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