Clem Bevans

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-10-16 (83 years old)

Deathday

1963-08-11

Place of Birth

Cozaddale, Ohio, USA

Clem 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 ...

Acting

1942

Saboteur

as Neilson

1942

Captains of the Clouds

as Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison

1939

Undercover Doctor

as Sam Whitmore

1949

The Gal Who Took the West

as Hawley (as old Timer)

1951

Man in the Saddle

as Pay Lankershim

1940

1941

1943

The Human Comedy

as Henderson

1943

The Kansan

as Bridge-Tender

1948

The Paleface

as Hank Billings

1945

People on Paper

as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)

1946

The Yearling

as Pa Forrester

1952

Hangman's Knot

as Plunkett, the Station agent

1939

Outside These Walls

as Smedley (uncredited)

1941

The Smiling Ghost

as Sexton at cemetery

1947

The Millerson Case

as Sheriff Luke Akers

1939

Thunder Afloat

as 'Cap' Finch

1939

The Cowboy Quarterback

as Lem the Mailman

1948

Highway 13

as Bill 'Pops' Lacy

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Elder Massey

1949

1939

Help Wanted

as H.L. (Pop) Daniels

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Gas Station Attendant

1943

Happy Go Lucky

as Mr. Smith

1955

1948

Moonrise

as Coroner

1949

Rim of the Canyon

as Loco John

1940

She Couldn't Say No

as Eli Potter

1938

Mr. Chump

as Pop (uncredited)

1949

Big Jack

as Saltlick Joe

1951

Gold Raiders

as Doc Mason

1949

Deputy Marshal

as Doc Vinson

1937

Riding on Air

as Sheriff

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as Henry Pecket

1936

The Phantom Rider

as Mr. Hudson

1948

1938

1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum

1941

Pacific Blackout

as Midas Plant Night-Watchman

1937

Mountain Music

as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)

1938

Young Fugitives

as Benjie Collins

1946

Gallant Bess

as Smitty

1939

They Made Me a Criminal

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

1940

Half a Sinner

as Snuffy

1940

20 Mule Team

as Chuckawalla

1950

Harvey

as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer

1938

One Wild Night

as Deaf Man (uncredited)

1939

Zenobia

as Sheriff

1954

The Boy from Oklahoma

as Amiel "Pop" Pruty

1935

Way Down East

as Doc Wiggin

1940

1952

Captive of Billy the Kid

as Skeeter Davis

1940

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Bum in jail

1939

King of the Underworld

as Villager #3 (uncredited)

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Jimmy Barzek

1939

The Oklahoma Kid

as Postman (uncredited)

1939

Dodge City

as Charley (uncredited)

1939

Hell's Kitchen

as Mr. Quill

1940

Northward, Ho!

as Newspaper-reading skeptic

1940

Untamed

as "Smokey" Moseby

1958

1939

I'll Tell the World

as Grandpa Burton

1938

Miracle Money

as Mr. Greene (uncredited)

1941

Texas

as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1939

Maisie

as Station Agent (Uncredited)

1947

Yankee Fakir

as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")

1940

Young Tom Edison

as Mr. Waddell

1942

The Forest Rangers

as Terry McCabe

1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Crabapple Jones

1947

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Scissor Grinder

1945

1940

Wyoming

as Pa McKinley

1940

Go West

as Railroad Official

1953

1940

The Captain Is a Lady

as Samuel Darby

1940

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Driver (Uncredited)

1937

Topper

as Board Member (uncredited)

1936

1950

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley

1951

Silver City Bonanza

as Town Loafer

1948

Loaded Pistols

as Jim Hedge

1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Henry - Baggage Man

1943

The Woman of the Town

as Buffalo Burns

1948

1955

Ten Wanted Men

as Tod Grinnel

1937

Angel's Holiday

as Sheriff

1937

Dangerous Number

as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)

1943

Lady Bodyguard

as Elmer Frawley

1937

Idol of the Crowds

as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)

1937

Big City

as Grandpa Sloane

1942

Fly By Night

as Station Watchman

1939

Night Work

as Smokestack Smiley

1939

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

as Curdleface (uncredited)

1948

Portrait of Jennie

as Capt. Cobb

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)

1945

1944

Tall in the Saddle

as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)

1955

The Kentuckian

as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

1949

Tell It to the Judge

as Alonzo K. Roogle

1950

1939

Ambush

as Pop Stebbins

1936

Every Sunday

as Man playing checkers

1936

The President's Mystery

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

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