John Cazabon
Born: 1914-08-03 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: 1983-06-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1977
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Ticket Clerk
1972
- The Protectors as Heller
- War & Peace as Barclay de Tolly
1971
- Justice as Clerk of Court
- Jason King
1969
- Department S as Chemist
1968
- For Men Only as Lamphrey Gussett
1967
- The Prisoner as Umbrella Man
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Mr. Bunn
1965
- The Mask of Janus as Lunan
1964
- Theatre 625 as Dr Szabo
- The Crunch as RAMC Major
1961
- The Avengers as Mr. Maple
- The Snake Woman as Dr. Horace Adderson
- Mary Had a Little... as Fitchett
1960
- Maigret as Dr. Bresselles
1958
- Ivanhoe as The Village Elder
1957
- The Shiralee as Charlie the Butcher
1956
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Father Telford
1952
- Mandy as Davey
- Curtain Up as Mr Stebbins
1949
- Eureka Stockade as Seekamp