Clifford Evans

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Clifford Evans

Clifford George Evans (born February 17, 1912 in Senghenydd , Wales , United Kingdom , † June 9, 1985 in Shropshire ) was a British actor .

Life

Born in a Welsh village north of the capital Cardiff , Evans attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London as a teenager and made his debut in 1930 in the play 'The Witch'. Clifford Evans then went on tour and appeared in plays such as 'The Distaff Side' (1934), 'Hamlet' (1936) and 'Ghosts' (1937) since September 1934. The strong, tall and in his (later film) roles mostly determined and grim-looking actor made a name for himself on stage with Shakespeare performances in particular, but also appeared in plays by other English-speaking authors (such as George Bernard Shaw's 'The Doctor's Dilemma') with.

Regularly present in film since the mid-1930s, Evans was made to play mostly tough, hard-boiled types, including rough police inspectors such as in the Eddie Constantine flick " Thick Air and Hot Love ". With his Quaker William Penn in the historical drama "The Governor of Pennsylvania" Evans had received his most famous and complex film lead role at the beginning of 1941. In 1949 he wrote the story submission to the Welsh rugby comedy " fight for money " (A Run for Your Money).

At the beginning of the 1960s, after a long period of time, the Welshman was given two leading roles again, this time in horror films by Hammer Productions : In the werewolf horror " The Curse of Siniestro " , Evans played the Spanish country nobility Don Alfredo Carido, in the horror fairy " The Kiss of the Vampire." “ The Bavarian Professor Zimmer experimenting with bats. Immediately afterwards, Clifford Evans set out on a great treasure hunt in southern climes as the Viking King Harald Richard Widmark in the adventure story " Raubzug der Vikings " .

In later years, Clifford Evans found ample preoccupation with guest roles in British television productions. He has also co-produced and / or written a number of series including 'The Inheritors', 'Memories of Xmas', 'Strife', 'Child's Play', 'Sing the Lord', 'Jethrow', Sing to the Land and Where There's a Will, his last work aired in 1984.

Filmography

as an actor in movies, unless otherwise stated

  • 1935: The River House Mystery
  • 1936: The Tenth Man
  • 1936: Ourselves Alone
  • 1936: Calling the Tune
  • 1937: Mademoiselle Docteur
  • 1937: The Mutiny of the Elsinore
  • 1937: 13 Men and a Gun
  • 1938: Luck of the Navy
  • 1939: His Brother's Keeper
  • 1939: At the Villa Rose
  • 1939: The Proud Valley
  • 1939: The House of the Arrow
  • 1940: Fingers
  • 1940: Love on the Dole
  • 1940: Freedom Radio
  • 1941: The Governor of Pennsylvania ( Penn of Pennsylvania )
  • 1941: The Saint Meets the Tiger
  • 1941: A Dangerous Business ( The Foreman Went to France )
  • 1942: It's about $ 50,000 ( Suspected Person )
  • 1943: The Flemish Farm
  • 1946: The Silver Darlings (also co-director)
  • 1947: While I Live
  • 1947: Don Giovanni (producer of this TV film)
  • 1949: The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
  • 1952: Warning, kidnapping ( Escape Route )
  • 1952: Valley of Song
  • 1953: The Straw Man
  • 1953: Solution by Phone
  • 1954: Treffpunkt Palette ( The Gilded Cage )
  • 1956: Jaguar packs up ( Passport to Treason )
  • 1956: cries of fear ( At the Stroke of Nine )
  • 1956: Face in the Night
  • 1957: The Heart Within
  • 1957: Children of the Street ( Violent Playground )
  • 1959: Big Air and Hot Love ( SOS Pacific )
  • 1960: The Curse of the Werewolf ( The Curse of the Werewolf )
  • 1962: The Kiss of the Vampire ( Kiss of the Vampire )
  • 1963: The Viking Raid ( The Long Ships )
  • 1965–69: The Power Game (TV series)
  • 1967: Twist of Sand
  • 1969: One Brief Summer
  • 1970: Codename (TV series)
  • 1972: Jason King (two episodes)
  • 1974: The Inheritors (producer on television series)
  • 1977: Kilvert's Diary (two episodes of the TV series)
  • 1978: Dylan (TV movie)

literature

  • International Television Almanac 1985, 30th Edition, Quigley Publishing Co. Inc, New York & London. P. 80
  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, 4th Edition. Revised by Fred Klein & Ronald Dean Nolen, p. 429, New York 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to death records for England and Wales. Other sources name Welshpool and Shrewsbury
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Clifford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Clifford George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Senghenydd , Wales , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1985
Place of death Shropshire