Billy Bevan
Known for Acting · 202 credits
- Born
- 1887-09-29
- Died
- 1957-11-26
- Place of birth
- Orange, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as
- William Bevan · Bill Bevans · Billy Bevin · Bill Bivin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950.
Bevan was born in the country town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He went on the stage at an early age, traveled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera, performing as Willie Bevan. He sailed to America with the Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company in 1912 and later toured Canada. Bevan broke into films with the Sigmund Lubin studio in 1916. When the company disbanded, Bevan became a supporting actor in Mack Sennett movie comedies. An expressive pantomimist, Bevan's quiet scene-stealing attracted attention, and by 1922 Bevan was a Sennett star. He supplemented his income, however, by establishing a citrus and avocado farm at Escondido, California.
Usually filmed wearing a derby hat and a drooping mustache, Bevan may not have possessed an indelible screen character like Charlie Chaplin but he had a friendly, funny presence in the frantic Sennett comedies. Much of the comedy depended on Bevan's skilled timing and reactions; the famous "oyster" routine performed on film by Curly Howard, Lou Costello, and Huntz Hall—in which a bowl of "fresh oyster stew" shows alarming signs of life and battles the guy trying to eat it—was originated on film decades earlier by Bevan in the short film Wandering Willies.
By the mid-1920s Bevan was often teamed with Andy Clyde; Clyde soon graduated to his own starring series. The late 1920s found Bevan playing in wild marital farces for Sennett.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (201)
Rebecca
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Malvolio Jones
Stingaree
1934
as Mac
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Joe (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
1943
as Bookie (uncredited)
Cavalcade
1933
as George Grainger
Suspicion
1941
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Captain Fury
1939
as Duffy
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Jerry Cruncher
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
The Trespasser
1929
as Reporter (uncredited)
National Velvet
1945
as Constable (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
1938
as Bartender (uncredited)
Cluny Brown
1946
as Uncle Arn Porritt
Payment Deferred
1932
as Charlie Hammond
Private Number
1936
as Frederick
The Lodger
1944
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Street Watch Leader
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Mr. Weller
I Married a Witch
1942
as Puritan Vendor (uncredited)
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Taxi Driver
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Hale
Dracula's Daughter
1936
as Albert
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Cabby (uncredited)
The Secret Garden
1949
as Barney
Caravan
1934
as Police Sergeant
Slave Ship
1937
as Atkins
Gymnasium Jim
1922
as Jim
Bright Eyes
1921
as The Nosey Butler
Personal Property
1937
as Frank (uncredited)
Luxury Liner
1933
as Schultz
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Two of Spades (uncredited)
Mystery Woman
1935
as Jepson
Sky Devils
1932
as Colonel
Easy Pickings
1927
as The Detective
The Black Arrow
1948
as Dungeon Keeper
Sneezing Beezers
1925
as Joe Honck - Taxi Driver
Vanity Fair
1932
as Joseph Sedley
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Jim (uncredited)
Three Secrets
1950
as Ed Jackson (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Billy Bragg
Penny Serenade
1941
as McDougal (uncredited)
Devotion
1946
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
Terror by Night
1946
as Conductor Taking Tickets
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Will Scarlet
Moss Rose
1947
as Harry, Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Phillips
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Joe
The Extra Girl
1923
as Comedian
The Pearl of Death
1944
as Constable With Food Tray (uncredited)
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Cockney (uncredited)
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
1942
as George Barrow
Looking Forward
1933
as Mr. Barker
This Above All
1942
as Farmer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Man in Hotel Room
The Return of the Vampire
1943
as Horace (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Innkeeper
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Morton
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Castle Guide
It Had to Be You
1947
as Evans
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Will Swallow
The Best Man
1928
as Best Man
Shining Victory
1941
as Chivers
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Soldier on the Make (uncredited)
Monte Carlo
1930
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Last Outpost
1935
as Private Foster
Temptation
1930
as Sam
Champagne Charlie
1936
as Mr. Boswick
Forever and a Day
1943
as Wartime Cabby
The Swordsman
1948
as Old Andrew
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Stage Doorman
Black Sheep
1935
as Alfred
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
Should Husbands Marry?
1926
as The Cop
The Wrong Road
1937
as McLean
Transatlantic
1931
as Hodgkins
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Messenger
Chances
1931
as Cuthbert (uncredited)
The Young in Heart
1938
as Kennel Man (uncredited)
Me and My Gal
1932
as Ashley, Arguing Drunk (uncredited)
London Blackout Murders
1943
as Air Raid Warden
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Officer Watkins
One More River
1934
as Cloakroom Attendant
Born to Love
1931
as Departing British Soldier (uncredited)
Techno-Crazy
1933
as Mary's Father - the Mayor
Peacock Alley
1930
as Walter
The Way to Love
1933
as M. Prial
The Sky Hawk
1929
as Tom Berry
Too Much Harmony
1933
as Stage Director
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Nick
For the Love o' Lil
1930
as Edward O. Walker
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Winston, Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Detective #2 (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
Another Dawn
1937
as Pvt. Hawkins
Journey's End
1930
as Trotter
Shock
1934
as Meadows
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as Customs Official
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Mr. Bindle
Fight Night
1926
as Walter Moore
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Douglas (uncredited)
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
as Hiram Case
Galloping Bungalows
1924
as John Syrup Soother
Thundering Taxis
1933
as One of the Taxi Boys
The Silent Witness
1932
as Horace Ward
High Voltage
1929
as Gus Jones
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aquarium Guard
Distilled Love
1920
Love and Doughnuts
1921
as The Burglar
Song and Dance Man
1936
as Curtis
The White Sin
1924
as Travers Dale
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938
as Gallicuddy
Riley the Cop
1928
as Paris Cabman
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Munson
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
A Small Town Idol
1921
as Director
Uncle Jake
1933
as Uncle Jake
About Billy Bevan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950. Bevan was born in the country town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He went on the stage at an early age, traveled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera, performing as Willie Bevan. He sailed to America with the Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company in 1912 and later toured Canad… With 202 credits spanning from 1916 to 1963, Billy Bevan has appeared in 201 films and 1 TV show.
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- Rebecca (1940) — as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) — as Malvolio Jones
- Stingaree (1934) — as Mac
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Joe (uncredited)
- Jane Eyre (1943) — as Bookie (uncredited)
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