Clem Bevans

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Clem Bevans (born October 19, 1879 in Cozaddale , Ohio as Clement Guy Blevins , † August 11, 1963 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actor.

Live and act

Clem Bevans began his long show career in 1900 when he appeared in an act of vaudeville with Grace Emmett . He spent most of his career in the theater and over the next few decades played in burlesque , on Broadway and even in the comic opera. He made his film debut in 1935 with a supporting role in Henry King's drama Way Down East , when he was already 56 years old. After a few minor roles, he was able to establish himself as a character actor with films such as Of Human Hearts and Lord of the Wild West . In his career he worked mainly in westerns, including on the side of John Wayne and Randolph Scott . The actor with the bald head, the white hair and the long, wrinkled face mainly played somewhat curious and grumpy, but nevertheless amiable old men. He regularly played the role of grandfathers, sheriffs, farmers and backwoodsmen.

Occasionally, however, directors cast Bevans against his image, for example in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Saboteure (1942) as a rustic old man from the Wild West who is also a sinister Nazi spy. Bevan's career peaked in the 1940s with supporting roles in Oscar-winning , lavish films such as Sergeant York and The Wilderness Calls . In 1950 he was used in a small but distinctive role as porter Herman Shimelplatzer in the comedy My Friend Harvey . In the 1950s, Bevans let his career end with supporting roles in B-Westerns and guest roles on television. In 1962 he ended his career after 135 film and television appearances with an appearance on the television show of Loretta Young .

He died just a year later at the age of 83. He was buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood . Clem Bevans got his first marriage to Edith May Sketchley in 1905 and they had a daughter Edith (* 1908), but they later divorced. His second marriage to Lillian Luppee lasted from 1930 until his death, the couple adopted three children. Clem Bevan's younger sister was the actress Merie Earle (1889-1984), best known as Maude Gormley in The Waltons .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clem Bevans at Allmovie
  2. ↑ Clem Bevans at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Bevans, Clem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Cozaddale , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1963
Place of death Woodland Hills , California