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Clem Bevans
Known for: ActingFrom 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.
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The Paleface
as Hank Billings 
Hangman's Knot
as Plunkett, the Station agent 
Topper
as Board Member (uncredited) 
Portrait of Jennie
as Capt. Cobb 
The Yearling
as Pa Forrester 
Sergeant York
+2
as Zeke 
Harvey
+2
as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer 
Saboteur
+2
as Neilson 
Tall in the Saddle
+1
as Card Game Spectator (uncredited) 
Go West
+1
as Railroad Official (uncredited) 
Big City
as Grandpa Sloane 
Ten Wanted Men
as Tod Grinnel 
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
+3
as Cap'n Cobb 
The Kentuckian
+3
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited) 
The Stranger Wore a Gun
+4
as Jim Martin 
The Oklahoma Kid
as Postman (uncredited) 
Moonrise
as Coroner 
Man in the Saddle
as Pay Lankershim 
Calling All Husbands
as Judge Todd 
The Human Comedy
as Henderson 
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Ben Mattling 
The Millerson Case
as Sheriff Luke Akers 
Of Human Hearts
as Elder Massey 
Tell It to the Judge
as Alonzo K. Roogle 
Captains of the Clouds
+1
as Store-Teeth Morrison 
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Waddell 
Relentless
as Dad 
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Tadpole 
Rim of the Canyon
+2
as Loco John 
Loaded Pistols
+1
as Jim Hedge 
Texas
as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited) 
Maisie
as Station Agent (Uncredited) 
Rhythm on the Range
as Gila Bend 
She Couldn't Say No
as Eli Potter 
The Woman of the Town
as Buffalo Burns 
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley 
The Kansan
+3
as Bridge-Tender 
Gold Raiders
+1
as Doc Mason 
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Captain Cobb 
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Capt. Bjorn