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