Billy Bevan
Known for Acting · 202 credits
- Born
- 1887-09-29
- Died
- 1957-11-26
- Place of birth
- Orange, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as
- William Bevan · Bill Bevans · Billy Bevin · Bill Bivin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950.
Bevan was born in the country town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He went on the stage at an early age, traveled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera, performing as Willie Bevan. He sailed to America with the Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company in 1912 and later toured Canada. Bevan broke into films with the Sigmund Lubin studio in 1916. When the company disbanded, Bevan became a supporting actor in Mack Sennett movie comedies. An expressive pantomimist, Bevan's quiet scene-stealing attracted attention, and by 1922 Bevan was a Sennett star. He supplemented his income, however, by establishing a citrus and avocado farm at Escondido, California.
Usually filmed wearing a derby hat and a drooping mustache, Bevan may not have possessed an indelible screen character like Charlie Chaplin but he had a friendly, funny presence in the frantic Sennett comedies. Much of the comedy depended on Bevan's skilled timing and reactions; the famous "oyster" routine performed on film by Curly Howard, Lou Costello, and Huntz Hall—in which a bowl of "fresh oyster stew" shows alarming signs of life and battles the guy trying to eat it—was originated on film decades earlier by Bevan in the short film Wandering Willies.
By the mid-1920s Bevan was often teamed with Andy Clyde; Clyde soon graduated to his own starring series. The late 1920s found Bevan playing in wild marital farces for Sennett.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (201)
Rebecca
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
1943
as Bookie (uncredited)
Another Dawn
1937
as Pvt. Hawkins
Peacock Alley
1930
as Walter
Mystery Woman
1935
as Jepson
Suspicion
1941
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Married Life
1920
as Hospital Staff / Janitor (uncredited)
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Joe (uncredited)
Terror by Night
1946
as Conductor Taking Tickets
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Malvolio Jones
Uncle Jake
1933
as Uncle Jake
Be Reasonable
1921
as A Rolling Stone
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Whispering Whiskers
1926
as The Drifter
The Secret Garden
1949
as Barney
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Jim (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
1932
as Joseph Sedley
Stingaree
1934
as Mac
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Cabby (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Puritan Vendor (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Mr. Weller
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Hale
Musclebound Music
1926
as Billy Hornby
Dracula's Daughter
1936
as Albert
National Velvet
1945
as Constable (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Joe
The Pearl of Death
1944
as Constable With Food Tray (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Billy Bragg
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Two of Spades (uncredited)
Pink Pajamas
1929
as Billy Brooks
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Soldier on the Make (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Cavalcade
1933
as George Grainger
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Street Watch Leader
Galloping Bungalows
1924
as John Syrup Soother
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as Customs Official
This Above All
1942
as Farmer
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Messenger
The Return of the Vampire
1943
as Horace (uncredited)
Penny Serenade
1941
as McDougal (uncredited)
Giddap!
1925
as Gaspard De Brie
Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
1926
as Pete
Distilled Love
1920
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Song and Dance Man
1936
as Curtis
The Golf Nut
1927
as Billy Divott
The Lodger
1944
Devotion
1946
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
She Whoops To Conquer
1933
Blond Cheat
1938
as Bartender (uncredited)
Cluny Brown
1946
as Uncle Arn Porritt
Nip and Tuck
1923
as Sailor
Forever and a Day
1943
as Wartime Cabby
Love, Honor and Behave
1920
as A Fake Lawyer
The Best Man
1928
as Best Man
Me and My Gal
1932
as Ashley, Arguing Drunk (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Jerry Cruncher
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Nick
The Last Outpost
1935
as Private Foster
Fight Night
1926
as Walter Moore
The Spot on the Rug
1932
as Gerald J. Fitzgerald
Luxury Liner
1933
as Schultz
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Innkeeper
It Had to Be You
1947
as Evans
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Mr. Bindle
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Phillips
Love and Doughnuts
1921
as The Burglar
Counter-Espionage
1942
as George Barrow
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Will Swallow
Monte Carlo
1930
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Her Rustic Romeo
1918
Slave Ship
1937
as Atkins
The Beach Club
1928
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as Cabbie (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Castle Guide
Don't Get Jealous
1929
as Billy Blake
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aquarium Guard
Pirates of the Air
1916
as The Bartender
The Big Squeal
1933
as Jake Burke
Born to Love
1931
as Departing British Soldier (uncredited)
Private Number
1936
as Frederick
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Will Scarlet
One More River
1934
as Cloakroom Attendant
The Lion's Whiskers
1925
as Otto Klutch
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
Pop's Pal
1933
as Grandpa
Gold Digger of Weepah
1927
as The Barber
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
Easy Pickings
1927
as The Detective
A Small Town Princess
1927
as Joe Whiffet
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938
as Gallicuddy
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Douglas (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Stage Doorman
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Detective #2 (uncredited)
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Plug Hat
Gertie's Gasoline Glide
1916
as The Minister
Captain Fury
1939
as Duffy
The Black Arrow
1948
as Dungeon Keeper
One Cylinder Love
1923
as The Bachelor's Butler / Chauffeur / Footman
The Trespasser
1929
as Reporter (uncredited)
High Voltage
1929
as Gus Jones
Too Much Harmony
1933
as Stage Director
Bombs and Bandits
1917
as The Chief of Police
Off His Trolley
1924
as The Traffic Cop
London Blackout Murders
1943
as Air Raid Warden
The Wrong Road
1937
as McLean
We Are Not Alone
1939
as Mr. Jones
East of the Water Plug
1924
as The Sheriff
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Winston, Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
Black Sheep
1935
as Alfred
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
as Constable Billy Barnes
Shining Victory
1941
as Chivers
Around the Town: British Film Stars and Studios
1921
as Himself
Looking Forward
1933
as Mr. Barker
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Man in Hotel Room
Chances
1931
as Cuthbert (uncredited)
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
Transatlantic
1931
as Hodgkins
Shock
1934
as Meadows
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Cockney (uncredited)
About Billy Bevan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950. Bevan was born in the country town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He went on the stage at an early age, traveled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera, performing as Willie Bevan. He sailed to America with the Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company in 1912 and later toured Canad… With 202 credits spanning from 1916 to 1963, Billy Bevan has appeared in 201 films and 1 TV show.
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- Rebecca (1940) — as Policeman (uncredited)
- Jane Eyre (1943) — as Bookie (uncredited)
- Another Dawn (1937) — as Pvt. Hawkins
- Peacock Alley (1930) — as Walter
- Mystery Woman (1935) — as Jepson
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