Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 16, 1880
Died
Aug 11, 1963
Place of Birth
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
Credits
121 titles
Clem Bevans
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.
Known For
Filmography
Thriller
Obed
The Twilight Zone
Pete
Bonanza
Jeb
Girl with an Itch
Gramps
The Real McCoys
Maverick
Perry Mason
Capt. Hugo
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Cap'n Cobb
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
Captain Cobb
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Prospector
Screen Director's Playhouse
Stryker
Gunsmoke
Fly
The Kentuckian
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
Tod Grinnel
The Wonderful World of Disney
Captain Cobb
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Kid Hooker
The Boy from Oklahoma
Amiel "Pop" Pruty
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jim Martin
Hangman's Knot
Plunkett, the Station agent
Captive of Billy the Kid
Skeeter Davis
Man in the Saddle
Pay Lankershim
Gold Raiders
Doc Mason
Silver City Bonanza
Town Loafer
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Harvey
Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Mr. Edwards
Tell It to the Judge
Alonzo K. Roogle
Deputy Marshal
Doc Vinson
The Gal Who Took the West
Hawley (as old Timer)
Rim of the Canyon
Loco John
Streets of Laredo
Pop Lint
Big Jack
Saltlick Joe
Highway 13
Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Portrait of Jennie
Capt. Cobb
The Paleface
Hank Billings
Loaded Pistols
Jim Hedge
Moonrise
Coroner
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Capt. Bjorn
Relentless
Dad
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ira Mackel
The Millerson Case
Sheriff Luke Akers
Yankee Fakir
Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
The Yearling
Pa Forrester
Gallant Bess
Smitty
Wake Up and Dream
Henry Pecket
People on Paper
Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Captain Eddie
Jabez
Grissly's Millions
Old Tom
Tall in the Saddle
Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
Buffalo Burns