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