Clem Bevans

Acting

October 16, 1880 – August 11, 1963 (died at 82)

Cozaddale, Ohio, USA

Male

111 Movies

12 TV Shows

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.

Saboteur

1942 6.9

as Neilson

Age 61 (now 82)

The Yearling

1946 6.7

as Pa Forrester

Age 66 (now 82)

Harvey

1950 7.7

as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer

Age 70 (now 82)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956 6.3

as Cap'n Cobb

Age 75 (now 82)

Sergeant York

1941 7.2

as Zeke

Age 60 (now 82)

Portrait of Jennie

1948 7.2

as Capt. Cobb

Age 68 (now 82)

The Paleface

1948 6.1

as Hank Billings

Age 68 (now 82)

Ten Wanted Men

1955 5.9

as Tod Grinnel

Age 74 (now 82)

Highway 13

1948 5.8

as Bill 'Pops' Lacy

Age 68 (now 82)

Hangman's Knot

1952 6.5

as Plunkett, the Station agent

Age 72 (now 82)

Topper

1937 6.7

as Board Member (uncredited)

Age 56 (now 82)

Tall in the Saddle

1944 6.6

as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)

Age 63 (now 82)

This Gun for Hire

1942 7.0

as Scissor Grinder

Age 61 (now 82)

Man in the Saddle

1951 6.5

as Pay Lankershim

Age 71 (now 82)

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953 5.5

as Jim Martin

Age 72 (now 82)

Captains of the Clouds

1942 6.5

as Store-Teeth Morrison

Age 61 (now 82)

Girl with an Itch

1958 5.3

as Gramps

Age 78 (now 82)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956 6.3

as Cap'n Cobb

Age 75 (now 82)

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955 7.0

as Captain Cobb

Age 75 (now 82)

The Twinkle In God's Eye

1955 7.5

as Prospector

Age 74 (now 82)

The Kentuckian

1955 5.8

as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

Age 74 (now 82)

Ten Wanted Men

1955 5.9

as Tod Grinnel

Age 74 (now 82)

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 5.7

as Amiel "Pop" Pruty

Age 73 (now 82)

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953 5.5

as Jim Martin

Age 72 (now 82)

Hangman's Knot

1952 6.5

as Plunkett, the Station agent

Age 72 (now 82)

Captive of Billy the Kid

1952 9.0

as Skeeter Davis

Age 71 (now 82)

Man in the Saddle

1951 6.5

as Pay Lankershim

Age 71 (now 82)

Gold Raiders

1951 6.6

as Doc Mason

Age 70 (now 82)

Silver City Bonanza

1951 8.0

as Town Loafer

Age 70 (now 82)

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

1950 7.0

as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley

Age 70 (now 82)

Harvey

1950 7.7

as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer

Age 70 (now 82)

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

1950 5.3

as Mr. Edwards

Age 69 (now 82)

Tell It to the Judge

1949 6.6

as Alonzo K. Roogle

Age 69 (now 82)

Deputy Marshal

1949 6.3

as Doc Vinson

Age 69 (now 82)

The Gal Who Took the West

1949 6.0

as Hawley (as old Timer)

Age 68 (now 82)

Rim of the Canyon

1949 5.2

as Loco John

Age 68 (now 82)

Streets of Laredo

1949 6.0

as Pop Lint

Age 68 (now 82)

Big Jack

1949 7.3

as Saltlick Joe

Age 68 (now 82)

Highway 13

1948 5.8

as Bill 'Pops' Lacy

Age 68 (now 82)

Portrait of Jennie

1948 7.2

as Capt. Cobb

Age 68 (now 82)

The Paleface

1948 6.1

as Hank Billings

Age 68 (now 82)

Loaded Pistols

1948 6.5

as Jim Hedge

Age 68 (now 82)

Moonrise

1948 6.3

as Coroner

Age 67 (now 82)

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948 5.8

as Capt. Bjorn

Age 67 (now 82)

Relentless

1948 6.4

as Dad

Age 67 (now 82)

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947 6.1

as Ira Mackel

Age 67 (now 82)

The Millerson Case

1947 5.9

as Sheriff Luke Akers

Age 66 (now 82)

Yankee Fakir

1947 6.0

as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")

Age 66 (now 82)

The Yearling

1946 6.7

as Pa Forrester

Age 66 (now 82)

Gallant Bess

1946 7.0

as Smitty

Age 66 (now 82)

Wake Up and Dream

1946 7.4

as Henry Pecket

Age 66 (now 82)

People on Paper

1945 6.5

as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)

Age 65 (now 82)

Captain Eddie

1945 7.3

as Jabez

Age 64 (now 82)

Grissly's Millions

1945 6.5

as Old Tom

Age 64 (now 82)

Tall in the Saddle

1944 6.6

as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)

Age 63 (now 82)

The Woman of the Town

1943 6.4

as Buffalo Burns

Age 63 (now 82)

The Kansan

1943 6.0

as Bridge-Tender

Age 62 (now 82)

The Human Comedy

1943 6.3

as Henderson

Age 62 (now 82)

Happy Go Lucky

1943 5.5

as Mr. Smith

Age 62 (now 82)

Lady Bodyguard

1943 6.0

as Elmer Frawley

Age 62 (now 82)

Lucky Jordan

1942 7.4

as Gas Station Attendant

Age 62 (now 82)

The Forest Rangers

1942 9.0

as Terry McCabe

Age 62 (now 82)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942 8.0

as Mailman

Age 61 (now 82)

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

1942 6.1

as Tadpole

Age 61 (now 82)

This Gun for Hire

1942 7.0

as Scissor Grinder

Age 61 (now 82)

Saboteur

1942 6.9

as Neilson

Age 61 (now 82)

Captains of the Clouds

1942 6.5

as Store-Teeth Morrison

Age 61 (now 82)

Fly By Night

1942 6.7

as Station Watchman

Age 61 (now 82)

Pacific Blackout

1941 6.5

as Midas Plant Night-Watchman

Age 61 (now 82)

Texas

1941 6.6

as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Age 60 (now 82)

Sergeant York

1941 7.2

as Zeke

Age 60 (now 82)

The Smiling Ghost

1941 6.8

as Sexton at cemetery

Age 60 (now 82)

The Parson of Panamint

1941 5.8

as Crabapple Jones

Age 60 (now 82)

She Couldn't Say No

1940 7.5

as Eli Potter

Age 60 (now 82)

Go West

1940 6.5

as Railroad Official

Age 60 (now 82)

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

1940 5.5

as Driver (Uncredited)

Age 60 (now 82)

Wyoming

1940 6.7

as Pa McKinley

Age 59 (now 82)

Calling All Husbands

1940 8.0

as Judge Todd

Age 59 (now 82)

Girl from God's Country

1940 9.0

as Ben

Age 59 (now 82)

Gold Rush Maisie

1940 6.8

as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)

Age 59 (now 82)

Untamed

1940 5.0

as "Smokey" Moseby

Age 59 (now 82)

The Captain is a Lady

1940 7.5

as Samuel Darby

Age 59 (now 82)

20 Mule Team

1940 6.6

as Chuckawalla

Age 59 (now 82)

Half a Sinner

1940 5.3

as Snuffy

Age 59 (now 82)

Young Tom Edison

1940 5.9

as Mr. Waddell

Age 59 (now 82)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940 6.9

as Ben Mattling

Age 59 (now 82)

Northward, Ho!

1940 7.5

as Newspaper-reading skeptic

Age 59 (now 82)

Granny Get Your Gun

1940 5.7

as Smokey

Age 59 (now 82)

Main Street Lawyer

1939 5.0

as Zeke

Age 59 (now 82)

Thunder Afloat

1939 6.1

as 'Cap' Finch

Age 58 (now 82)

Night Work

1939 8.5

as Smokestack Smiley

Age 58 (now 82)

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939 6.7

as Lem the Mailman

Age 58 (now 82)

Hell's Kitchen

1939 6.8

as Mr. Quill

Age 58 (now 82)

Maisie

1939 4.8

as Station Agent (Uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

1939 8.0

as Curdleface (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

Help Wanted

1939 7.0

as H.L. (Pop) Daniels

Age 58 (now 82)

Undercover Doctor

1939 6.7

as Sam Whitmore

Age 58 (now 82)

Outside These Walls

1939 8.8

as Smedley (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

Zenobia

1939 4.9

as Sheriff

Age 58 (now 82)

Dodge City

1939 6.9

as Charley (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

The Oklahoma Kid

1939 6.0

as Postman (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

I'll Tell the World

1939

as Grandpa Burton

Age 58 (now 82)

Yes, My Darling Daughter

1939 4.5

as Henry - Baggage Man

Age 58 (now 82)

Idiot's Delight

1939 6.1

as Jimmy Barzek

Age 58 (now 82)

They Made Me a Criminal

1939 6.3

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

Ambush

1939 6.0

as Pop Stebbins

Age 58 (now 82)

King of the Underworld

1939 6.5

as Villager #3 (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 82)

Stand Up and Fight

1939 6.0

as Bum in jail

Age 58 (now 82)

Tom Sawyer, Detective

1938 5.6

as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum

Age 58 (now 82)

Comet Over Broadway

1938 5.7

as Benson

Age 58 (now 82)

Mr. Chump

1938 10.0

as Pop (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 82)

Young Fugitives

1938 3.7

as Benjie Collins

Age 57 (now 82)

One Wild Night

1938 7.8

as Deaf Man (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 82)

Miracle Money

1938 6.0

as Mr. Greene (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 82)

Of Human Hearts

1938 5.9

as Elder Massey

Age 57 (now 82)

Idol of the Crowds

1937 5.1

as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)

Age 56 (now 82)

Big City

1937 7.7

as Grandpa Sloane

Age 56 (now 82)

Topper

1937 6.7

as Board Member (uncredited)

Age 56 (now 82)

Mountain Music

1937 6.0

as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)

Age 56 (now 82)

Riding on Air

1937 6.0

as Sheriff

Age 56 (now 82)

Angel's Holiday

1937 6.0

as Sheriff

Age 56 (now 82)

Dangerous Number

1937 4.9

as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)

Age 56 (now 82)

Every Sunday

1936 4.8

as Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)

Age 56 (now 82)

The President's Mystery

1936 5.8

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Age 55 (now 82)

The Phantom Rider

1936 7.0

as Mr. Hudson

Age 55 (now 82)

Rhythm on the Range

1936 5.5

as Gila Bend

Age 55 (now 82)

Way Down East

1935 4.3

as Doc Wiggin

Age 55 (now 82)