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)
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Joe (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
1943
as Bookie (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Malvolio Jones
Cavalcade
1933
as George Grainger
Suspicion
1941
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Captain Fury
1939
as Duffy
The Trespasser
1929
as Reporter (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Jerry Cruncher
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Cluny Brown
1946
as Uncle Arn Porritt
National Velvet
1945
as Constable (uncredited)
Private Number
1936
as Frederick
Blond Cheat
1938
as Bartender (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Mr. Weller
Stingaree
1934
as Mac
The Secret Garden
1949
as Barney
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Street Watch Leader
I Married a Witch
1942
as Puritan Vendor (uncredited)
Slave Ship
1937
as Atkins
The Lodger
1944
Payment Deferred
1932
as Charlie Hammond
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Cabby (uncredited)
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Taxi Driver
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Hale
Bright Eyes
1921
as The Nosey Butler
Gymnasium Jim
1922
as Jim
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Cockney (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
1936
as Albert
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Two of Spades (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Jim (uncredited)
Personal Property
1937
as Frank (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Mystery Woman
1935
as Jepson
Luxury Liner
1933
as Schultz
Three Secrets
1950
as Ed Jackson (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
1948
as Dungeon Keeper
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Will Scarlet
Terror by Night
1946
as Conductor Taking Tickets
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Joe
Penny Serenade
1941
as McDougal (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
1944
as Constable With Food Tray (uncredited)
Sneezing Beezers
1925
as Joe Honck - Taxi Driver
Devotion
1946
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Phillips
Looking Forward
1933
as Mr. Barker
Vanity Fair
1932
as Joseph Sedley
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Sky Devils
1932
as Colonel
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Soldier on the Make (uncredited)
Shining Victory
1941
as Chivers
Caravan
1934
as Police Sergeant
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Castle Guide
Easy Pickings
1927
as The Detective
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Billy Bragg
The Return of the Vampire
1943
as Horace (uncredited)
This Above All
1942
as Farmer
Forever and a Day
1943
as Wartime Cabby
The Wrong Road
1937
as McLean
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Morton
It Had to Be You
1947
as Evans
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Will Swallow
Moss Rose
1947
as Harry, Cab Driver (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie
1936
as Mr. Boswick
Another Dawn
1937
as Pvt. Hawkins
The Young in Heart
1938
as Kennel Man (uncredited)
Transatlantic
1931
as Hodgkins
The Swordsman
1948
as Old Andrew
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Man in Hotel Room
The Extra Girl
1923
as Comedian
The Way to Love
1933
as M. Prial
Chances
1931
as Cuthbert (uncredited)
For the Love o' Lil
1930
as Edward O. Walker
The Best Man
1928
as Best Man
Born to Love
1931
as Departing British Soldier (uncredited)
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Officer Watkins
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
Monte Carlo
1930
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
1942
as George Barrow
Black Sheep
1935
as Alfred
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Innkeeper
London Blackout Murders
1943
as Air Raid Warden
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Messenger
Peacock Alley
1930
as Walter
Too Much Harmony
1933
as Stage Director
The Silent Witness
1932
as Horace Ward
One More River
1934
as Cloakroom Attendant
Temptation
1930
as Sam
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as Customs Official
Shock
1934
as Meadows
High Voltage
1929
as Gus Jones
The Sky Hawk
1929
as Tom Berry
Song and Dance Man
1936
as Curtis
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Nick
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Winston, Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
Journey's End
1930
as Trotter
Fight Night
1926
as Walter Moore
We Are Not Alone
1939
as Mr. Jones
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Stage Doorman
Limehouse Blues
1934
as Herb
Me and My Gal
1932
as Ashley, Arguing Drunk (uncredited)
Trimmed in Gold
1926
as Otto Stropp
Techno-Crazy
1933
as Mary's Father - the Mayor
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
The Last Outpost
1935
as Private Foster
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
as Hiram Case
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938
as Gallicuddy
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Mr. Bindle
Galloping Bungalows
1924
as John Syrup Soother
Distilled Love
1920
On Patrol
1922
as The Amateur Cop
Flirty Four-Flushers
1926
as Jerry Connors / Archibald De Shyster
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Douglas (uncredited)
Astray from the Steerage
1921
as A steerage passenger
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Detective #2 (uncredited)
The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Munson
Thundering Taxis
1933
as One of the Taxi Boys
Gold Digger of Weepah
1927
as The Barber
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)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Joe (uncredited)
- Jane Eyre (1943) — as Bookie (uncredited)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) — as Malvolio Jones
- Cavalcade (1933) — as George Grainger
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