Clem Bevans
Clem Bevans
The screen's premiere "Old Codger," American actor Clem Bevans didn't make his movie debut until he was 55 years old. His acting career was launched in 1900 with a vaudeville boy-girl act costarring Grace Emmett. Bevans moved on to burlesque, stock shows, Broadway and light opera. In 1935, Bevans first stepped before the movie cameras as Doc Wiggins in Way Down East. It was the first of many toothless, stubble-chinned geezers that Bevans would portray for the next 27 years. On occasion, producers and directors would use Bevans' established screen persona to throw the audience off the track. In Happy Go Lucky (1942), he unexpectedly shows up as a voyeuristic millionaire with a fondness for female knees; in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942), he is a likeable old desert rat who turns out to be a Nazi spy! Clem Bevans continued playing farmers, hillbillies, and "town's oldest citizen" roles into the early 1960s. The octogenarian actor could be seen in a 1962 episode of Twilight Zone ("Hocus Pocus and Frisby") looking and sounding just the same as he had way back in 1935. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Clem Bevans:
- The Gold Raiders with George O'Brien , Moe Howard , Shemp Howard , Larry Fine , Sheila Ryan , Monte Blue , Lyle Talbot , John Merton , Fuzzy Knight , Robert Ginty
- Ten Wanted Men with Randolph Scott , Jocelyn Brando , Richard Boone , Alfonso Bedoya , Leo Gordon , Minor Watson , Lester Matthews , Tom Powers , Dennis Weaver , Louis Jean Heydt , Kathleen Crowley , Boyd "Red" Morgan , Denver Pyle , Francis J. McDonald , Lee VanCleef , George Pat Collins , Franklin Farnum , Terry Frost , Edna M. Holland , Skip Homeier , Reed Howes , Paul Maxey , Julian Rivero
- The Kansan with Richard Dix , Jane Wyatt , Albert Dekker , Eugene Pallette , Victor Jory , Robert Armstrong , Hobart Cavanaugh , Francis J. McDonald , Willie Best , Douglas Fowley , Rod Cameron , Eddy C. Waller , Sam Flint , Byron K. Foulger , Merrill McCormack , Jack Norton , Jason Sr. Robards , Glenn Strange , George Reeves
- The Paleface with Bob Hope , Jane Russell , Robert Armstrong , Iris Adrian , Jackie Searl , Charles Trowbridge , Jeff York , Stanley Andrews , Iron Eyes Cody , Tom Kennedy , Henry Brandon , Francis J. McDonald , Frank S. Hagney , Skelton Knaggs , Olin Howland , George Chandler , Nestor Paiva , Trevor Bardette , Stanley Blystone , Al Bridge , Paul E. Burns , Lane R. Chandler , Edgar Dearing , Dick Elliott , Jody Gilbert , Dorothy Granger , Harry Sr. Harvey , Al Hill , Earl Hodgins , Robert F. Kortman , Ethan Laidlaw , Ted Mapes , Kermit Maynard , John "Skins" Miller , Sid Saylor , Arthur Space , Houseley Sr. Stevenson , Duke York , Chief Yowlachie , Hall Bartlett
- The Stranger Wore a Gun with Randolph Scott , Claire Trevor , Joan Weldon , George MacReady , Alfonso Bedoya , Lee Marvin , Ernest Borgnine , Pierre Watkin , Paul Maxey , Frank Scannell , Reed Howes , Roscoe Ates , Edward Earle , Guy Wilkerson , Rayford Barnes , Franklin Farnum , Terry Frost , Frank S. Hagney , Al Hill , Francis J. McDonald , James Millican , Herbert Rawlinson , Harry Seymour , Richard Benjamin
- Sergeant York with Gary Cooper , Walter Brennan , Joan Leslie , Ward Bond , Margaret Wycherly , Stanley Ridges , George Tobias , Noah Jr. Beery , June Lockhart , Dickie Moore , Harvey Stephens , David Bruce , Joseph Sawyer , Pat Flaherty , Erville Alderson , Murray Alper , Arthur Aylesworth , Lane R. Chandler , Clyde Cook , Elisha Jr. Cook , Howard DaSilva , Jean DelVal , Donald Douglas , Charles Drake , Frank Faylen , Jody Gilbert , Kit Guard , William Haade , Creighton Hale , Russell Hicks , George S. Irving , Selmer Jackson , Si Jenks , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Frank Marlowe , Tully Marshall , Frank Sr. McGlynn , Charles B. Middleton , Frank Orth , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Walter Sande , Ray Teal , Charles Trowbridge , Theodore vonEltz , Frank Wilcox , Guy Wilkerson , Douglas Wood , Gig Young , Jack Pennick
- Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven with Guy Madison , Diana Lynn , James Dunn , Lionel Stander , Florence Bates , Michael Chekhov , Margaret Hamilton , Irene Ryan , Colin Campbell , Roscoe Karns , William Frawley , Erskine Sanford , James Burke , Guy Wilkerson , Audie Murphy , Tom Dugan , John Gallaudet , Jody Gilbert , Ralph Peters , Dewey Robinson , Frank Scannell , Mary Louise Treen , Herb Vigran , Jesse White
- Captains of the Clouds with James Cagney , Dennis Morgan , Brenda Marshall , Alan Sr. Hale , George Tobias , Reginald Gardiner , Reginald Denny , Paul Cavanagh , Joseph M. Kerrigan , John Farrell MacDonald , Frederic Worlock , George Meeker , Ben Baker , Hardie Albright , Ray W. Walker , Charles Halton , Louis Jean Heydt , Willie Fung , James Bush , Pat Flaherty , John Gallaudet , Charles Irwin , John G. Kellogg , Frank Lackteen , Miles Mander , Ray Montgomery , Gavin Muir , Charles B. Smith , Emmett Vogan , Billy Wayne , Gig Young , Tom Dugan
- Harvey with James Stewart , Peggy Dow , Charles Drake , Cecil Kellaway , Wallace Ford , Jesse White , Nana Bryant , Ida Moore , Don Brodie , Gino Corrado , Pat Flaherty , Norman Leavitt , Anne O'Neal , Almira Sessions , Minerva Urecal , Dick Wessel
- This Gun for Hire with Veronica Lake , Robert Preston , Laird Cregar , Alan Ladd , Tully Marshall , Mikhail Rasumny , Marc Lawrence , Pamela Blake , Harry T. Shannon , Frank Ferguson , James Farley , Charles Arnt , Karin Booth , Eddy Chandler , Chester Clute , Yvonne DeCarlo , Pedro DeCordoba , Harry Hayden , Olin Howland , Roger Imhof , Victor Kilian , Charles Moore , Dickie Moore , Frances Morris , Pat O'Malley , Sarah Padden , Cyril Ring , Dick Rush , John Sheehan , Edwin Stanley , Elliott Sullivan , Phil Tead , Emmett Vogan , Richard Webb , Charles Wilson
- They Made Me a Criminal with John Garfield , Gloria Dickson , Bobby Jordan , Claude Rains , Leo Gorcey , Ann Sheridan , Huntz Hall , Gabriel Dell , William Halop , Bernard Punsly , John Ridgely , Barbara Pepper , Ward Bond , Robert Strange , Louis Jean Heydt , Irving Bacon , Eddy Chandler , Cliff Clark , William B. Davidson , Leyland Hodgson , Arthur Houseman , Doris Lloyd , Sam McDaniel , Bob Perry , Bert Roach , May Robson , Cliff Saum , John Sheehan , Elliott Sullivan , Dick Wessel , Tom Dugan
- Tall in the Saddle with John Wayne , Ella Raines , Audrey Long , George "Gabby" Hayes , Ward Bond , Elizabeth Risdon , Donald Douglas , Russell Wade , Paul Fix , Harry Woods , Emory Parnell , Raymond Hatton , Erville Alderson , Wheaton Chambers , George Chandler , Frank Darien , William Desmond , Robert McKenzie , Frank Orth , Russell Simpson , Eddy C. Waller , Russell Hopton
- Saboteur with Priscilla Lane , Robert Cummings , Norman Lloyd , Otto Kruger , Murray Alper , Vaughan Glaser , Alma Kruger , Dorothy Peterson , Alan Baxter , Al Bridge , Paul E. Burns , Hans Conried , Kernan Cripps , Billy Curtis , Pedro DeCordoba , Ralph Dunn , John Eldredge , Pat Flaherty , James Flavin , Jack Gardner , William Gould , Charles Halton , Margaret Hayes , Samuel S. Hinds , Selmer Jackson , Milton Kibbee , Frank Marlowe , Kermit Maynard , Belle Mitchell , Emory Parnell , Cyril Ring , William H. Ruhl , Charles Sherlock , Harry Strang , Torin Thatcher , Archie Twitchell , Dale vanSickel , Claire Whitney , Ian Wolfe , Will Wright , Duke York
- Dodge City with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Ann Sheridan , Bruce Cabot , Frank McHugh , Alan Sr. Hale , John Litel , Henry Travers , Henry O'Neill , Victor Jory , William Lundigan , Gloria Holden , Douglas Fowley , Charles Halton , Ward Bond , Russell Simpson , Monte Blue , James Burke , Spencer Charters , Chester Clute , Joseph Crehan , Fred Graham , Thurston Hall , Robert Emmett Homans , Milton Kibbee , Wilfred Lucas , Pat O'Malley , Bud Osborne , Ralph Sanford , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Cora Witherspoon , George Guhl
Clem Bevans Trivia
Who did Clem Bevans play in Rim of the Canyon?
Clem Bevans was Loco John in Rim of the Canyon
Who did Clem Bevans play in The Gold Raiders?
Clem Bevans was Doc in The Gold Raiders
Who did Clem Bevans play in Half a Sinner?
Clem Bevans was Snuffy in Half a Sinner
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Ten Wanted Men?
Clem Bevans was Tod Grinnel in Ten Wanted Men
What role did Clem Bevans play in The Kansan?
Clem Bevans played Bridge Tender in The Kansan
Who did Clem Bevans play in Hangman's Knot?
Clem Bevans was Plunkett in Hangman's Knot
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Man in the Saddle?
Clem Bevans was Pay Lankershim in Man in the Saddle
Who did Clem Bevans portray in The Yearling?
Clem Bevans was Pa Forrester in The Yearling
Who did Clem Bevans play in The Paleface?
Clem Bevans was Hank Billings in The Paleface
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Come and Get It?
Clem Bevans was Gunnar Gallagher in Come and Get It
What role did Clem Bevans play in The Stranger Wore a Gun?
Clem Bevans played Jim Martin in The Stranger Wore a Gun
What role did Clem Bevans play in Sergeant York?
Clem Bevans played Zeke in Sergeant York
What role did Clem Bevans play in Loaded Pistols?
Clem Bevans played Jim Hedge in Loaded Pistols
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven?
Clem Bevans was Capt. Bjorn in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Captains of the Clouds?
Clem Bevans was Store-Teeth Morrison in Captains of the Clouds
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Harvey?
Clem Bevans was Herman Schimmelplusser in Harvey
What role did Clem Bevans play in Portrait of Jennie?
Clem Bevans played Capt. Cobb in Portrait of Jennie
Who did Clem Bevans portray in The Kentuckian?
Clem Bevans was Pilot in The Kentuckian
Who did Clem Bevans play in Young Fugitives?
Clem Bevans was Benjie in Young Fugitives
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Mourning Becomes Electra?
Clem Bevans was Ira Mackel in Mourning Becomes Electra
What role did Clem Bevans play in This Gun for Hire?
Clem Bevans played Old Timer in This Gun for Hire
Who did Clem Bevans portray in They Made Me a Criminal?
Clem Bevans was Ticket Taker in They Made Me a Criminal
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Saboteur?
Clem Bevans was Neilson in Saboteur
Who did Clem Bevans portray in Dodge City?
Clem Bevans was Charlie, the Barber in Dodge City
