whitmore |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Smedley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | 'Cap' Finch |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Lem the Mailman |
| 1939 | Help Wanted | H.L. (Pop) Daniels |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Ticket Taker (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Sheriff |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Bum in jail |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Villager #3 (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Jimmy Barzek |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Postman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Charley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Mr. Quill |
| 1939 | I'll Tell the World | Grandpa Burton |
| 1939 | Maisie | Station Agent (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Main Street Lawyer | Zeke |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Henry - Baggage Man |
| 1939 | Night Work | Smokestack Smiley |
| 1939 | Yankee Doodle Goes to Town | Curdleface (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Ambush | Pop Stebbins |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Elder Massey |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump | Pop (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Benson |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Benjie Collins |
| 1938 | One Wild Night | Deaf Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Miracle Money | Mr. Greene (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Riding on Air | Sheriff |
| 1937 | Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Topper | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Sheriff |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend) |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins) |
| 1937 | Big City | Grandpa Sloane |
| 1936 | The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend |
| 1936 | Every Sunday | Man playing checkers |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Doc Wiggin |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Thriller | Obed |
| 1960 | Thriller | The Old Gaffer |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Pete |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Capt. Hugo |
| 1957 | Maverick | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Fly |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Stryker |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Captain Cobb |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Kid Hooker |