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