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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 16, 1880
Died
August 11, 1963
Place of Birth
Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Clement Guy Blevins
- Clem Bevins
- Clem Guy Bevans
Clem Bevans
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.6
Obed
Thriller
1960
6.6
The Old Gaffer
Thriller
1960
8.5
Pete
The Twilight Zone
1959
4.6
Gramps
Girl with an Itch
1958
5.6
The Real McCoys
1957
6.9
Maverick
1957
7.7
Capt. Hugo
Perry Mason
1957
6.3
Cap'n Cobb
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
7.0
Captain Cobb
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
7.0
Prospector
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Credits
Thriller
as Obed
1960
6.6
Thriller
as The Old Gaffer
1960
6.6
The Twilight Zone
as Pete
1959
8.5
Girl with an Itch
as Gramps
1958
4.6
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Capt. Hugo
1957
7.7
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Cap'n Cobb
1956
6.3
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb
1955
7.0
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Prospector
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Stryker
1955
6.5
Gunsmoke
as Fly
1955
6.6
The Kentuckian
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
1955
5.7
Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel
1955
5.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Captain Cobb
1954
7.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Kid Hooker
1954
6.9
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
1954
5.2
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jim Martin
1953
5.4
Hangman's Knot
as Plunkett, the Station agent
1952
6.4
Captive of Billy the Kid
as Skeeter Davis
1952
0.0
Man in the Saddle
as Pay Lankershim
1951
6.4
Gold Raiders
as Doc Mason
1951
5.7
Silver City Bonanza
as Town Loafer
1951
0.0
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
1950
0.0
Harvey
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
1950
7.7
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Mr. Edwards
1950
4.0
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle
1949
6.3
Deputy Marshal
as Doc Vinson
1949
5.6
The Gal Who Took the West
as Hawley (as old Timer)
1949
5.6
Rim of the Canyon
as Loco John
1949
4.4
Streets of Laredo
as Pop Lint
1949
5.9
Big Jack
as Saltlick Joe
1949
6.0
Highway 13
as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
1948
5.6
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb
1948
7.1
The Paleface
as Hank Billings
1948
6.0
Loaded Pistols
as Jim Hedge
1948
5.7
Moonrise
as Coroner
1948
6.2
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn
1948
5.3
Relentless
as Dad
1948
6.2
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ira Mackel
1947
6.0
The Millerson Case
as Sheriff Luke Akers
1947
5.6
Yankee Fakir
as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
1947
5.0
The Yearling
as Pa Forrester
1946
6.6
Gallant Bess
as Smitty
1946
6.5
Wake Up and Dream
as Henry Pecket
1946
6.5
People on Paper
as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Captain Eddie
as Jabez
1945
6.0
Grissly's Millions
as Old Tom
1945
6.0
Tall in the Saddle
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
1944
6.5
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns
1943
6.2
The Kansan
as Bridge-Tender
1943
5.4
The Human Comedy
as Henderson
1943
6.2
Happy Go Lucky
as Mr. Smith
1943
4.0
Lady Bodyguard
as Elmer Frawley
1943
4.0
Lucky Jordan
as Gas Station Attendant
1942
6.0
The Forest Rangers
as Terry McCabe
1942
0.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mailman
1942
0.0
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Tadpole
1942
5.4
This Gun for Hire
as Scissor Grinder
1942
7.0
Saboteur
as Neilson
1942
6.9
Captains of the Clouds
as Store-Teeth Morrison
1942
6.4
Fly By Night
as Station Watchman
1942
6.4
Pacific Blackout
as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
1941
6.3
Texas
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1941
6.5
Sergeant York
as Zeke
1941
7.2
The Smiling Ghost
as Sexton at cemetery
1941
6.5
The Parson of Panamint
as Crabapple Jones
1941
5.0
She Couldn't Say No
as Eli Potter
1940
6.8
Go West
as Railroad Official
1940
6.5
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Driver (Uncredited)
1940
4.3
Wyoming
as Pa McKinley
1940
5.9
Calling All Husbands
as Judge Todd
1940
6.0
Girl from God's Country
as Ben
1940
0.0
Gold Rush Maisie
as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
1940
6.5
Untamed
as "Smokey" Moseby
1940
4.2
The Captain Is a Lady
as Samuel Darby
1940
6.0
20 Mule Team
as Chuckawalla
1940
6.0
Half a Sinner
as Snuffy
1940
5.2
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Waddell
1940
5.8
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben Mattling
1940
6.8
Granny Get Your Gun
as Smokey
1940
3.5
Northward, Ho!
as Newspaper-reading skeptic
1940
5.0
Main Street Lawyer
as Zeke
1939
2.0
Thunder Afloat
as 'Cap' Finch
1939
5.9
Night Work
as Smokestack Smiley
1939
7.0
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Lem the Mailman
1939
5.5
Hell's Kitchen
as Mr. Quill
1939
6.2
Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited)
1939
4.4
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Curdleface (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Help Wanted
as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
1939
7.0
Undercover Doctor
as Sam Whitmore
1939
5.5
Outside These Walls
as Smedley (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Zenobia
as Sheriff
1939
4.6
Dodge City
as Charley (uncredited)
1939
6.9
The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited)
1939
6.0
I'll Tell the World
as Grandpa Burton
1939
0.0
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Henry - Baggage Man
1939
3.3
Idiot's Delight
as Jimmy Barzek
1939
6.1
They Made Me a Criminal
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Ambush
as Pop Stebbins
1939
5.0
King of the Underworld
as Villager #3 (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Stand Up and Fight
as Bum in jail
1939
5.8
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
1938
5.2
Comet Over Broadway
as Benson
1938
5.0
Mr. Chump
as Pop (uncredited)
1938
0.0
Young Fugitives
as Benjie Collins
1938
1.0
One Wild Night
as Deaf Man (uncredited)
1938
5.5
Miracle Money
as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
1938
5.6
Of Human Hearts
as Elder Massey
1938
5.8
Idol of the Crowds
as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
1937
4.1
Big City
as Grandpa Sloane
1937
7.4
Topper
as Board Member (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Mountain Music
as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
1937
5.3
Riding on Air
as Sheriff
1937
5.0
Angel's Holiday
as Sheriff
1937
5.5
Dangerous Number
as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
1937
4.3
Every Sunday
as Man playing checkers
1936
3.8
The President's Mystery
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1936
5.3
The Phantom Rider
as Mr. Hudson
1936
0.0
Rhythm on the Range
as Gila Bend
1936
4.0
Way Down East
as Doc Wiggin
1935
3.0