Clem Bevans
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-10-16
Day of Death
1963-08-11 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
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.
Acting
(1958)
Girl with an Itch
as Gramps
(1956)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n Cobb
(1955)
Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel
(1955)
The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
(1955)
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb
(1955)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
(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)
Man in the Saddle
as Pay Lankershim
(1951)
Gold Raiders
as Doc Mason
(1951)
Silver City Bonanza
as Town Loafer
(1950)
Harvey
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
(1950)
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
(1950)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Mr. Edwards
(1949)
Streets of Laredo
as Pop Lint
(1949)
Big Jack
as Saltlick Joe
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Doc Vinson
(1949)
Rim of the Canyon
as Loco John
(1949)
The Gal Who Took the West
as Hawley (as old Timer)
(1948)
Moonrise
as Coroner
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb
(1948)
The Paleface
as Hank Billings
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Jim Hedge
(1948)
Relentless
as Dad
(1948)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn
(1948)
Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
(1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ira Mackel
(1947)
The Millerson Case
as Sheriff Luke Akers
(1946)
The Yearling
as Pa Forrester
(1946)
Wake Up and Dream
as Henry Pecket
(1946)
Gallant Bess
as Smitty
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Jabez
(1945)
Grissly's Millions
as Old Tom
(1945)
People on Paper
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
(1944)
Tall in the Saddle
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
(1943)
The Human Comedy
as Henderson
(1943)
The Kansan
as Bridge-Tender
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as Elmer Frawley
(1943)
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns
(1943)
Happy Go Lucky
as Mr. Smith
(1942)
Saboteur
as Neilson
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
as Scissor Grinder
(1942)
The Forest Rangers
as Terry McCabe
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Station Watchman
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
as Gas Station Attendant
(1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Tadpole
(1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mailman
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Zeke
(1941)
Texas
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
(1941)
The Smiling Ghost
as Sexton at cemetery
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
(1941)
The Parson of Panamint
as Crabapple Jones
(1940)
Go West
as Railroad Official
(1940)
Wyoming
as Pa McKinley
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben Mattling
(1940)
Untamed
as "Smokey" Moseby
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Waddell
(1940)
Gold Rush Maisie
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
(1940)
20 Mule Team
as Chuckawalla
(1940)
Half a Sinner
as Snuffy
(1940)
Granny Get Your Gun
as Smokey
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Newspaper-reading skeptic
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Driver (Uncredited)
(1940)
The Captain Is a Lady
as Samuel Darby
(1940)
She Couldn't Say No
as Eli Potter
(1940)
Calling All Husbands
as Judge Todd
(1940)
Girl from God's Country
as Ben
(1939)
Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Jimmy Barzek
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as 'Cap' Finch
(1939)
Ambush
as Pop Stebbins
(1939)
Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Bum in jail
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
(1939)
Zenobia
as Sheriff
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Sam Whitmore
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
as Mr. Quill
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Zeke
(1939)
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Lem the Mailman
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Henry - Baggage Man
(1939)
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Curdleface (uncredited)
(1939)
Help Wanted
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
(1939)
Night Work
as Smokestack Smiley
(1939)
I'll Tell the World
as Grandpa Burton
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as Smedley (uncredited)
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Elder Massey
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Benson
(1938)
Mr. Chump
as Pop (uncredited)
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Deaf Man (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Benjie Collins
(1937)
Topper
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1937)
Big City
as Grandpa Sloane
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
(1937)
Mountain Music
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
(1937)
Riding on Air
as Sheriff
(1937)
Angel's Holiday
as Sheriff
(1937)
Idol of the Crowds
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
(1936)
Every Sunday
as Man playing checkers
(1936)
Rhythm on the Range
as Gila Bend
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Mr. Hudson
(1935)
Way Down East
as Doc Wiggin