Actor
Clem Bevans
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 ...

Known For
Acting
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 | Sam '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
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 -- Northward, Ho! | Newspaper-reading skeptic
1940 -- Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey
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 -- Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
1937 -- Riding on Air | Sheriff
1937 -- Angel's Holiday | Sheriff
1937 -- Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
1936 -- Every Sunday |
1936 -- The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson
1936 -- Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend
1935 -- Way Down East | Doc Wiggin
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