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)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
(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)
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)
The Gal Who Took the West
as Hawley (as old Timer)
(1949)
Big Jack
as Saltlick Joe
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle
(1949)
Rim of the Canyon
as Loco John
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Doc Vinson
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb
(1948)
Moonrise
as Coroner
(1948)
The Paleface
as Hank Billings
(1948)
Relentless
as Dad
(1948)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn
(1948)
Loaded Pistols
as Jim Hedge
(1948)
Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
(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)
Gallant Bess
as Smitty
(1946)
Wake Up and Dream
as Henry Pecket
(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 Kansan
as Bridge-Tender
(1943)
The Human Comedy
as Henderson
(1943)
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as Elmer Frawley
(1943)
Happy Go Lucky
as Mr. Smith
(1942)
Saboteur
as Neilson
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
as Scissor Grinder
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
as Gas Station Attendant
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison
(1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Tadpole
(1942)
The Forest Rangers
as Terry McCabe
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Station Watchman
(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)
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Waddell
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben Mattling
(1940)
Wyoming
as Pa McKinley
(1940)
20 Mule Team
as Chuckawalla
(1940)
Gold Rush Maisie
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
(1940)
Untamed
as "Smokey" Moseby
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Driver (Uncredited)
(1940)
Half a Sinner
as Snuffy
(1940)
She Couldn't Say No
as Eli Potter
(1940)
Granny Get Your Gun
as Smokey
(1940)
The Captain Is a Lady
as Samuel Darby
(1940)
Calling All Husbands
as Judge Todd
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Newspaper-reading skeptic
(1940)
Girl from God's Country
as Ben
(1939)
Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited)
(1939)
Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Jimmy Barzek
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Bum in jail
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
as Mr. Quill
(1939)
Zenobia
as Sheriff
(1939)
Ambush
as Pop Stebbins
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as 'Cap' Finch
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Sam Whitmore
(1939)
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Lem the Mailman
(1939)
Help Wanted
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Henry - Baggage Man
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Zeke
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as Smedley (uncredited)
(1939)
Night Work
as Smokestack Smiley
(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)
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
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
(1937)
Topper
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1937)
Big City
as Grandpa Sloane
(1937)
Angel's Holiday
as Sheriff
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
(1937)
Riding on Air
as Sheriff
(1937)
Mountain Music
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
(1937)
Idol of the Crowds
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
(1936)
Rhythm on the Range
as Gila Bend
(1936)
The President's Mystery
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1936)
Every Sunday
as Man playing checkers
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Mr. Hudson
(1935)
Way Down East
as Doc Wiggin