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