John Cazabon

Biography

John Forde Cazabon (3 August 1914 – 22 June 1983) was an English actor and stage writer whose career began in Sydney, Australia.

Cazabon was born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, to violinist and composer Albert Cazabon (1883–1970) and Norah Cazabon née Delaney, a professional actress born in Australia. He had an older sister Norah Cazabon and a younger brother Robert Brendan Cazabon (born c. 1919), who was killed in action in 1941.

In 1927 the family moved to Sydney, where Albert Cazabon had secured the post of musical director to the Prince Edward Theatre's orchestra, and Gladys, née Curtin, a professional actress born in Australia. Cazabon and sister Norah were members of Sydney's Impressionist Theatre in 1933 and in 1934, with their mother, joined the Independent Theatre and Pickwick Theatre Group, both run by Doris Fitton. They later joined Beryl Bryant's group.

Albert Cazabon returned to London in 1936, living at Aberdeen Place, and was hired by the BBC, but Cazabon stayed behind and secretly married actress Margery Gielis of Toowoomba. They had a son Charles who married Margaret Burns on 20 May 1967.

His sister Norah married Stephen Merivale of Middleton Hall, Leeds. Stephen was cousin of Philip Merivale who married Gladys Cooper.

Known For

Backfire!
Backfire!
The Snake Woman
The Snake Woman
For Men Only
For Men Only
The Crunch
The Crunch

Filmography

1972 War & Peace
as
1972 The Protectors
as Heller
1971 Justice
as Clerk of Court
1971 Jason King
as
1969 Department S
as Chemist
1968 For Men Only
as Lamphrey Gussett
1967 The Prisoner
as Umbrella Man
1967 The Prisoner
as Man in Cave
1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Mr. Bunn
1965 The Mask of Janus
as Lunan
1964 The Crunch
as RAMC Major
1962 The Saint
as Dragisha
1962 Backfire!
as Willy Kyser
1961 Mary Had a Little...
as Fitchett
1961 The Snake Woman
as Dr. Horace Adderson
1961 The Avengers
as Mr. Maple
1960 Maigret
as
1958 Ivanhoe
as The Village Elder
1957 The Shiralee
as Charlie the Butcher
1956 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Father Telford