Acting
119
Man
16 Oct 1880
11 Aug 1963 (82)
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
Clem Bevans
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Thriller | Obed |
| 1960 | Thriller | The Old Gaffer |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Pete |
| 1958 | Girl with an Itch | Gramps |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Capt. Hugo |
| 1957 | Maverick | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Cap'n Cobb |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Fly |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Riverboat Captain (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Tod Grinnel |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race | Captain Cobb |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Prospector |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Captain Cobb |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Kid Hooker |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Amiel "Pop" Pruty |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jim Martin |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Plunkett, the Station agent |
| 1952 | Captive of Billy the Kid | Skeeter Davis |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle | Pay Lankershim |
| 1951 | Gold Raiders | Doc Mason |
| 1951 | Silver City Bonanza | Town Loafer |
| 1950 | Harvey | Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Mr. Edwards |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Pop Lint |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Hawley (as old Timer) |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Alonzo K. Roogle |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Loco John |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Doc Vinson |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Saltlick Joe |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Capt. Cobb |
| 1948 | Moonrise | Coroner |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Hank Billings |
| 1948 | Highway 13 | Bill 'Pops' Lacy |
| 1948 | Relentless | Dad |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Jim Hedge |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Capt. Bjorn |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ira Mackel |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case | Sheriff Luke Akers |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis") |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Pa Forrester |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream | Henry Pecket |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Smitty |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Jabez |
| 1945 | People on Paper | Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Old Tom |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Card Game Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Henderson |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Bridge-Tender |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Buffalo Burns |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Elmer Frawley |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Mr. Smith |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Neilson |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Scissor Grinder |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Tadpole |
| 1942 | Fly-By-Night | Station Watchman |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Gas Station Attendant |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mailman |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Terry McCabe |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Zeke |
| 1941 | Texas | Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Sexton at cemetery |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Midas Plant Night-Watchman |
| 1941 | The Parson of Panamint | Crabapple Jones |
| 1940 | Go West | Railroad Official |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Ben Mattling |
| 1940 | Half a Sinner | Snuffy |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Waddell |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Pa McKinley |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Chuckawalla |
| 1940 | Untamed | "Smokey" Moseby |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Eli Potter |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Judge Todd |
| 1940 | Northward, Ho! | Newspaper-reading skeptic |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Samuel Darby |
| 1940 | Girl from God's Country | Ben |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Charley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Ticket Taker (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Postman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Villager #3 (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Sheriff |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Jimmy Barzek |
| 1939 | Maisie | Station Agent (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | 'Cap' Finch |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Bum in jail |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Mr. Quill |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Sam Whitmore |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Lem the Mailman |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Henry - Baggage Man |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Smedley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Main Street Lawyer | Zeke |
| 1939 | Night Work | Smokestack Smiley |
| 1939 | Ambush | Pop Stebbins |
| 1939 | Help Wanted | H.L. (Pop) Daniels |
| 1939 | I'll Tell the World | Grandpa Burton |
| 1939 | Yankee Doodle Goes to Town | Curdleface (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Elder Massey |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum |
| 1938 | Miracle Money | Mr. Greene (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Benson |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Benjie Collins |
| 1938 | One Wild Night | Deaf Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump | Pop (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Topper | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend) |
| 1937 | Big City | Grandpa Sloane |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins) |
| 1937 | Riding on Air | Sheriff |
| 1937 | Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Sheriff |
| 1936 | Every Sunday | |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend |
| 1936 | The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Doc Wiggin |