Evan Thomas
Born: 1891-02-17 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died: 1982-01-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Evan Thomas, also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career in England, in Lady Windermere's Fan, written by Oscar Wilde. Born Elystan Owen Evan Thomas in Vancouver, he appeared in silent films in Great Britain. Starting in 1930, he worked in both Hollywood and England beginning in 1930, before returning permanently to the British film industry after 1946. Over his fifty-year career, he would appear in dozens of films, usually in small roles, although he did have several featured performances, as in 1928's Warned Off, and 1935's Lend Me Your Husband.
Filmography
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
1964
- Theatre 625 as Mr Marshall
1962
- The Saint as Dr. Beamish
- Out of This World as Furrier
1955
- Children Galore as Lord Redscarfe
1946
- Tomorrow Is Forever as Ship's Doctor
1945
- Kitty as Chaplain (uncredited)
- My Name Is Julia Ross as Dr. Keller (uncredited)
1944
- Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Frenchman's Creek as Robert Penrose (uncredited)
1941
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Plant Heavy 9
- The Royal Mounted Patrol as Commander
- The Blonde from Singapore
1940
- North West Mounted Police as Capt. Gower
- Drums of Fu Manchu as Maj. Carlton
1939
- The Little Princess as Doctor
- British Intelligence as Maj. Andrews
1938
- If I Were King as Officer (uncredited)
- The Buccaneer as Sir Harry Smith
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Constable
- Lord Jeff as Captain Wilson
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa as Sergeant
- Kidnapped as Sergeant
- Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Smith
1937
- O.H.M.S. as General
- The High Command as Chief Justice
- For Valour as Prison Governor
1935
- Lend Me Your Husband as Tony
1933
- The Girl from Maxim's as Lieutenant Corrignon
- Ask Beccles as Sir Frederick Boyne
- Mrs. Dane's Defence as James Risby
1932
- Women Who Play as Willie
- Tin Gods as Robert Staveley
1930
- Inside the Lines as Major Bishop
- Warned Off as Colonel Cornwallis
1919
- Wisp o' the Woods as Richard Blake
1916
- Lady Windermere's Fan as Cecil Graham