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Billy Bevan (1887–1957)

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Billy Bevan's show-business career began in his native Australia, with the Pollard theatrical organization. The company had two theater troupes, one which toured Asia and the other traveling to North America. Bevan wound up in the latter, performing in skits and plays all over Canada and Alaska then down into the continental US... See full bio »

Born:

William Bevan Harris
in Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

(age 70) in Escondido, California, USA
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1950 Three Secrets
Ed Jackson (uncredited)
 
1950 Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Will Scarlet (as William Bevan)
 
1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood
Billy Bragg (as William Bevan)
 
1949 Tell It to the Judge
Winston - Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
 
1949 That Forsyte Woman
Porter (uncredited)
 
1949 The Secret of St. Ives
Douglas (uncredited)
 
1949 The Secret Garden
Barney
 
1948 Let's Live a Little
Morton (uncredited)
 
1948 The Black Arrow
Dungeon Keeper (as William Bevan)
 
1948 The Swordsman
Old Andrew (as William Bevan)
 
1947 It Had to Be You
Evans, the Butler (as William Bevan)
 
1947 Love from a Stranger
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
 
1947 Moss Rose
White Horse Cabby (uncredited)
 
1946 Cluny Brown
Uncle Arn Porritt (uncredited)
 
1946 Devotion
Mr. Ames - Draper (uncredited)
 
1946 Terror by Night
Passenger Car Attendant Taking Tickets
 
1945 Scotland Yard Investigator
Porter (uncredited)
 
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray
Malvolio Jones - Chairman
 
1945 Tonight and Every Night
Cabbie (uncredited)
 
1944 National Velvet
Constable (uncredited)
 
1944 The Pearl of Death
Constable (uncredited)
 
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge
Sergeant
 
1944 Once Upon a Time
Patrol Cop-Driver (uncredited)
 
1944 The Lodger
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1944 The Return of the Vampire
Horace - Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
 
1943 Jane Eyre
Bookie (uncredited)
 
1943 Holy Matrimony
Cabby (uncredited)
 
1943 Young and Willing
Phillips
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Wartime Cabby
 
1943 London Blackout Murders
Air Raid Warden
 
1942 I Married a Witch
Puritan Vendor (uncredited)
 
1942 A Yank at Eton
Tour Guide (uncredited)
 
1942 Counter-Espionage
George Barrow
 
1942 Hi, Neighbor
Guest (uncredited)
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver
Bus Conductor (uncredited)
 
1942 This Above All
Farmer (uncredited)
 
1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Phillips, the Butler
 
1941 Confirm or Deny
Mr. Bindle
 
1941 Suspicion
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mr. Weller
 
1941 Shining Victory
Chivers
 
1941 One Night in Lisbon
Lord Fitzleigh's Aide (uncredited)
 
1941 Penny Serenade
McDougal (uncredited)
 
1941 Scotland Yard
Porter (uncredited)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley
Stage Doorman
 
1940 The Long Voyage Home
Joe - Limehouse Barman (uncredited)
 
1940 Rebecca
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1940 The Invisible Man Returns
Jim (uncredited)
 
1940 The Earl of Chicago
Castle Guide
 
1939 We Are Not Alone
Mr. Jones
 
1939 Pack Up Your Troubles
British Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Masseur (uncredited)
 
1939 Captain Fury
Duffy
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring
Cockney (uncredited)
 
1939 Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Aquarium Guard (uncredited)
 
1938 A Christmas Carol
Street Watch Leader (uncredited)
 
1938 Up the River
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1938 The Young in Heart
Kennel man (uncredited)
 
1938 Shadows Over Shanghai
Gallicuddy
 
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
Customs Official (uncredited)
 
1938 Meet the Girls
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1938 Blond Cheat
The Bartender (uncredited)
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Nick
 
1938 Bringing Up Baby
Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
 
1937 The Wrong Road
McLean
 
1937 The Sheik Steps Out
Munson
 
1937 Another Dawn
Pvt. Hawkins
 
1937 Slave Ship
Atkins
 
1937 Personal Property
Frank the Waiter (uncredited)
 
1937 God's Country and the Woman
Plug Hat
 
1936 Lloyd's of London
Innkeeper
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
Taxi Driver
 
1936 Private Number
Frederick
 
1936 Dracula's Daughter
Albert
 
1936 Champagne Charlie
Mr. Boswick - Ship Bartender (uncredited)
 
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Cabby (uncredited)
 
1936 Song and Dance Man
Curtis
 
1935 The Widow from Monte Carlo
Police Officer Watkins (uncredited)
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities
Jerry Cruncher
 
1935 The Last Outpost
Cpl. Foster
 
1935 Dressed to Thrill
Canadian Soldier (uncredited)
 
1935 Black Sheep
Alfred - Ship's Bartender
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
 
1935 Mystery Woman
Jepson
 
1934 Limehouse Blues
Herb
 
1934 The Painted Veil
Bridegroom (scenes deleted)
 
1934 Caravan
Police Sergeant
 
1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Man in Hotel Room (uncredited)
 
1934 One More River
Cloakroom Attendant
 
1934 Shock
Meadows
 
1934 Stingaree
Mac
 
1934 The Lost Patrol
Hale
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Two of Spades (uncredited)
 
1933 Pop's Pal (short)
 
1933 The Way to Love
M. Prial
 
1933 Too Much Harmony
Stage Director
 
1933 Midnight Club
Detective (uncredited)
 
1933 The Big Squeal (short)
Jake Burke
 
1933 Thundering Taxis (short)
One of the Taxi Boys
 
1933 Peg o' My Heart
Detective #2 (uncredited)
 
1933 A Study in Scarlet
Will Swallow
 
1933 Uncle Jake (short)
Uncle Jake
 
1933 Looking Forward
Mr. Barker, Night Watchman
 
1933 Techno-Crazy (short)
Mary's Father, the Mayor
 
1933 Luxury Liner
Schultz
 
1933 Cavalcade
George Grainger
 
1932 Me and My Gal
Ashley (uncredited)
 
1932 Payment Deferred
Hammond
 
1932 Honeymoon Beach (short)
Billy Bevan
 
1932 The Spot on the Rug (short)
Gerald J. Fitzgerald
 
1932 Vanity Fair
Joseph Sedley
 
1932 Sky Devils
The Colonel
 
1932 Silent Witness
Horace Ward
 
1931 Who's Who in the Zoo (short)
Father
 
1931 Waterloo Bridge
Soldier on the Make (uncredited)
 
1931 Transatlantic
Hodgkins
 
1931 Chances
Cuthbert, Pub Waiter (uncredited)
 
1931 The Spy
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1931 Frozen Face (short)
 
1931 Born to Love
Departing British Soldier (uncredited)
 
1930 For the Love o' Lil
Edward O. Walker
 
1930 Monte Carlo
Train Conductor (uncredited)
 
1930 For the Defense
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1930 Temptation
Sam
 
1930 Journey's End
2nd Lt. Trotter
 
1930 Scotch (short)
Gilbert - Addie's Brother
 
1930 Peacock Alley
Walter - Bell Captain
 
1929 Weak But Willing (short)
George Downing
 
1929 The Sky Hawk
Tom Berry
 
1929 The Trespasser
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1929 High Voltage
Gus (The Driver)
 
1929 Motoring Mamas (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1929 Caught in a Taxi (short)
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1929 Puckered Success (short)
 
1929 Don't Get Jealous (short)
BIlly Blake
 
1929 Pink Pajamas (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1929 Foolish Husbands (short)
Billy Blake
 
1929 Button My Back (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1929 Circus Time (short)
Policeman
 
1929 Calling Hubby's Bluff (short)
Billy Barton
 
1928 His New Stenographer (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1928 The Lion's Roar (short)
Jake Higgs - Katie's Brother
 
1928 Riley the Cop
Paris Cabman (uncredited)
 
1928 Hubby's Latest Alibi (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1928 Hubby's Weekend Trip (short)
Bill Blake
 
1928 Motorboat Mamas (short)
Billy Bender
 
1928 Caught in the Kitchen (short)
Billy Brooks
 
1928 His Unlucky Night (short)
Billy Trotter
 
1928 The Girl from Nowhere (short)
Constable Billy Barnes
 
1928 The Bicycle Flirt (short)
Doty Bassett - the Bicycle Flirt
 
1928 The Best Man (short)
Best Man
 
1928 The Beach Club (short)
 
1927 The Girl from Everywhere (short)
 
1927 The Bull Fighter (short)
 
1927 Gold Digger of Weepah (short)
 
1927 The Golf Nut (short)
Billy Divott
 
1927 Cured in the Excitement (short)
 
1927 A Small Town Princess (short)
 
1927 Easy Pickings
The Detective
 
1927 Peaches and Plumbers (short)
 
1927 Should Sleepwalkers Marry? (short)
 
1926 Flirty Four-Flushers (short)
Jerry Connors/Archibald De Shyster
 
1926 The Divorce Dodger (short)
 
1926 Masked Mamas (short)
 
1926 Should Husbands Marry? (short)
 
1926 Hoboken to Hollywood (short)
Billy Judkins
 
1926 Hubby's Quiet Little Game (short)
Dance Instructor
 
1926 A Sea Dog's Tale (short)
Wilbur Waters
 
1926 Ice Cold Cocos (short)
Gus Gander
 
1926 Muscle-Bound Music (short)
 
1926 Fight Night (short)
Walter Moore
 
1926 Hayfoot, Strawfoot? (short)
 
1926 Wandering Willies (short)
Percy Nudge
 
1926 Circus Today (short)
Gus Barnum
 
1926 Trimmed in Gold (short)
 
1926 Whispering Whiskers (short)
 
1925 From Rags to Britches (short)
 
1925 Over Thereabouts (short)
 
1925 Butter Fingers (short)
Nick
 
1925 The Iron Nag (short)
 
1925 Sneezing Beezers (short)
 
1925 Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (short)
Hiram Case, a hired man
 
1925 Skinners in Silk (short)
 
1925 The Lion's Whiskers (short)
 
1925 Giddap (short)
 
1925 Honeymoon Hardships (short)
 
1924 The Cannon Ball Express (short)
 
1924 Love's Sweet Piffle (short)
 
1924 Galloping Bungalows (short)
John Syrup Soother
 
1924 Wandering Waistlines (short)
 
1924 Little Robinson Corkscrew (short)
 
1924 Three Foolish Weeks (short)
 
1924 Lizzies of the Field (short)
Nick Pliers, a Mechanic
 
1924 East of the Water Plug (short)
The Constable
 
1924 Wall Street Blues (short)
 
1924 Romeo and Juliet (short)
 
1924 The Hollywood Kid (short)
A Director
 
1924 The White Sin
Travers Dale
 
1924 One Spooky Night (short)
 
1923 Inbad the Sailor (short)
Inbad the Sailor
 
1923 One Cylinder Love (short)
 
1923 The Extra Girl
Comedian
 
1923 Down to the Sea in Shoes (short)
 
1923 Pitfalls of a Big City (short)
 
1923 Nip and Tuck (short)
Sailor
 
1922 When Summer Comes (short)
 
1922 Home Made Movies (short)
 
1922 Ma and Pa (short)
 
1922 The Crossroads of New York
Press Agent
 
1922 Gymnasium Jim (short)
Jim
 
1922 On Patrol (short)
 
1922 The Duck Hunter (short)
 
1922 Bright Eyes (short)
Nosey butler
 
1921 By Heck (short)
 
1921 Be Reasonable (short)
A Rolling Stone
 
1921 Love and Doughnuts (short)
 
1921 Love's Outcast (short)
 
1921 Home Talent
 
1921 Astray from the Steerage (short)
A steerage passenger
 
1921 Made in the Kitchen (short)
 
1921 A Small Town Idol
Director
 
1921 Dabbling in Art (short)
 
1920 Bungalow Troubles (short)
 
1920 Love, Honor and Behave!
A Fake Lawyer
 
1920 Movie Fans (short)
 
1920 My Goodness (short)
 
1920 It's a Boy (short)
 
1920 Don't Weaken! (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1920 The Quack Doctor (short)
 
1920 Married Life
 
1920 Fresh from the City (short)
 
1920 Let 'er Go (short)
 
1920 Distilled Love (short)
 
1920 The Gingham Girl (short)
 
1920 The Star Boarder (short)
 
1919 The Speakeasy (short) (uncredited)
 
1919 A Lady's Tailor (short)
Her boyfriend
 
1919 His Last False Step (short) (uncredited)
 
1919 Salome vs. Shenandoah (short)
 
1919 Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (short)
 
1919 Treating 'Em Rough (short)
A Good Man
 
1919 Howling Lions and Circus Queens (short)
 
1918 Her Disengagement Ring (short)
Harry
 
1918 Miss Informed (short)
 
1918 Her Rustic Romeo (short)
 
1918 Somebody's Widow (short)
Secretary (as William Bevan)
 
1917 His Smashing Career (short)
Gertrude's Dad
 
1917 The Joy Riders (short)
 
1917 Even as Him and Her (short)
 
1917 Counting Out the Count (short)
 
1917 High-Class Nonsense (short)
 
1917 Backward Sons and Forward Daughters (short)
 
1917 Bombs and Bandits (short)
The Chief of Police
 
1916 A Rural Romance (short)
 
1916 Lizzie's Lingering Love (short)
 
1916 A Bold, Bad Breeze (short)
 
1916 Pirates of the Air (short)
 
1916 Phoney Teeth and False Friends (short)
 
1916 Gertie's Gasoline Glide (short)
Minister
 
1916 The Great Smash (short)
 
1916 The Double's Troubles (short)
 
1916 A Wise Waiter (short)
 
1916 Dad's Dollars and Dirty Doings (short)
 
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1936 Champagne Charlie (performer: "Winkles and Watercresses" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1920 The Quack Doctor (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.16 (1958) … Himself
 
1943 The Armless Dentist (documentary short)
Narrator (as Bill Bivin)
 
1942 Jail Hostess (documentary short)
Narrator (as Bill Bevans)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (short)
Himself - Host
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (short)
Himself, Guest Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
1980 Hollywood
Himself
 
1965 Tobo the Happy Clown
Mack Sennett comedian
 
1963 Es darf gelacht werden (TV series)
 
1963 30 Years of Fun
 
1962 Nickelodeon Days (documentary)
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from 'Super Duper Dyne Lizzies, ' 'The Lion's Whiskers, ' 'Wall Street Blues, ' and' Wandering Willies'
 
1957 The Golden Age of Comedy (documentary)
 
1951 Ça c'est du cinéma
 
1950 Animal Antics (short)
 
1944 Once Over Lightly (short)
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
The Hero (uncredited)
 
1939 A Small Town Idol (short)
Director
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage and opera actor.

Alternate Names:

William Bevan | Bill Bevans | Bill Bivin

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Upon his death, his remains were interred at Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido, San Diego County, California. His location plot is Section 5, Lot 24, Grave 4. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra