Clem Bevans

Biography

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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

Saboteur
Saboteur
The Gal Who Took the West
The Gal Who Took the West
Man in the Saddle
Man in the Saddle
The Kansan
The Kansan
The Paleface
The Paleface

Filmography

1960 Thriller
as Obed
1960 Thriller
as The Old Gaffer
1959 The Twilight Zone
as Pete
1958 Girl with an Itch
as Gramps
1957 The Real McCoys
as
1957 Maverick
as
1957 Perry Mason
as Capt. Hugo
1956 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n Cobb
1955 Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb
1955 The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
1955 Screen Director's Playhouse
as Stryker
1955 Gunsmoke
as Fly
1955 The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
1955 Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel
1954 The Wonderful World of Disney
as Captain Cobb
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Kid Hooker
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