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)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
(1955)
Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel
(1955)
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb
(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)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Mr. Edwards
(1950)
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
(1949)
Big Jack
as Saltlick Joe
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Doc Vinson
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle
(1949)
Streets of Laredo
as Pop Lint
(1949)
The Gal Who Took the West
as Hawley (as old Timer)
(1949)
Rim of the Canyon
as Loco John
(1948)
Moonrise
as Coroner
(1948)
Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
(1948)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn
(1948)
Relentless
as Dad
(1948)
The Paleface
as Hank Billings
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Jim Hedge
(1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ira Mackel
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
(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)
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)
Lady Bodyguard
as Elmer Frawley
(1943)
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns
(1943)
The Human Comedy
as Henderson
(1943)
Happy Go Lucky
as Mr. Smith
(1942)
Saboteur
as Neilson
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Station Watchman
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
as Scissor Grinder
(1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mailman
(1942)
The Forest Rangers
as Terry McCabe
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Store-Teeth Morrison
(1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Tadpole
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
as Gas Station Attendant
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Zeke
(1941)
Texas
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
(1941)
The Parson of Panamint
as Crabapple Jones
(1941)
The Smiling Ghost
as Sexton at cemetery
(1940)
Wyoming
as Pa McKinley
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben Mattling
(1940)
Gold Rush Maisie
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
(1940)
Go West
as Railroad Official
(1940)
Half a Sinner
as Snuffy
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Waddell
(1940)
20 Mule Team
as Chuckawalla
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Driver (Uncredited)
(1940)
Granny Get Your Gun
as Smokey
(1940)
Untamed
as "Smokey" Moseby
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Newspaper-reading skeptic
(1940)
The Captain Is a Lady
as Samuel Darby
(1940)
Girl from God's Country
as Ben
(1940)
Calling All Husbands
as Judge Todd
(1940)
She Couldn't Say No
as Eli Potter
(1939)
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Lem the Mailman
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
(1939)
Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited)
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Zeke
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Jimmy Barzek
(1939)
Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited)
(1939)
Night Work
as Smokestack Smiley
(1939)
Ambush
as Pop Stebbins
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as Smedley (uncredited)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as 'Cap' Finch
(1939)
Zenobia
as Sheriff
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Sam Whitmore
(1939)
I'll Tell the World
as Grandpa Burton
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
as Mr. Quill
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Henry - Baggage Man
(1939)
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Curdleface (uncredited)
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Bum in jail
(1939)
Help Wanted
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Benson
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Elder Massey
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Deaf Man (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Benjie Collins
(1938)
Mr. Chump
as Pop (uncredited)
(1937)
Idol of the Crowds
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
(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
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Mr. Hudson
(1936)
Every Sunday
as Man playing checkers
(1936)
Rhythm on the Range
as Gila Bend
(1936)
The President's Mystery
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1935)
Way Down East
as Doc Wiggin