Evan Thomas
Acting • Born 1891-02-17 – Died 1982-01-01
Biography
From Wikipedia Evan Thomas, also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career in England, in Lady Windermere's Fan, written by Oscar Wilde. Born Elystan Owen Evan Thomas in Vancouver, he appeared in silent films in Great Britain. Starting in 1930, he worked in both Hollywood and England beginning in 1930, before returning permanently to the British film industry after 1946. Over his fifty-year career, he would appear in dozens of films, usually in small roles, although he did have several featured performances, as in 1928's Warned Off, and 1935's Lend Me Your Husband.
Filmography
37 credits
Mrs. Dane's Defence
Movie • 1933
James Risby
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Movie • 1938
Smith
The Girl from Maxim's
Movie • 1933
Lieutenant Corrignon
Lend Me Your Husband
Movie • 1935
Tony
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Movie • 1938
Sergeant
O.H.M.S.
Movie • 1937
General
The Blonde from Singapore
Movie • 1941
For Valour
Movie • 1937
Prison Governor
The Little Princess
Movie • 1939
Doctor
Drums of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1940
Maj. Carlton
Kidnapped
Movie • 1938
Sergeant
Wisp o' the Woods
Movie • 1919
Richard Blake
British Intelligence
Movie • 1939
Maj. Andrews
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Capt. Gower
The High Command
Movie • 1937
Chief Justice
Ask Beccles
Movie • 1933
Sir Frederick Boyne
Inside the Lines
Movie • 1930
Major Bishop
My Name Is Julia Ross
Movie • 1945
Dr. Keller (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Movie • 1944
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Movie • 1941
Plant Heavy 9
Lady Windermere's Fan
Movie • 1916
Cecil Graham
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Movie • 1941
Commander
Warned Off
Movie • 1930
Colonel Cornwallis
Women Who Play
Movie • 1932
Willie
Tin Gods
Movie • 1932
Robert Staveley
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Sir Harry Smith
Lord Jeff
Movie • 1938
Captain Wilson
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie • 1946
Ship's Doctor
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
Officer (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Movie • 1938
Constable
Frenchman's Creek
Movie • 1944
Robert Penrose (uncredited)
Kitty
Movie • 1945
Chaplain (uncredited)
Children Galore
Movie • 1955
Lord Redscarfe
The Saint
TV • 1962
Dr. Beamish
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Mr Marshall
Out of This World
TV • 1962
Furrier