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
- My Name Is Julia Ross as Dr. Keller (uncredited)
- Kitty as Chaplain (uncredited)
1944
- Frenchman's Creek as Robert Penrose (uncredited)
- Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1941
- The Blonde from Singapore
- The Royal Mounted Patrol as Commander
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Plant Heavy 9
1940
- Drums of Fu Manchu as Maj. Carlton
- North West Mounted Police as Capt. Gower
1939
- The Little Princess as Doctor
- British Intelligence as Maj. Andrews
1938
- Lord Jeff as Captain Wilson
- The Buccaneer as Sir Harry Smith
- If I Were King as Officer (uncredited)
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Constable
- 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
- Mrs. Dane's Defence as James Risby
- Ask Beccles as Sir Frederick Boyne
1932
- Women Who Play as Willie
- Tin Gods as Robert Staveley
1930
- Warned Off as Colonel Cornwallis
- Inside the Lines as Major Bishop
1919
- Wisp o' the Woods as Richard Blake
1916
- Lady Windermere's Fan as Cecil Graham