Clem Bevans

Born: 1880-10-16 in Cozaddale, Ohio, USA

Died: 1963-08-11

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography

1960

Thriller as Obed

1959

Bonanza as Jeb
The Twilight Zone as Pete

1958

Girl with an Itch as Gramps

1957

1956

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Cap'n Cobb

1955

Gunsmoke as Fly
Screen Director's Playhouse as Stryker
The Kentuckian as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men as Tod Grinnel
The Twinkle In God's Eye as Prospector
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Captain Cobb

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney as Captain Cobb
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Kid Hooker
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
Captive of Billy the Kid as Skeeter Davis

1951

Man in the Saddle as Pay Lankershim
Gold Raiders as Doc Mason
Silver City Bonanza as Town Loafer

1950

Harvey as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as Mr. Edwards

1949

Streets of Laredo as Pop Lint
Big Jack as Saltlick Joe
The Gal Who Took the West as Hawley (as old Timer)
Tell It to the Judge as Alonzo K. Roogle
Rim of the Canyon as Loco John
Deputy Marshal as Doc Vinson

1948

Portrait of Jennie as Capt. Cobb
The Paleface as Hank Billings
Moonrise as Coroner
Loaded Pistols as Jim Hedge
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Capt. Bjorn
Relentless as Dad
Highway 13 as Bill 'Pops' Lacy

1947

Mourning Becomes Electra as Ira Mackel
Yankee Fakir as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
The Millerson Case as Sheriff Luke Akers

1946

The Yearling as Pa Forrester
Wake Up and Dream as Henry Pecket
Gallant Bess as Smitty

1945

Captain Eddie as Jabez
Grissly's Millions as Old Tom
People on Paper as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)

1944

Tall in the Saddle as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)

1943

The Human Comedy as Henderson
The Kansan as Bridge-Tender
Happy Go Lucky as Mr. Smith
The Woman of the Town as Buffalo Burns
Lady Bodyguard as Elmer Frawley

1942

This Gun for Hire as Scissor Grinder
Saboteur as Neilson
Captains of the Clouds as Store-Teeth Morrison
The Forest Rangers as Terry McCabe
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die as Tadpole
Lucky Jordan as Gas Station Attendant
Fly By Night as Station Watchman
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Mailman

1941

Sergeant York as Zeke
Texas as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
The Parson of Panamint as Crabapple Jones
The Smiling Ghost as Sexton at cemetery

1940

Go West as Railroad Official
Young Tom Edison as Mr. Waddell
Calling All Husbands as Judge Todd
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Ben Mattling
Granny Get Your Gun as Smokey
Wyoming as Pa McKinley
She Couldn't Say No as Eli Potter
Half a Sinner as Snuffy
Gold Rush Maisie as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
20 Mule Team as Chuckawalla
Untamed as "Smokey" Moseby
Girl from God's Country as Ben
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Driver (Uncredited)
Northward, Ho! as Newspaper-reading skeptic
The Captain is a Lady as Samuel Darby

1939

Dodge City as Charley (uncredited)
Zenobia as Sheriff
The Oklahoma Kid as Postman (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight as Jimmy Barzek
Hell's Kitchen as Mr. Quill
Undercover Doctor as Sam Whitmore
Stand Up and Fight as Bum in jail
Thunder Afloat as 'Cap' Finch
King of the Underworld as Villager #3 (uncredited)
Maisie as Station Agent (Uncredited)
I'll Tell the World as Grandpa Burton
Yes, My Darling Daughter as Henry - Baggage Man
They Made Me a Criminal as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Main Street Lawyer as Zeke
Night Work as Smokestack Smiley
Ambush as Pop Stebbins
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town as Curdleface (uncredited)
Help Wanted as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Outside These Walls as Smedley (uncredited)
The Cowboy Quarterback as Lem the Mailman

1938

Of Human Hearts as Elder Massey
Comet Over Broadway as Benson
Young Fugitives as Benjie Collins
One Wild Night as Deaf Man (uncredited)
Mr. Chump as Pop (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer, Detective as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Miracle Money as Mr. Greene (uncredited)

1937

Topper as Board Member (uncredited)
Idol of the Crowds as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Big City as Grandpa Sloane
Mountain Music as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Riding on Air as Sheriff
Dangerous Number as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Angel's Holiday as Sheriff

1936

Rhythm on the Range as Gila Bend
Every Sunday as Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)
The Phantom Rider as Mr. Hudson
The President's Mystery as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

1935

Way Down East as Doc Wiggin