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Billy Bevan(1887-1957)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Soundtrack
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Billy Bevan
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. While in a road company of the play "A Knight for a Day", Bevan was noticed by comedy pioneer Mack Sennett, who hired him on the spot. Bevan made many one- and two-reel shorts for Sennett over a ten-year period, and then transitioned into a reliable comic actor in many Hollywood comedies over the next 20 years or so (even doing voice-overs for cartoons). He made his last film in 1950, then retired. He died in Escondido, CA, in 1957.
BornSeptember 29, 1887
DiedNovember 26, 1957(70)
BornSeptember 29, 1887
DiedNovember 26, 1957(70)
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Billy Bevan and Lucille Hutton in Counting Out the Count (1917)
Billy Bevan, Johnny Burke, and Daphne Pollard in The Lion's Roar (1928)
Billy Bevan, Reginald Denny, and Victor McLaglen in Kadonnut partio (1934)
Billy Bevan and Paul Hanson in Kadonnut partio (1934)
Billy Bevan in Kadonnut partio (1934)
Billy Bevan and Alice Howell in Lizzie's Lingering Love (1916)
Billy Bevan in Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
Billy Bevan and John J. Richardson in Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
Billy Bevan in Even as Him and Her (1917)
Billy Bevan and Greta Nissen in The Silent Witness (1932)
Billy Bevan and Jennifer Jones in Piika, joka ei tiennyt paikkaansa (1946)
Alma Bennett, Billy Bevan, and Vernon Dent in The Best Man (1928)

Known for:

Ingrid Bergman, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner in Tri Jekyll ja mr. Hyde (1941)
Tri Jekyll ja mr. Hyde
6.8
  • Mr. Weller
  • 1941
Myrna Loy and Montagu Love in Vanity Fair (1932)
Vanity Fair
5.5
  • Joseph Sedley
  • 1932
Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Colman, and Donald Woods in Giljotiinin varjossa (1935)
Giljotiinin varjossa
7.8
  • Jerry Cruncher
  • 1935
Colin Clive and David Manners in Matkan pää (1930)
Matkan pää
6.9
  • 2nd Lt. Trotter
  • 1930

Credits

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Actor

  • Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
    Hans Christian Andersen
    6.8
    • Town Councilman (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • David Alpert and Frances Rafferty in Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952)
    Your Jeweler's Showcase
    8.7
    TV Series
    • (as William Bevan)
    • 1952
  • Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, and Ruth Roman in Kolme salaisuutta (1950)
    Kolme salaisuutta
    7.0
    • Ed Jackson (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Robin Hoodin urhot (1950)
    Robin Hoodin urhot
    5.4
    • Will Scarlet (as William Bevan)
    • 1950
  • Louis Hayward and Patricia Medina in Kapteeni Bloodin uudet seikkailut (1950)
    Kapteeni Bloodin uudet seikkailut
    5.7
    • Billy Bragg (as William Bevan)
    • 1950
  • Robert Cummings and Rosalind Russell in Nykyajan Xantippa (1949)
    Nykyajan Xantippa
    6.4
    • Winston - Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Errol Flynn, Robert Young, Greer Garson, and Walter Pidgeon in Forsytein taru (1949)
    Forsytein taru
    6.6
    • Porter (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Vanessa Brown and Richard Ney in St. Ivesin salaisuus (1949)
    St. Ivesin salaisuus
    5.4
    • Douglas (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Salainen puutarha (1949)
    Salainen puutarha
    7.5
    • Barney
    • 1949
  • Hedy Lamarr and Robert Cummings in Ihminen älä hermostu (1948)
    Ihminen älä hermostu
    5.3
    • Morton (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Janet Blair and Louis Hayward in Musta nuoli (1948)
    Musta nuoli
    6.1
    • Dungeon Keeper (as William Bevan)
    • 1948
  • Ellen Drew and Larry Parks in Miekka kädessä (1948)
    Miekka kädessä
    5.8
    • Old Andrew (as William Bevan)
    • 1948
  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in Kaikkien aikojen morsian (1947)
    Kaikkien aikojen morsian
    6.4
    • Evans - the Butler (as William Bevan)
    • 1947
  • Muukalaisen rakkaus (1947)
    Muukalaisen rakkaus
    5.9
    • Taxi Driver (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Ethel Barrymore, Victor Mature, and Peggy Cummins in Kohtalokkaat ruusut (1947)
    Kohtalokkaat ruusut
    6.7
    • White Horse Cabby (uncredited)
    • 1947

Director

  • Billy Armstrong, Billy Bevan, and Louise Fazenda in The Quack Doctor (1920)
    The Quack Doctor
    Short
    • Director
    • 1920

Soundtrack

  • Ellen Drew and Larry Parks in Miekka kädessä (1948)
    Miekka kädessä
    5.8
    • performer: "Piper o'Dundee" (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Paul Cavanagh and Helen Wood in Champagne Charlie (1936)
    Champagne Charlie
    5.9
    • performer: "Winkles and Watercresses" (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Carole Lombard, William Boyd, and Owen Moore in High Voltage (1929)
    High Voltage
    5.2
    • performer: "My Mother Was A Lady (or If Jack Were Only Here)", "Home! Sweet Home!", "I Had But Fifty Cents" (uncredited)
    • 1929

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • William Bevan
  • Height
    • 1.66 m
  • Born
    • September 29, 1887
    • Orange, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died
    • November 26, 1957
    • Escondido, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Betsy ReesOctober 16, 1954 - November 26, 1957 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage and opera actor.
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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    Mispronounced "Bee-Van" in several Robert Youngson compilations, his last name actually rhymes with "seven".

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