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.
Series | Thriller | The Old Gaffer | 1960-09-13 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Pete | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Girl with an Itch | Gramps | 1958-11-12 |
Series | Perry Mason | Capt. Hugo | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Series | The Real McCoys | Unknown | 1957-10-03 |
Movie | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Cap'n Cobb | 1956-07-18 |
Movie | Ten Wanted Men | Tod Grinnel | 1955-02-01 |
Movie | The Kentuckian | Riverboat Captain (uncredited) | 1955-07-22 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Fly | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race | Captain Cobb | 1955-10-15 |
Movie | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Prospector | 1955-10-13 |
Movie | The Boy from Oklahoma | Amiel "Pop" Pruty | 1954-02-27 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Captain Cobb | 1954-10-27 |
Series | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Kid Hooker | 1954-10-15 |
Movie | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jim Martin | 1953-07-30 |
Movie | Captive of Billy the Kid | Skeeter Davis | 1952-01-21 |
Movie | Hangman's Knot | Plunkett, the Station agent | 1952-11-15 |
Movie | Silver City Bonanza | Town Loafer | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | Gold Raiders | Doc Mason | 1951-09-09 |
Movie | Man in the Saddle | Pay Lankershim | 1951-12-02 |
Movie | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Mr. Edwards | 1950-02-05 |
Movie | Harvey | Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer | 1950-12-04 |
Movie | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley | 1950-12-08 |
Movie | Big Jack | Saltlick Joe | 1949-04-12 |
Movie | Streets of Laredo | Pop Lint | 1949-05-27 |
Movie | Rim of the Canyon | Loco John | 1949-07-01 |
Movie | Tell It to the Judge | Alonzo K. Roogle | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | Deputy Marshal | Doc Vinson | 1949-10-28 |
Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Hawley (as old Timer) | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Capt. Bjorn | 1948-07-16 |
Movie | Relentless | Dad | 1948-06-15 |
Movie | Moonrise | Coroner | 1948-10-01 |
Movie | Loaded Pistols | Jim Hedge | 1948-12-15 |
Movie | Highway 13 | Bill 'Pops' Lacy | 1948-12-28 |
Movie | Portrait of Jennie | Capt. Cobb | 1948-12-25 |
Movie | The Paleface | Hank Billings | 1948-12-17 |
Movie | Yankee Fakir | Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis") | 1947-04-01 |
Movie | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ira Mackel | 1947-11-19 |
Movie | The Millerson Case | Sheriff Luke Akers | 1947-05-29 |
Movie | Wake Up and Dream | Henry Pecket | 1946-12-02 |
Movie | The Yearling | Pa Forrester | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | Gallant Bess | Smitty | 1946-12-05 |
Movie | Captain Eddie | Jabez | 1945-06-18 |
Movie | Grissly's Millions | Old Tom | 1945-01-16 |
Movie | People on Paper | Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited) | 1945-11-17 |
Movie | Tall in the Saddle | Card Game Spectator (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | Happy Go Lucky | Mr. Smith | 1943-01-04 |
Movie | Lady Bodyguard | Elmer Frawley | 1943-01-02 |
Movie | The Kansan | Bridge-Tender | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | The Human Comedy | Henderson | 1943-03-02 |
Movie | The Woman of the Town | Buffalo Burns | 1943-12-31 |
Movie | Saboteur | Neilson | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Fly-By-Night | Station Watchman | 1942-01-19 |
Movie | This Gun for Hire | Scissor Grinder | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Captains of the Clouds | Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison | 1942-02-12 |
Movie | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Tadpole | 1942-06-13 |
Movie | Lucky Jordan | Gas Station Attendant | 1942-11-16 |
Movie | The Forest Rangers | Terry McCabe | 1942-10-21 |
Movie | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mailman | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | The Parson of Panamint | Crabapple Jones | 1941-07-25 |
Movie | Sergeant York | Zeke | 1941-09-27 |
Movie | The Smiling Ghost | Sexton at cemetery | 1941-09-06 |
Movie | Texas | Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 1941-10-09 |
Movie | Pacific Blackout | Midas Plant Night-Watchman | 1941-12-31 |
Movie | Half a Sinner | Snuffy | 1940-04-05 |
Movie | 20 Mule Team | Chuckawalla | 1940-05-03 |
Movie | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Waddell | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey | 1940-02-10 |
Movie | Northward, Ho! | Newspaper-reading skeptic | 1940-02-10 |
Movie | The Captain Is a Lady | Samuel Darby | 1940-06-21 |
Movie | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Ben Mattling | 1940-02-22 |
Movie | Untamed | "Smokey" Moseby | 1940-07-24 |
Movie | Go West | Railroad Official | 1940-12-06 |
Movie | She Couldn't Say No | Eli Potter | 1940-12-07 |
Movie | Wyoming | Pa McKinley | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Driver (Uncredited) | 1940-11-01 |
Movie | Calling All Husbands | Judge Todd | 1940-09-07 |
Movie | Girl from God's Country | Ben | 1940-07-30 |
Movie | Gold Rush Maisie | 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | I'll Tell the World | Grandpa Burton | 1939-03-09 |
Movie | Dodge City | Charley (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Henry - Baggage Man | 1939-02-25 |
Movie | The Oklahoma Kid | Postman (uncredited) | 1939-03-11 |
Movie | King of the Underworld | Villager #3 (uncredited) | 1939-01-14 |
Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Bum in jail | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Zenobia | Sheriff | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | Ambush | Pop Stebbins | 1939-01-20 |
Movie | They Made Me a Criminal | Ticket Taker (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
Movie | Idiot's Delight | Jimmy Barzek | 1939-01-27 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle Goes to Town | Curdleface (uncredited) | 1939-06-17 |
Movie | Thunder Afloat | 'Cap' Finch | 1939-09-15 |
Movie | Main Street Lawyer | Zeke | 1939-11-02 |
Movie | Outside These Walls | Smedley (uncredited) | 1939-05-04 |
Movie | Night Work | Smokestack Smiley | 1939-08-04 |
Movie | The Cowboy Quarterback | Lem the Mailman | 1939-07-29 |
Movie | Undercover Doctor | Sam Whitmore | 1939-06-09 |
Movie | Maisie | Station Agent (Uncredited) | 1939-06-22 |
Movie | Help Wanted | H.L. (Pop) Daniels | 1939-06-10 |
Movie | Hell's Kitchen | Mr. Quill | 1939-07-08 |
Movie | Miracle Money | Mr. Greene (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Of Human Hearts | Elder Massey | 1938-02-11 |
Movie | Young Fugitives | Benjie Collins | 1938-06-30 |
Movie | One Wild Night | Deaf Man (uncredited) | 1938-06-02 |
Movie | Mr. Chump | Pop (uncredited) | 1938-08-08 |
Movie | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum | 1938-12-24 |
Movie | Comet Over Broadway | Benson | 1938-12-03 |
Movie | Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited) | 1937-06-18 |
Movie | Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend) | 1937-01-22 |
Movie | Angel's Holiday | Sheriff | 1937-06-07 |
Movie | Riding on Air | Sheriff | 1937-06-18 |
Movie | Topper | Board Member (uncredited) | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Idol of the Crowds | Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins) | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Big City | Grandpa Sloane | 1937-09-03 |
Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend | 1936-07-01 |
Movie | Every Sunday | 1936-11-28 | |
Movie | The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson | 1936-07-06 |
Movie | Way Down East | Doc Wiggin | 1935-10-25 |