Clem Bevans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1880, Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
- Died
- August 11, 1963
- Movies
- 111
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1958 | Girl with an Itch | Gramps |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Cap'n Cobb |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race | Captain Cobb |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Prospector |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Riverboat Captain (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Tod Grinnel |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Amiel "Pop" Pruty |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jim Martin |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Plunkett, the Station agent |
| 1952 | Captive of Billy the Kid | Skeeter Davis |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle | Pay Lankershim |
| 1951 | Gold Raiders | Doc Mason |
| 1951 | Silver City Bonanza | Town Loafer |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley |
| 1950 | Harvey | Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Mr. Edwards |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Alonzo K. Roogle |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Doc Vinson |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Hawley (as old Timer) |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Loco John |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Pop Lint |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Saltlick Joe |
| 1948 | Highway 13 | Bill 'Pops' Lacy |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Capt. Cobb |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Hank Billings |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Jim Hedge |
| 1948 | Moonrise | Coroner |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Capt. Bjorn |
| 1948 | Relentless | Dad |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ira Mackel |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case | Sheriff Luke Akers |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis") |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Pa Forrester |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Smitty |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream | Henry Pecket |
| 1945 | People on Paper | Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Jabez |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Old Tom |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Card Game Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Buffalo Burns |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Bridge-Tender |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Henderson |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Mr. Smith |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Elmer Frawley |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Gas Station Attendant |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Terry McCabe |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mailman |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Tadpole |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Scissor Grinder |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Neilson |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Store-Teeth Morrison |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Station Watchman |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Midas Plant Night-Watchman |
| 1941 | Texas | Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Zeke |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Sexton at cemetery |
| 1941 | The Parson of Panamint | Crabapple Jones |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Eli Potter |
| 1940 | Go West | Railroad Official (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Pa McKinley |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Judge Todd |
| 1940 | Girl from God's Country | Ben |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Untamed | "Smokey" Moseby |
| 1940 | The Captain is a Lady | Samuel Darby |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Chuckawalla |
| 1940 | Half a Sinner | Snuffy |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Waddell |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Ben Mattling |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey |
| 1940 | Northward, Ho! | Newspaper-reading skeptic |
| 1939 | Main Street Lawyer | Zeke |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | 'Cap' Finch |
| 1939 | Night Work | Smokestack Smiley |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Lem the Mailman |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Mr. Quill |
| 1939 | Maisie | Station Agent (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Yankee Doodle Goes to Town | Curdleface (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Help Wanted | H.L. (Pop) Daniels |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Sam Whitmore |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Smedley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Sheriff |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Charley (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Postman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | I'll Tell the World | Grandpa Burton |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Henry - Baggage Man |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Jimmy Barzek |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Ticket Taker (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Ambush | Pop Stebbins |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Villager #3 (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Bum in jail |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Benson |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump | Pop (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Benjie Collins |
| 1938 | One Wild Night | Deaf Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Miracle Money | Mr. Greene (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Elder Massey |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins) |
| 1937 | Big City | Grandpa Sloane |
| 1937 | Topper | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Riding on Air | Sheriff |
| 1937 | Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Sheriff |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend) |
| 1936 | Every Sunday | Man Playing Checkers (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Doc Wiggin |
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