Sergeant York1941
As Zeke
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Clem Bevans
Born
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 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.
Filmography (111)
Saboteur1942
As Neilson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Harvey1950
As Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates1956
As Cap'n Cobb
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tall in the Saddle1944
As Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ten Wanted Men1955
As Tod Grinnel
TMDb 5.9 / 10
This Gun for Hire1942
As Scissor Grinder
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Portrait of Jennie1948
As Capt. Cobb
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Go West1940
As Railroad Official (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Paleface1948
As Hank Billings
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dodge City1939
As Charley (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Kentuckian1955
As Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Texas1941
As Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Topper1937
As Board Member (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Stranger Wore a Gun1953
As Jim Martin
TMDb 5.5 / 10
They Made Me a Criminal1939
As Ticket Taker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hangman's Knot1952
As Plunkett, the Station agent
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Man in the Saddle1951
As Pay Lankershim
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Yearling1946
As Pa Forrester
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Idiot's Delight1939
As Jimmy Barzek
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Oklahoma Kid1939
As Postman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Of Human Hearts1938
As Elder Massey
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Zenobia1939
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Captains of the Clouds1942
As Store-Teeth Morrison
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tell It to the Judge1949
As Alonzo K. Roogle
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Streets of Laredo1949
As Pop Lint
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Young Tom Edison1940
As Mr. Waddell
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Gal Who Took the West1949
As Hawley (as old Timer)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940
As Ben Mattling
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die1942
As Tadpole
TMDb 6.1 / 10
King of the Underworld1939
As Villager #3 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Boy from Oklahoma1954
As Amiel "Pop" Pruty
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Human Comedy1943
As Henderson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hell's Kitchen1939
As Mr. Quill
TMDb 6.8 / 10
20 Mule Team1940
As Chuckawalla
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Kansan1943
As Bridge-Tender
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rhythm on the Range1936
As Gila Bend
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Woman of the Town1943
As Buffalo Burns
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Lucky Jordan1942
As Gas Station Attendant
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Granny Get Your Gun1940
As Smokey
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mourning Becomes Electra1947
As Ira Mackel
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Help Wanted1939
As H.L. (Pop) Daniels
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Loaded Pistols1948
As Jim Hedge
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Big Jack1949
As Saltlick Joe
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Moonrise1948
As Coroner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Idol of the Crowds1937
As Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Stand Up and Fight1939
As Bum in jail
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Twinkle In God's Eye1955
As Prospector
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Untamed1940
As "Smokey" Moseby
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Captive of Billy the Kid1952
As Skeeter Davis
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Yes, My Darling Daughter1939
As Henry - Baggage Man
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Wake Up and Dream1946
As Henry Pecket
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Forest Rangers1942
As Terry McCabe
TMDb 9.0 / 10
She Couldn't Say No1940
As Eli Potter
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942
As Mailman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wyoming1940
As Pa McKinley
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Undercover Doctor1939
As Sam Whitmore
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Captain is a Lady1940
As Samuel Darby
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Way Down East1935
As Doc Wiggin
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Pacific Blackout1941
As Midas Plant Night-Watchman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Outside These Walls1939
As Smedley (uncredited)
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Happy Go Lucky1943
As Mr. Smith
TMDb 5.5 / 10
I'll Tell the World1939
As Grandpa Burton
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill1950
As Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?1940
As Driver (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Gold Raiders1951
As Doc Mason
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Gold Rush Maisie1940
As 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Girl with an Itch1958
As Gramps
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The President's Mystery1936
As Bus Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Millerson Case1947
As Sheriff Luke Akers
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Parson of Panamint1941
As Crabapple Jones
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Grissly's Millions1945
As Old Tom
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Every Sunday1936
As Man Playing Checkers (uncredited)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948
As Capt. Bjorn
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Silver City Bonanza1951
As Town Loafer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Big City1937
As Grandpa Sloane
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Maisie1939
As Station Agent (Uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Comet Over Broadway1938
As Benson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As 'Cap' Finch
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Relentless1948
As Dad
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race1955
As Captain Cobb
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rim of the Canyon1949
As Loco John
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey1950
As Mr. Edwards
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Highway 131948
As Bill 'Pops' Lacy
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Captain Eddie1945
As Jabez
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Main Street Lawyer1939
As Zeke
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Half a Sinner1940
As Snuffy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Calling All Husbands1940
As Judge Todd
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Young Fugitives1938
As Benjie Collins
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Girl from God's Country1940
As Ben
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mountain Music1937
As Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Fly By Night1942
As Station Watchman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
One Wild Night1938
As Deaf Man (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Deputy Marshal1949
As Doc Vinson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lady Bodyguard1943
As Elmer Frawley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Riding on Air1937
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Phantom Rider1936
As Mr. Hudson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tom Sawyer, Detective1938
As Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Angel's Holiday1937
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Yankee Fakir1947
As Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dangerous Number1937
As Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Gallant Bess1946
As Smitty
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town1939
As Curdleface (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
People on Paper1945
As Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Miracle Money1938
As Mr. Greene (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Night Work1939
As Smokestack Smiley
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Northward, Ho!1940
As Newspaper-reading skeptic
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mr. Chump1938
As Pop (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Smiling Ghost1941
As Sexton at cemetery
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Cowboy Quarterback1939
As Lem the Mailman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Ambush1939
As Pop Stebbins
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb