Clem Bevans
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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
Credits
Harvey (1950)
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
This Gun for Hire (1942)
as Scissor Grinder
Saboteur (1942)
as Neilson
Sergeant York (1941)
as Zeke
Go West (1940)
as Railroad Official (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
as Cap'n Cobb
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
as Capt. Cobb
Ambush (1939)
as Pop Stebbins
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Yearling (1946)
as Pa Forrester
Topper (1937)
as Board Member (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
as Tod Grinnel
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Postman (uncredited)
Dodge City (1939)
as Charley (uncredited)
Zenobia (1939)
as Sheriff
The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
as Hawley (as old Timer)
The Kentuckian (1955)
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
as Jim Martin
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Hangman's Knot (1952)
as Plunkett, the Station agent
Man in the Saddle (1951)
as Pay Lankershim
The Paleface (1948)
as Hank Billings
Young Tom Edison (1940)
as Mr. Waddell
Undercover Doctor (1939)
as Sam Whitmore
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Jimmy Barzek
King of the Underworld (1939)
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
Girl with an Itch (1958)
as Gramps
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Bum in jail
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
as Henry - Baggage Man
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
as Store-Teeth Morrison
Streets of Laredo (1949)
as Pop Lint
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
as Prospector
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
as Alonzo K. Roogle
Of Human Hearts (1938)
as Elder Massey
Rim of the Canyon (1949)
as Loco John
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
as Tadpole
Texas (1941)
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
as Ira Mackel
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Ben Mattling
The Parson of Panamint (1941)
as Crabapple Jones
Girl from God's Country (1940)
as Ben
I'll Tell the World (1939)
as Grandpa Burton
The Captain is a Lady (1940)
as Samuel Darby
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Gila Bend
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
as Mailman
Untamed (1940)
as "Smokey" Moseby
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
as Smokey
The President's Mystery (1936)
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Big Jack (1949)
as Saltlick Joe
Captive of Billy the Kid (1952)
as Skeeter Davis
Grissly's Millions (1945)
as Old Tom
Outside These Walls (1939)
as Smedley (uncredited)
The Human Comedy (1943)
as Henderson
The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Terry McCabe
The Woman of the Town (1943)
as Buffalo Burns
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
as Henry Pecket
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Driver (Uncredited)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Dangerous Number (1937)
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950)
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Idol of the Crowds (1937)
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Relentless (1948)
as Dad
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
as Mr. Quill
Lucky Jordan (1942)
as Gas Station Attendant
Moonrise (1948)
as Coroner
Loaded Pistols (1948)
as Jim Hedge
She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Eli Potter
Way Down East (1935)
as Doc Wiggin
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
as Mr. Edwards
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955)
as Captain Cobb
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as 'Cap' Finch
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
as Lem the Mailman
20 Mule Team (1940)
as Chuckawalla
Gold Raiders (1951)
as Doc Mason
Calling All Husbands (1940)
as Judge Todd
The Kansan (1943)
as Bridge-Tender
Big City (1937)
as Grandpa Sloane
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Benson
One Wild Night (1938)
as Deaf Man (uncredited)
The Millerson Case (1947)
as Sheriff Luke Akers
Wyoming (1940)
as Pa McKinley
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
as Capt. Bjorn
Mountain Music (1937)
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Young Fugitives (1938)
as Benjie Collins
Riding on Air (1937)
as Sheriff
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
as Mr. Smith
People on Paper (1945)
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Maisie (1939)
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
Lady Bodyguard (1943)
as Elmer Frawley
Captain Eddie (1945)
as Jabez
Deputy Marshal (1949)
as Doc Vinson
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Fly By Night (1942)
as Station Watchman
Every Sunday (1936)
as Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)
Silver City Bonanza (1951)
as Town Loafer
Yankee Fakir (1947)
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town (1939)
as Curdleface (uncredited)
Main Street Lawyer (1939)
as Zeke
Highway 13 (1948)
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Help Wanted (1939)
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Half a Sinner (1940)
as Snuffy
The Smiling Ghost (1941)
as Sexton at cemetery
Night Work (1939)
as Smokestack Smiley
Angel's Holiday (1937)
as Sheriff
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
Miracle Money (1938)
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Gallant Bess (1946)
as Smitty
The Phantom Rider (1936)
as Mr. Hudson
Mr. Chump (1938)
as Pop (uncredited)
Northward, Ho! (1940)
as Newspaper-reading skeptic