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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cozaddale, Ohio, USA, 1880-10-16

Died: 1963-08-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	Way Down East	Doc Wiggin	30
2	1936	Rhythm on the Range	Gila Bend	40
3	1936	The Phantom Rider	Mr. Hudson	0
4	1936	Every Sunday		38
5	1937	Dangerous Number	Monte Christo (Actor Friend)	50
6	1937	Angel's Holiday	Sheriff	55
7	1937	Riding on Air	Sheriff	50
8	1937	Mountain Music	Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)	65
9	1937	Topper	Board Member (uncredited)	67
10	1937	Big City	Grandpa Sloane	74
11	1937	Idol of the Crowds	Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)	48
12	1938	Of Human Hearts	Elder Massey	58
13	1938	Miracle Money	Mr. Greene (uncredited)	50
14	1938	One Wild Night	Deaf Man (uncredited)	55
15	1938	Young Fugitives	Benjie Collins	10
16	1938	Mr. Chump	Pop (uncredited)	0
17	1938	Comet Over Broadway	Benson	50
18	1938	Tom Sawyer, Detective	Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum	52
19	1939	Stand Up and Fight	Bum in jail	58
20	1939	King of the Underworld	Villager #3 (uncredited)	64
21	1939	Ambush	Pop Stebbins	50
22	1939	They Made Me a Criminal	Ticket Taker (uncredited)	63
23	1939	Idiot's Delight	Jimmy Barzek	61
24	1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Henry - Baggage Man	40
25	1939	I'll Tell the World	Grandpa Burton	0
26	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Postman (uncredited)	59
27	1939	Dodge City	Charley (uncredited)	69
28	1939	Zenobia	Sheriff	46
29	1939	Outside These Walls	Smedley (uncredited)	75
30	1939	Undercover Doctor	Sam Whitmore	55
31	1939	Help Wanted	H.L. (Pop) Daniels	70
32	1939	Yankee Doodle Goes to Town	Curdleface (uncredited)	0
33	1939	Maisie	Station Agent (Uncredited)	47
34	1939	Hell's Kitchen	Mr. Quill	62
35	1939	The Cowboy Quarterback	Lem the Mailman	55
36	1939	Night Work	Smokestack Smiley	70
37	1939	Thunder Afloat	'Cap' Finch	59
38	1939	Main Street Lawyer	Zeke	20
39	1940	Granny Get Your Gun	Smokey	35
40	1940	Northward, Ho!	Newspaper-reading skeptic	50
41	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Ben Mattling	70
42	1940	Young Tom Edison	Mr. Waddell	56
43	1940	Half a Sinner	Snuffy	50
44	1940	20 Mule Team	Chuckawalla	60
45	1940	The Captain Is a Lady	Samuel Darby	60
46	1940	Untamed	"Smokey" Moseby	43
47	1940	Gold Rush Maisie	'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)	65
48	1940	Girl from God's Country	Ben	0
49	1940	Calling All Husbands	Judge Todd	60
50	1940	Wyoming	Pa McKinley	59
51	1940	Who Killed Aunt Maggie?	Driver (Uncredited)	43
52	1940	Go West	Railroad Official	65
53	1940	She Couldn't Say No	Eli Potter	68
54	1941	The Parson of Panamint	Crabapple Jones	50
55	1941	The Smiling Ghost	Sexton at cemetery	65
56	1941	Sergeant York	Zeke	72
57	1941	Texas	Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)	65
58	1941	Pacific Blackout	Midas Plant Night-Watchman	63
59	1942	Fly By Night	Station Watchman	64
60	1942	Captains of the Clouds	Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison	65
61	1942	Saboteur	Neilson	69
62	1942	This Gun for Hire	Scissor Grinder	69
63	1942	Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die	Tadpole	54
64	1942	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Mailman	0
65	1942	The Forest Rangers	Terry McCabe	0
66	1942	Lucky Jordan	Gas Station Attendant	60
67	1943	Lady Bodyguard	Elmer Frawley	40
68	1943	Happy Go Lucky	Mr. Smith	40
69	1943	The Human Comedy	Henderson	63
70	1943	The Kansan	Bridge-Tender	52
71	1943	The Woman of the Town	Buffalo Burns	60
72	1944	Tall in the Saddle	Card Game Spectator (uncredited)	65
73	1945	Grissly's Millions	Old Tom	60
74	1945	Captain Eddie	Jabez	60
75	1945	People on Paper	Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)	60
76	1946	Wake Up and Dream	Henry Pecket	65
77	1946	Gallant Bess	Smitty	65
78	1946	The Yearling	Pa Forrester	65
79	1947	Yankee Fakir	Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")	50
80	1947	The Millerson Case	Sheriff Luke Akers	55
81	1947	Mourning Becomes Electra	Ira Mackel	63
82	1948	Relentless	Dad	62
83	1948	Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven	Capt. Bjorn	60
84	1948	Moonrise	Coroner	62
85	1948	Loaded Pistols	Jim Hedge	57
86	1948	The Paleface	Hank Billings	61
87	1948	Portrait of Jennie	Capt. Cobb	71
88	1948	Highway 13	Bill 'Pops' Lacy	57
89	1949	Big Jack	Saltlick Joe	60
90	1949	Streets of Laredo	Pop Lint	59
91	1949	Rim of the Canyon	Loco John	52
92	1949	The Gal Who Took the West	Hawley (as old Timer)	56
93	1949	Deputy Marshal	Doc Vinson	68
94	1949	Tell It to the Judge	Alonzo K. Roogle	63
95	1950	Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey	Mr. Edwards	40
96	1950	Harvey	Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer	77
97	1950	Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill	Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley	0
98	1951	Silver City Bonanza	Town Loafer	0
99	1951	Gold Raiders	Doc Mason	55
100	1951	Man in the Saddle	Pay Lankershim	65
101	1952	Captive of Billy the Kid	Skeeter Davis	0
102	1952	Hangman's Knot	Plunkett, the Station agent	64
103	1953	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Jim Martin	54
104	1954	The Boy from Oklahoma	Amiel "Pop" Pruty	52
105	1955	Ten Wanted Men	Tod Grinnel	58
106	1955	The Kentuckian	Riverboat Captain (uncredited)	57
107	1955	The Twinkle In God's Eye	Prospector	70
108	1955	Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race	Captain Cobb	70
109	1956	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates	Cap'n Cobb	63
110	1958	Girl with an Itch	Gramps	52

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Kid Hooker	69
2	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Captain Cobb	76
3	1955	Gunsmoke	Fly	66
4	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Stryker	65
5	1957	Perry Mason	Capt. Hugo	77
6	1957	Maverick		68
7	1957	The Real McCoys		57
8	1959	The Twilight Zone	Pete	84
9	1960	Thriller	Obed	64
10	1960	Thriller	The Old Gaffer	64