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Clem Bevans
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
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. Bev…
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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 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.
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1960
Thriller
TV show Obed
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Pete
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Jeb
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1958
Girl with an Itch
Movie Gramps
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1957
The Real McCoys
TV show
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1957
Maverick
TV show
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Capt. Hugo
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1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Movie Cap'n Cobb
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1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
Movie Captain Cobb
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1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie Prospector
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Stryker
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Fly
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1955
The Kentuckian
Movie Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
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1955
Ten Wanted Men
Movie Tod Grinnel
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1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV show Captain Cobb
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1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV show Kid Hooker
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1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie Amiel "Pop" Pruty
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1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie Jim Martin
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1952
Hangman's Knot
Movie Plunkett, the Station agent
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1952
Captive of Billy the Kid
Movie Skeeter Davis
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1951
Man in the Saddle
Movie Pay Lankershim
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1951
Gold Raiders
Movie Doc Mason
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1951
Silver City Bonanza
Movie Town Loafer
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1950
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Movie Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
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1950
Harvey
Movie Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
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1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Movie Mr. Edwards
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1949
Tell It to the Judge
Movie Alonzo K. Roogle
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1949
Deputy Marshal
Movie Doc Vinson
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1949
The Gal Who Took the West
Movie Hawley (as old Timer)
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1949
Rim of the Canyon
Movie Loco John
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1949
Streets of Laredo
Movie Pop Lint
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1949
Big Jack
Movie Saltlick Joe
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1948
Highway 13
Movie Bill 'Pops' Lacy
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1948
Portrait of Jennie
Movie Capt. Cobb
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1948
The Paleface
Movie Hank Billings
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1948
Loaded Pistols
Movie Jim Hedge
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1948
Moonrise
Movie Coroner
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1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Movie Capt. Bjorn
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1948
Relentless
Movie Dad
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1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie Ira Mackel
