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