Clem Bevans
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1880-10-16
- Died
- 1963-08-11
- Place of birth
- Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Clement Guy Blevins · Clem Bevins · Clem Guy 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
TV Shows (10)
Perry Mason
1957
as Capt. Hugo
Bonanza
1959
as Jeb
Maverick
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Pete
Thriller
1960
as Obed / The Old Gaffer
Gunsmoke
1955
as Fly
The Real McCoys
1957
as Floyd Armbruster
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Stryker
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
as Kid Hooker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Cobb
Movies (111)
Sergeant York
1941
as Zeke
Harvey
1950
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Saboteur
1942
as Neilson
Texas
1941
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Scissor Grinder
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Capt. Cobb
Moonrise
1948
as Coroner
Dodge City
1939
as Charley (uncredited)
Topper
1937
as Board Member (uncredited)
The Kentuckian
1955
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
Relentless
1948
as Dad
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Capt. Bjorn
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Jimmy Barzek
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jim Martin
The Yearling
1946
as Pa Forrester
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
as Postman (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Cap'n Cobb
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Elder Massey
King of the Underworld
1939
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
The Gal Who Took the West
1949
as Hawley (as old Timer)
Rhythm on the Range
1936
as Gila Bend
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mr. Waddell
The President's Mystery
1936
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Tod Grinnel
Go West
1940
as Railroad Official
The Paleface
1948
as Hank Billings
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Pop Lint
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Store-Teeth Morrison
The Human Comedy
1943
as Henderson
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Plunkett, the Station agent
Zenobia
1939
as Sheriff
Man in the Saddle
1951
as Pay Lankershim
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Ira Mackel
Way Down East
1935
as Doc Wiggin
Young Fugitives
1938
as Benjie Collins
20 Mule Team
1940
as Chuckawalla
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Old Tom
Rim of the Canyon
1949
as Loco John
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Ben Mattling
Fly By Night
1942
as Station Watchman
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Deputy Marshal
1949
as Doc Vinson
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
as Tadpole
Untamed
1940
as "Smokey" Moseby
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Benson
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Gas Station Attendant
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Henry - Baggage Man
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
Maisie
1939
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
The Captain is a Lady
1940
as Samuel Darby
Every Sunday
1936
as Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Eli Potter
Hell's Kitchen
1939
as Mr. Quill
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Bum in jail
Thunder Afloat
1939
as 'Cap' Finch
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Sam Whitmore
The Kansan
1943
as Bridge-Tender
The Millerson Case
1947
as Sheriff Luke Akers
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Sheriff
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Crabapple Jones
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
as Lem the Mailman
Yankee Fakir
1947
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
Big City
1937
as Grandpa Sloane
The Phantom Rider
1936
as Mr. Hudson
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Alonzo K. Roogle
One Wild Night
1938
as Deaf Man (uncredited)
Idol of the Crowds
1937
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Night Work
1939
as Smokestack Smiley
Calling All Husbands
1940
as Judge Todd
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Terry McCabe
Half a Sinner
1940
as Snuffy
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950
as Mr. Edwards
Lady Bodyguard
1943
as Elmer Frawley
Northward, Ho!
1940
as Newspaper-reading skeptic
Ambush
1939
as Pop Stebbins
The Woman of the Town
1943
as Buffalo Burns
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Henry Pecket
Captain Eddie
1945
as Jabez
The Smiling Ghost
1941
as Sexton at cemetery
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as Zeke
Outside These Walls
1939
as Smedley (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mailman
Dangerous Number
1937
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939
as Curdleface (uncredited)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Prospector
Gallant Bess
1946
as Smitty
Mountain Music
1937
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
as Captain Cobb
Big Jack
1949
as Saltlick Joe
Girl from God's Country
1940
as Ben
Silver City Bonanza
1951
as Town Loafer
Highway 13
1948
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Loaded Pistols
1948
as Jim Hedge
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Captive of Billy the Kid
1952
as Skeeter Davis
Wyoming
1940
as Pa McKinley
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
as Smokey
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
as Driver (Uncredited)
Riding on Air
1937
as Sheriff
Happy Go Lucky
1943
as Mr. Smith
Gold Raiders
1951
as Doc Mason
Mr. Chump
1938
as Pop (uncredited)
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
People on Paper
1945
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Miracle Money
1938
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Girl with an Itch
1958
as Gramps
Help Wanted
1939
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
I'll Tell the World
1939
as Grandpa Burton
About Clem Bevans
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 P… With 121 credits spanning from 1935 to 1960, Clem Bevans has appeared in 111 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Sergeant York (1941) — as Zeke
- Harvey (1950) — as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
- Saboteur (1942) — as Neilson
- Texas (1941) — as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- This Gun for Hire (1942) — as Scissor Grinder
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