# Clem Bevans

Clem Guy Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men.

## Early life

Bevans was born in Cozzadale, Ohio.

## Career

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 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.

## Death

On August 11, 1963, Bevans died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. His remains are interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Doc Wiggin | Henry King | |
| 1936 | Two in Revolt | Mr. Woods | Glenn Tryon | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Gila Bend | Norman Taurog | |
| 1936 | The Phantom Rider | Mr. Hudson | Ray Taylor | Serial; Ch's 11–13 |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Bus Passenger | Phil Rosen | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Gunnar Gallagher | William Wyler | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Monte Christo (Actor Friend) | Richard Thorpe | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Sheriff | James Tinling | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Mountain Music | Medicine Show Spectator | Robert Florey | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Riding on Air | Sheriff | Edward Sedgwick | |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | W.W. McIntosh | William C. McGann | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Topper | Board Member | Norman Z. McLeod | Uncredited |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Hungry Panhandler | Rowland V. Lee | uncredited |
| 1937 | Big City | Grandpa Sloane | Frank Borzage | |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Andy Moore | Arthur Lubin | |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Elder Massey | Clarence Brown | |
| 1938 | One Wild Night | Deaf old man | Eugene Forde | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Benjie Collins | John Rawlins | |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump | Pop | William Clemens | uncredited |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Clem – Old Man | William Keighley | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Benson | John Farrow (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Sheriff Slocum | Louis King | |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Bum in jail | W.S. Van Dyke | Uncredited |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Villager #3 | Lewis Seiler | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Ambush | Pop Stebbins | Kurt Neumann | |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Second Fight Ticket Taker | Busby Berkeley | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Jimmy Barzek | Clarence Brown | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Henry – Baggage Man | William Keighley | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Postman | Lloyd Bacon | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Charley | Michael Curtiz | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Sheriff | Gordon Douglas | |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Smedley | Ray McCarey(as Raymond B. McCarey) | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | Man who didn't turn around | Lewis Seiler | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Sam Whitmore | Louis King | |
| 1939 | Maisie | Station Agent | Edwin L. Marin | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Mr. Quill | E.A. DuPont | |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Lem, the Mailman | Noel M. Smith | |
| 1939 | Night Work | Smokestack Smiley | George Archainbaud | |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | 'Cap' Finch | George B. Seitz | |
| 1939 | Main Street Lawyer | Zeke | Dudley Murphy | |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Ben Mattling | John Cromwell | |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Waddell | Norman Taurog | |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Smokey | George Amy | |
| 1940 | Half a Sinner | Snuffy | Al Christie | |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Chuckawalla | Richard Thorpe | |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Samuel Darby | Robert B. Sinclair | |
| 1940 | Untamed | 'Smokey' Moseby, the Blind Man | George Archainbaud | |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | 'Pop' Graybeard | Norman Taurog | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Girl from God's Country | Ben | Sidney Salkow | |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Judge Todd | Noel M. Smith | |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Pa McKinley | Richard Thorpe | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Driver | Arthur Lubin | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Go West | Railroad Official | Edward Buzzell | Uncredited |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Eli Potter | William Clemens | |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Zeke | Howard Hawks | |
| 1941 | The Parson of Panamint | Crabapple Jones | William C. McGann | |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Sexton | Lewis Seiler | |
| 1941 | Texas | Abilene Fight Spectator | George Marshall | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Midas Plant Night Watchman | Ralph Murphy | |
| 1942 | Fly-by-Night | Train Station Watchman | Robert Siodmak | |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Neilson | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Scissor Grinder | Frank Tuttle | |
| 1942 | Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die | Tadpole Foster | William C. McGann | |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Postman | Ralph Murphy | |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Terry McCabe | George Marshall | |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Gas Station Attendant | Frank Tuttle | |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Elmer Frawley | William Clemens | |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Mr. Smith | Curtis Bernhardt | |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Henderson | Clarence Brown | |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Bridge-Tender | George Archainbaud | |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Buffalo Burns | George Archainbaud | |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Card Game Spectator | Edwin L. Marin | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Night Club Girl | Mayor | Edward F. Cline | |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Young Tom | John English | |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Jabez | Lloyd Bacon | |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream | Henry Pecket | Lloyd Bacon | |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess | Smitty | Andrew Marton | |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Pa Forrester | Clarence Brown | |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Professor Davis | W. Lee Wilder | |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case | Sheriff Luke Akers | George Archainbaud | |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ira Mackel | Dudley Nichols | |
| 1948 | Relentless | Dad | George Sherman | |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Capt. Bjorn | William Castle | |
| 1948 | Moonrise | Jake – Coroner | Frank Borzage | |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols | Jim Hedge | John English | |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Hank Billings | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Capt. Cobb | William Dieterle | |
| 1948 | Highway 13 | Bill 'Pops' Lacy | William Berke | |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Saltlick Joe | Richard Thorpe | |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Pop Lint | Leslie Fenton | |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Loco John | John English | |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Hawley (as old Timer) | Frederick de Cordova | |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Doc Allen Vinson | William Berke | |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Alonzo K. Roogle | Norman Foster | |
| 1950 | Hurricane At Pilgrim Hill | Sam Smedley | Richard L. Bare | |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Mr. Edwards | Jean Yarbrough | |
| 1950 | Harvey | Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer | Henry Koster | |
| 1951 | Silver City Bonanza | Town Loafer | George Blair | |
| 1951 | Gold Raiders | Doc Mason | Edward Bernds | |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle | Pay Lankershim | Andre de Toth | |
| 1952 | Captive of Billy the Kid | Skeeter Davis | Fred C. Brannon | |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Plunkett, the Station agent | Roy Huggins | |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jim Martin | Andre de Toth | |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Pop Pruty | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Tod Grinnel | Bruce Humberstone | |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Pilot of the 'River Queen' | Burt Lancaster | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Twinkle in God's Eye | Prospector | George Blair | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Captain Cobb | Norman Foster | (archive footage) |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Clay Davis | Justus Addiss | Episode "The Gold Buckle" |
| 1958 | "Gunsmoke" | Fly | Seymour Berns | Episode "Overland Express" |
| 1958 | Girl with an Itch | Gramps | Ronald V. Ashcroft | |