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