Clem Bevans
Acting • Born 1880-10-16 – Died 1963-08-11
Biography
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.
Filmography
121 credits
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
Neilson
Captains of the Clouds
Movie • 1942
Store-Teeth Morrison
Undercover Doctor
Movie • 1939
Sam Whitmore
The Gal Who Took the West
Movie • 1949
Hawley (as old Timer)
Man in the Saddle
Movie • 1951
Pay Lankershim
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Ben Mattling
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
Zeke
The Human Comedy
Movie • 1943
Henderson
The Kansan
Movie • 1943
Bridge-Tender
The Paleface
Movie • 1948
Hank Billings
People on Paper
Movie • 1945
Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
The Yearling
Movie • 1946
Pa Forrester
Hangman's Knot
Movie • 1952
Plunkett, the Station agent
Outside These Walls
Movie • 1939
Smedley (uncredited)
The Smiling Ghost
Movie • 1941
Sexton at cemetery
The Millerson Case
Movie • 1947
Sheriff Luke Akers
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
Movie • 1955
Captain Cobb
Thunder Afloat
Movie • 1939
'Cap' Finch
The Cowboy Quarterback
Movie • 1939
Lem the Mailman
Highway 13
Movie • 1948
Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Of Human Hearts
Movie • 1938
Elder Massey
Streets of Laredo
Movie • 1949
Pop Lint
Help Wanted
Movie • 1939
H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Lucky Jordan
Movie • 1942
Gas Station Attendant
Happy Go Lucky
Movie • 1943
Mr. Smith
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie • 1955
Prospector
Moonrise
Movie • 1948
Coroner
Rim of the Canyon
Movie • 1949
Loco John
She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1940
Eli Potter
Mr. Chump
Movie • 1938
Pop (uncredited)
Big Jack
Movie • 1949
Saltlick Joe
Gold Raiders
Movie • 1951
Doc Mason
Deputy Marshal
Movie • 1949
Doc Vinson
Riding on Air
Movie • 1937
Sheriff
Wake Up and Dream
Movie • 1946
Henry Pecket
The Phantom Rider
Movie • 1936
Mr. Hudson
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Movie • 1948
Capt. Bjorn
Comet Over Broadway
Movie • 1938
Benson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Movie • 1938
Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Pacific Blackout
Movie • 1941
Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Mountain Music
Movie • 1937
Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Young Fugitives
Movie • 1938
Benjie Collins
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie • 1942
Mailman
Gallant Bess
Movie • 1946
Smitty
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Movie • 1942
Tadpole
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie • 1939
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
Movie • 1940
Snuffy
20 Mule Team
Movie • 1940
Chuckawalla
Harvey
Movie • 1950
Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Zenobia
Movie • 1939
Sheriff
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie • 1954
Amiel "Pop" Pruty
Way Down East
Movie • 1935
Doc Wiggin
Granny Get Your Gun
Movie • 1940
Smokey
Captive of Billy the Kid
Movie • 1952
Skeeter Davis
Calling All Husbands
Movie • 1940
Judge Todd
Stand Up and Fight
Movie • 1939
Bum in jail
King of the Underworld
Movie • 1939
Villager #3 (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Jimmy Barzek
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie • 1939
Postman (uncredited)
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Charley (uncredited)
Hell's Kitchen
Movie • 1939
Mr. Quill
Northward, Ho!
Movie • 1940
Newspaper-reading skeptic
Untamed
Movie • 1940
"Smokey" Moseby
Girl with an Itch
Movie • 1958
Gramps
I'll Tell the World
Movie • 1939
Grandpa Burton
Miracle Money
Movie • 1938
Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Texas
Movie • 1941
Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Maisie
Movie • 1939
Station Agent (Uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
Movie • 1947
Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
Young Tom Edison
Movie • 1940
Mr. Waddell
The Forest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Terry McCabe
The Parson of Panamint
Movie • 1941
Crabapple Jones
Main Street Lawyer
Movie • 1939
Zeke
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie • 1947
Ira Mackel
This Gun for Hire
Movie • 1942
Scissor Grinder
Grissly's Millions
Movie • 1945
Old Tom
Wyoming
Movie • 1940
Pa McKinley
Go West
Movie • 1940
Railroad Official
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie • 1953
Jim Martin
The Captain is a Lady
Movie • 1940
Samuel Darby
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie • 1940
Driver (Uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Movie • 1956
Cap'n Cobb
Topper
Movie • 1937
Board Member (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range
Movie • 1936
Gila Bend
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Movie • 1950
Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Silver City Bonanza
Movie • 1951
Town Loafer
Loaded Pistols
Movie • 1948
Jim Hedge
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Movie • 1939
Henry - Baggage Man
The Woman of the Town
Movie • 1943
Buffalo Burns
Relentless
Movie • 1948
Dad
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
Tod Grinnel
Angel's Holiday
Movie • 1937
Sheriff
Dangerous Number
Movie • 1937
Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Lady Bodyguard
Movie • 1943
Elmer Frawley
Idol of the Crowds
Movie • 1937
Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Big City
Movie • 1937
Grandpa Sloane
Fly By Night
Movie • 1942
Station Watchman
Night Work
Movie • 1939
Smokestack Smiley
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Movie • 1939
Curdleface (uncredited)
Portrait of Jennie
Movie • 1948
Capt. Cobb
Gold Rush Maisie
Movie • 1940
'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
Girl from God's Country
Movie • 1940
Ben
Captain Eddie
Movie • 1945
Jabez
Tall in the Saddle
Movie • 1944
Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Kentuckian
Movie • 1955
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Tell It to the Judge
Movie • 1949
Alonzo K. Roogle
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Movie • 1950
Mr. Edwards
Ambush
Movie • 1939
Pop Stebbins
Every Sunday
Movie • 1936
Man playing checkers
The President's Mystery
Movie • 1936
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Capt. Hugo
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Fly
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Pete
Thriller
TV • 1960
Obed
Maverick
TV • 1957
Thriller
TV • 1960
The Old Gaffer
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Captain Cobb
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV • 1954
Kid Hooker
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Stryker