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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.
As actor
Girl with an Itch
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Ten Wanted Men
The Kentuckian
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Hangman's Knot
Captive of Billy the Kid
Man in the Saddle
Gold Raiders
Silver City Bonanza
Harvey
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
The Gal Who Took the West
Streets of Laredo
Rim of the Canyon
Big Jack
Deputy Marshal
Tell It to the Judge
The Paleface
Highway 13
Moonrise
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Loaded Pistols
Relentless
Portrait of Jennie
The Millerson Case