Clem Bevans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 16, 1880
- Died
- Aug 11, 1963 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 121
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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
1960TV
Obed, The Old Gaffer
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Pete
Bonanza
1959TV
Jeb
Girl with an Itch
1958Movie
Gramps
The Real McCoys
1957TV
Floyd Armbruster
Maverick
1957TV
Perry Mason
1957TV
Capt. Hugo
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956Movie
Cap'n Cobb
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955Movie
Captain Cobb
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955Movie
Prospector
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Stryker
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Fly
The Kentuckian
1955Movie
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men
1955Movie
Tod Grinnel
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Captain Cobb
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954TV
Kid Hooker
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954Movie
Amiel "Pop" Pruty
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953Movie
Jim Martin
Hangman's Knot
1952Movie
Plunkett, the Station agent
Captive of Billy the Kid
1952Movie
Skeeter Davis
Man in the Saddle
1951Movie
Pay Lankershim
Gold Raiders
1951Movie
Doc Mason
Silver City Bonanza
1951Movie
Town Loafer
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950Movie
Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Harvey
1950Movie
Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950Movie
Mr. Edwards
Tell It to the Judge
1949Movie
Alonzo K. Roogle
Deputy Marshal
1949Movie
Doc Vinson
The Gal Who Took the West
1949Movie
Hawley (as old Timer)
Rim of the Canyon
1949Movie
Loco John
Streets of Laredo
1949Movie
Pop Lint
Big Jack
1949Movie
Saltlick Joe
Highway 13
1948Movie
Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Portrait of Jennie
1948Movie
Capt. Cobb
The Paleface
1948Movie
Hank Billings
Loaded Pistols
1948Movie
Jim Hedge
Moonrise
1948Movie
Coroner
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948Movie
Capt. Bjorn
Relentless
1948Movie
Dad
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947Movie
Ira Mackel
The Millerson Case
1947Movie
Sheriff Luke Akers
Yankee Fakir
1947Movie
Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
The Yearling
1946Movie
Pa Forrester
Gallant Bess
1946Movie
Smitty
Wake Up and Dream
1946Movie
Henry Pecket
People on Paper
1945Movie
Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Captain Eddie
1945Movie
Jabez
Grissly's Millions
1945Movie
Old Tom
Tall in the Saddle
1944Movie
Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
1943Movie
Buffalo Burns
The Kansan
1943Movie
Bridge-Tender
The Human Comedy
1943Movie
Henderson
Happy Go Lucky
1943Movie
Mr. Smith
Lady Bodyguard
1943Movie
Elmer Frawley
Lucky Jordan
1942Movie
Gas Station Attendant
The Forest Rangers
1942Movie
Terry McCabe
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942Movie
Mailman
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942Movie
Tadpole
This Gun for Hire
1942Movie
Scissor Grinder
Saboteur
1942Movie
Neilson
Captains of the Clouds
1942Movie
Store-Teeth Morrison
Fly By Night
1942Movie
Station Watchman
Pacific Blackout
1941Movie
Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Texas
1941Movie
Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941Movie
Zeke
The Smiling Ghost
1941Movie
Sexton at cemetery
The Parson of Panamint
1941Movie
Crabapple Jones
She Couldn't Say No
1940Movie
Eli Potter
Go West
1940Movie
Railroad Official (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940Movie
Driver (Uncredited)
Wyoming
1940Movie
Pa McKinley
Calling All Husbands
1940Movie
Judge Todd
Girl from God's Country
1940Movie
Ben
Gold Rush Maisie
1940Movie
'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
Untamed
1940Movie
"Smokey" Moseby
The Captain is a Lady
1940Movie
Samuel Darby
20 Mule Team
1940Movie
Chuckawalla
Half a Sinner
1940Movie
Snuffy
Young Tom Edison
1940Movie
Mr. Waddell
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940Movie
Ben Mattling
Granny Get Your Gun
1940Movie
Smokey
Northward, Ho!
1940Movie
Newspaper-reading skeptic
Main Street Lawyer
1939Movie
Zeke
Thunder Afloat
1939Movie
'Cap' Finch
Night Work
1939Movie
Smokestack Smiley
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939Movie
Lem the Mailman
Hell's Kitchen
1939Movie
Mr. Quill
Maisie
1939Movie
Station Agent (Uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939Movie
Curdleface (uncredited)
Help Wanted
1939Movie
H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Undercover Doctor
1939Movie
Sam Whitmore
Outside These Walls
1939Movie
Smedley (uncredited)
Zenobia
1939Movie
Sheriff
Dodge City
1939Movie
Charley (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid
1939Movie
Postman (uncredited)
I'll Tell the World
1939Movie
Grandpa Burton
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939Movie
Henry - Baggage Man
Idiot's Delight
1939Movie
Jimmy Barzek
They Made Me a Criminal
1939Movie
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ambush
1939Movie
Pop Stebbins
King of the Underworld
1939Movie
Villager #3 (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
1939Movie
Bum in jail
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938Movie
Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Comet Over Broadway
1938Movie
Benson
Mr. Chump
1938Movie
Pop (uncredited)
Young Fugitives
1938Movie
Benjie Collins
One Wild Night
1938Movie
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Miracle Money
1938Movie
Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Of Human Hearts
1938Movie
Elder Massey
Idol of the Crowds
1937Movie
Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Big City
1937Movie
Grandpa Sloane
Topper
1937Movie
Board Member (uncredited)
Riding on Air
1937Movie
Sheriff
Mountain Music
1937Movie
Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday
1937Movie
Sheriff
Dangerous Number
1937Movie
Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Every Sunday
1936Movie
Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
1936Movie
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Phantom Rider
1936Movie
Mr. Hudson
Rhythm on the Range
1936Movie
Gila Bend
Way Down East
1935Movie
Doc Wiggin