Philip Leaver
Samuel Philip Leaver (born July 11, 1904 in London , † 1981 in Palma de Mallorca ) was a British character actor in theater, film and television. He became known from the 1930s to the 1960s for his roles in films such as A Lady Disappears , Hoffmann's Tales , A City Seeks a Murderer or The Doctor and the Devil . In addition to his acting career, he also worked as a playwright .
life and career
Philip Leaver, born in London in 1904, studied at the traditional London drama school of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after attending St. Pauls School . He gave his first stage performance in 1924 under the stage name Philip Brandon. In 1926 he appeared in the stage play The Constant Nymph and in 1931 as a medium Hubert Capes in the satirical play The World of Light by Aldous Huxley .
On screen he made his film debut in 1938 in Reginald Denham's thriller Kate Plus Ten . In the same year, the director Alfred Hitchcock cast him in his successful crime comedy A Lady disappears in the role of the illusionist Signor Doppo. From 1938 to 1960 more than 20 other cinema appearances followed, including in Walter Forde's crime film Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday or in Godfrey Grayson's mystery film Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress . In 1951 Leaver starred in the literary film adaptation of Hoffmann's Tales, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger . In 1959 he stood for the directors Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for the Jack the Ripper film A City Seeks a Murderer in front of the camera. In 1960 he had his last cinema appearance in the horror film The Doctor and the Devils by director John Gilling .
Philip Leaver had already turned to television as early as 1947. He was also seen in episodes of successful British series since the early 1950s. His appearances in the new medium included the BBC Sunday Night Theater (1952-1958), Sherlock Holmes (1955), Sailor of Fortune (1956-1957), Crime Sheet (1959), The Invisible (1959) and Z Cars (1963) ).
In addition to his work as an actor, Philip Leaver was also active as a playwright . In 1946 he released his play Sweet Yesterday , a musical romance in three acts with lyrics by James Dyrenforth and Max Kester.
literature
- Philip Leaver. In: Lawrence Hass, Francesca Coppa, James Peck: Performing Magic on the Western Stage. , Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, p. 76.
Publications
- 1946: Sweet Yesterday (play in three acts)
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1938: Kate Plus Ten
- 1938: A Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes)
- 1938: This Man Is News
- 1938: Climbing High
- 1938: Keep Smiling
- 1938: Too Many Husbands
- 1939: Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
- 1940: Where's That Fire?
- 1942: Alibi
- 1943: The Silver Fleet
- 1949: Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
- 1951: Five Girls and One Man (A Tale of Five Cities)
- 1951: Tales of Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
- 1952: Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
- 1953: Martin Luther
- 1953: Spaceways
- 1954: John Wesley
- 1954: Tale of Three Women
- 1956: The Gamma People
- 1957: The Key Man
- 1957: Man in the Shadow
- 1957: The Truth About Women
- 1958: The Duke Wore Jeans
- 1959: A City Is Looking For A Killer (Jack the Ripper)
- 1960: The Flesh and the Fiends
watch TV
- 1947: The Green Pack (TV movie)
- 1948: I Killed the Count (TV movie)
- 1952–1958: BBC Sunday-Night Theater (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1953: Epitaph for a Spy (TV miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 1955: Sherlock Holmes (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1956: Lilli Palmer Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1956: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1956–1957: Sailor of Fortune (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1957: Assignment Foreign Legion (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: Crime Sheet (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: Nick of the River (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: The Invisible Man (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: The Third Man (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: No Hiding Place (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: International Detective (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1959: Knight Errant Limited (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1963: Z Cars (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philip Leaver. In: John Parker: Who's who in the Theater, Volume 3. , Pitman, 1956, p. 903.
- ↑ Philip Leaver. In: Thomas Leitch, Leland Poague: A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock. , John Wiley & Sons, 2011, p. 104.
- ↑ Philip Leaver. In: The Play Pictorial, volumes 64-66. , Greening & Company, Limited, 1934, p. 112.
- ↑ Philip Leaver. In: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1947. , Library of Congress, 1947, p. 314.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leaver, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leaver, Samuel Philip (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor in theater and film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1981 |
| Place of death | Palma de Mallorca |