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Billy Bevan is a Actor Australien born on 29 september 1887 at Orange, New South Wales (Australie)

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan
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Birth name William B. Harris
Nationality Australie
Birth 29 september 1887 at Orange, New South Wales (Australie)
Death 26 november 1957 (at 70 years) at Escondido (USA)

Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian born 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, travelled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera. He sailed to America with the Pollard 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.

Talking pictures took their toll on the careers of many silent stars, including Billy Bevan. His Australian accent came across as British, but was sufficiently neutral that he could play nondescript character parts (like a hotel employee in the Mae Murray talkie Peacock Alley). His starring series came to an end, however, and Bevan began a second career as a character actor and bit player. For the next 20 years he often played rowdy Cockneys (as in Pack Up Your Troubles with The Ritz Brothers), and affable Englishmen (as in Tin Pan Alley and Terror by Night).

Bevan died in 1957 in Escondido, California, just before new audiences discovered him in Robert Youngson's silent-comedy compilations. (The Youngson films mispronounce his name as "Be-VAN"; Bevan himself offered the proper pronunciation in a Voice of Hollywood reel in 1930.)

Best films

Transatlantic (1931)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Billy Bevan (112 films)

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Hans Christian Andersen, 1h52
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Mermaids in film, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge, Erik Bruhn, John Qualen
Roles Town Councilman (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.395553.395553.395553.395553.39555
In the 1830s, in the small Danish town of Odense, cobbler Hans Christian Andersen spends his day spinning fairy tales for the village children, teaching them lessons about pride, humility, love and growing up through his fanciful characters. One day, the stern schoolmaster, who believes Hans is wasting his pupils' precious time, implores the Burgomaster and councilmen to curtail the cobbler's habit of distracting the students with his storytelling, but even the adult citizens easily become a rapt audience for Hans' fables. Hans finally agrees to stop distracting the children and returns to his shop, where his teenage assistant, the orphan Peter, begs him to stop causing trouble. However, later that day Hans is drawn back to the schoolhouse to see the children. As he hears the schoolchildren drone mathematical phrases, he compares an inchworm's myopic measuring of beautiful blossoms to the schoolmaster's blindness to beauty and creativity. On yet another day, when the children do not arrive at the sound of the school bell, the schoolmaster deduces that Hans is again distracting his pupils. When the schoolmaster then demands that the Burgomaster and the councilmen choose between him and the cobbler, they decide that Hans must leave Odense. Peter, who has witnessed the verdict, returns to the shop and secretly tries to save his friend from the shame of being exiled by eagerly suggesting Hans travel to Copenhagen. After much prodding, Peter succeeds in convincing Hans to leave that afternoon by reminding him that he will be the envy of the town for having been the first to visit the famous city. Soon after Hans begins his journey, Peter joins him on the trail, bringing all the shop's tools to start their business anew.
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives, 1h29
Directed by Claude Accursi
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Monty Banks, Stan Laurel, Marjorie Beebe, Mack Sennett, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde
Roles (archive footage)
Rating43% 2.176412.176412.176412.176412.17641
Film de montage de scènes du cinéma muet, sonorisées, prenant pour trame une enquête menée par Stan Laurel.
Three Secrets, 1h38
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, Leif Erickson, Ted de Corsia
Roles Ed Jackson (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4850153.4850153.4850153.4850153.485015
A private plane crashes in the California mountains and a 5-year-old boy survives. Little else is known except the child is an orphan.
Fortunes of Captain Blood, 1h31
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Curt Bois, Dona Drake, Lowell Gilmore
Roles Billy Bragg
Rating57% 2.85752.85752.85752.85752.8575
The film follows the standard story about Captain Blood. An Irishman banished for his treatment on a wounded rebel during the Monmouth Rebellion, Dr. Peter Blood has become a feared buccaneer on the high seas. King Charles II of Spain (Curt Bois) thus calls upon the Marquis de Riconete to capture the evasive Captain Blood and end his attacks upon Spanish ships. Blood is safe until he docks to resupply his crew; while his men are out they are betrayed by their supplier, the slave trader George Fairfax. Once captured, the pirates are tortured by the Marquis to find Blood's whereabouts.
Rogues of Sherwood Forest, 1h19
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready, Alan Hale, Paul Cavanagh, Lester Matthews
Roles Will Scarlet
Rating54% 2.7096652.7096652.7096652.7096652.709665
In its view on history, evil King John resumes his old ways after the death of Richard the Lionheart with the plan to keep his power by importing Continental mercenaries and paying them through oppressive taxation. King John first attempts to kill the son of his old nemesis Robin. His henchmen fix a faulty protective cap to the lance of a Flemish Knight who challenges Robin in a joust. When Robin survives the lance attack he challenges his opponent to a joust without protective devices, impaling the Flemish Knight.
The Secret Garden, 1h32
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper
Roles Barney
Rating74% 3.744983.744983.744983.744983.74498
When tempestuous Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien), born in India to wealthy parents, is orphaned by a cholera epidemic, she is sent to live with her reclusive and embittered Uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell) at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon (Brian Roper), the brother of one of the house maids, tells her of a garden secreted behind a hidden door in a vine-covered wall. When a raven unearths the key, the two enter and discover the garden is overgrown from neglect since Craven's wife died there in an accident. They decide to keep their discovery a secret, and begin to restore it to its original grandeur. Under the influence of the Secret Garden, Mary becomes less self-absorbed, Colin's health steadily improves, and Archibald's curmudgeonly personality fades away.
Tell It to the Judge, 1h27
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald, Harry Davenport, Fay Baker
Roles Winston, Kitty's Butler (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.194923.194923.194923.194923.19492
Appointed to be a federal judge, Marsha Meredith (Rosalind Russell) is questioned by a U.S. Senate committee, specifically about her divorce from lawyer Peter Webb (Robert Cummings).
Let's Live a Little, 1h25
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings, Anna Sten, Mary Treen, Robert Shayne, Harry Antrim
Roles Morton
Rating53% 2.6676052.6676052.6676052.6676052.667605
At Montgomery Advertising in New York City, Duke Crawford (Robert Cummings) is having trouble handling the account of cosmetics manufacturer Michele Bennett (Anna Sten), one of the company's most important clients—and his former fiancée. Still determined to win him back, Michele refuses to sign a contract until Duke reciprocates her affection. When Duke threatens to quit Michele's account, his boss James Montgomery (Harry Antrim) assigns him to do the book promotion for a new client, a nerve psychologist named J.O. Loring.
The Black Arrow, 1h16
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Actors Louis Hayward, George Macready, Janet Blair, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Walter Kingsford
Roles Dungeon Keeper
Rating60% 3.0454253.0454253.0454253.0454253.045425
A knight returns home after the War of the Roses and discovers his evil uncle has murdered his father.
The Swordsman
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Genres Adventure
Actors Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Ray Collins, Holmes Herbert
Roles Old Andrew
Rating58% 2.9089052.9089052.9089052.9089052.908905
Les amours contrariées de deux personnages en Écosse au XVII siècle. Deux familles, les MacArden et les Glowan, se vouent une haine farouche. Mais Alexander MacArden et Barbara Glowan se découvrent des sentiments l'un pour l'autre.
The Swordsman, 1h20
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Larry Parks, Edgar Buchanan, Ellen Drew, Marc Platt, Nedrick Young, Robert Shayne
Roles Old Andrew
Rating58% 2.9089052.9089052.9089052.9089052.908905
This script must be run from the command line
It Had to Be You, 1h38
Directed by Don Hartman, Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Ron Randell, Spring Byington, Thurston Hall, Carol Nugent
Roles Evans
Rating63% 3.1976553.1976553.1976553.1976553.197655
In this fantasy, screwball romantic comedy,Victoria Stafford (Ginger Rogers), is a wealthy girl who has been engaged three times, and has three times backed out at the altar.
Moss Rose
Moss Rose (1947)
, 1h22
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Children's films
Actors Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore, Vincent Price, Patricia Medina, George Zucco
Roles Harry, Cab Driver (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.339723.339723.339723.339723.33972
Set in Victorian London, the story concerns a music hall chorus girl, Belle Adair, aka Rose Lynton, who blackmails a gentleman, Michael Drego, after seeing him leave the house where another dancer, Daisy Arrow, was found murdered. Instead of accepting money she demands to be invited to the man's stately home to experience the life of a lady. The woman becomes friends with the man's mother, Lady Margaret Drego, his fiancée, Audrey Ashton, but her peace is disturbed when the police inspector, Deputy Inspector Evans, arrives to question them further about the murder. Then another murder is committed in similar circumstances.