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Maurice Evans is a Actor British born on 3 june 1901 at Dorchester (United-kingdom)
Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was a British-American actor noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. In terms of his screen roles, he is probably best known as Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes and as Samantha Stephens' father Maurice in Bewitched.
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Birth name Maurice Herbert Evans
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 june 1901 at Dorchester (United-kingdom)
Death 12 march 1989 (at 87 years) at Rottingdean (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 june 1901 at Dorchester (United-kingdom)
Death 12 march 1989 (at 87 years) at Rottingdean (United-kingdom)
Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was a British-American actor noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. In terms of his screen roles, he is probably best known as Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes and as Samantha Stephens' father Maurice in Bewitched.
Biography
At the end of the 1960s, Evans returned to Britain. Aside from an infrequent trip to the United States and occasional visits to retired actors in financial need (as a representative of the Actors' Fund, of which he was a longtime trustee), he lived quietly in the Sussex countryside, near Brighton. He never married, and was survived by a brother, Hugh, of London.Best films
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A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker, Season Hubley, Zakes Mokae, Dr. Stephen Macht
Roles Major Palgrave
Rating62%
Miss Marple est en vacances à la Barbade, dans une pension tenue depuis peu par Molly et Tim Kendal. Parmi les autres clients se trouve le major Palgrave, personnage bavard qui lui raconte pourquoi il porte un œil de verre. Il explique à miss Marple qu'un assassin se trouve probablement dans l'île, et s'apprête à en montrer la photographie, mais il s'abstient quand il voit arriver un groupe de quatre autres touristes. Le lendemain, le major Palgrave est retrouvé mort, d'une crise cardiaque semble-t-il. Une jeune employée antillaise de la pension remarque que dans la chambre du major se trouve un médicament qu'elle n'y avait jamais vu auparavant. Après l'exhumation du corps de Palgrave, il est établi qu'il a été empoisonné.
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Robert Hays, Pam Dawber, Zohra Lampert, Ed Nelson, Maurice Evans, Larry Hankin
Roles D. Leroy Wintermore
Rating66%
A man inherits from his millionaire uncle a gold watch that has the power to stop time.
The Jerk (1979)
, 1h44Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dick O'Neill, Mabel King
Roles Hobart
Rating70%
Navin R. Johnson, a homeless man, directly addresses the camera and tells his story. He is the adopted white son of African American sharecroppers, who grows to adulthood naïvely unaware of his obvious adoption. He stands out in his family not just because of his skin color but because of his utter lack of rhythm when his adopted family plays spirited blues music. One night, he hears the staid and starchy Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra song called "Crazy Rhythm" on the radio and his feet spontaneously begin to move with the urge to dance; he sees this as a calling and decides to hitchhike to St. Louis, from where the song was broadcast. On the way, he stops at a motel, where a dog wakes him up by barking at his door. Navin thinks the dog is trying to warn of a fire and names the dog "Lifesaver". He wakes up the other hotel guests to rescue them, but when everyone realizes it was a false alarm, one Asian man angrily suggests he call the dog "Shithead", which Navin takes literally.
The Canterville Ghost (1974)
, 1hOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Actors David Niven, James Whitmore, Audra Lindley, Lynne Frederick, Maurice Evans, Flora Robson
Roles Lord Canterville
Rating69%
Hiram B. Otis, un ministre américain, voyage en Angleterre avec sa famille et s'installe dans un château hanté sur le domaine de Canterville. À leur arrivée, Lord Canterville, l'ancien propriétaire des lieux, prévient M. Otis et sa famille que le fantôme de Sir Simon de Canterville hante le château depuis qu'il a tué sa femme Eleonore voilà quelques siècles. M. Otis ne croit pas à cette histoire, mais sa fille Virginia deviendra amie avec le fantôme.
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Lisa Lu, Broderick Crawford
Roles Inspector Daniels
Rating50%
Dans un musée de cire, le directeur et le sculpteur sont confrontés à des modèles qui prennent vie…
, 1h35Directed by Chuck Roberson, Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about apes, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, David Watson, Roddy McDowall, Linda Harrison
Roles Dr. Zaius
Rating60%
Following the events of Planet of the Apes, time-displaced astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) and the mute Nova (Linda Harrison) are riding on horseback through the desert of the Forbidden Zone. Without warning, fire shoots up from the ground and deep chasms open. Confused by the strange phenomenon, Taylor investigates a cliff wall and disappears before Nova's eyes.
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
, 1h40Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Glenn Ford, Dean Jagger, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Will Geer, Robert Pine
Roles Harry Masters
Rating70%
Professor Andrew Patterson (Glenn Ford) returns to his alma mater, the College of St. George in San Francisco, for the initiation of a new member into a secret society, the Brotherhood of the Bell. The man who initiated Patterson 22 years earlier, financier Chad Harmon (Dean Jagger), is presiding at the initiation. Harmon gives him an address and instructs Patterson to go there to receive an assignment from the society; Patterson has been selected to prevent Dr. Konstantin Horvathy (Eduard Franz) from accepting a deanship at a college of linguistics. The Brotherhood wants this post for one of their own. Patterson is given dossiers of people who helped Horvathy defect to the United States, and he is to threaten to reveal these to the government of Horvathy's homeland if Horvathy accepts the new post. Against Brotherhood policy, Patterson consults Harmon about the legality and ethics of his assignment. Harmon tells Patterson to do it and be grateful that more is not asked of him.
The Body Stealers (1969)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors George Sanders, Maurice Evans, Patrick Allen, Neil Connery, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Flemyng
Roles Dr. Matthews / Alien
Rating42%
Planet of the Apes (1968)
, 1h52Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Psychologie, Films about racism, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about apes, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, Lobotomie
Actors Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore, James Daly
Roles Dr. Zaius
Rating79%
Astronauts Taylor (Charlton Heston), Landon (Robert Gunner), Dodge (Jeff Burton) and Stewart are in deep hibernation when their spaceship crashes in a lake on an unknown planet after a long near-light speed voyage, during which, due to time dilation, the crew ages only 18 months. As the ship sinks, Taylor finds Stewart dead and her body desiccated. They throw an inflatable raft from the ship and climb down into it; before departing the ship, Taylor notes that the date is November 25, AD 3978, approximately two millennia after their departure in 1972. Once ashore, Dodge performs a soil test and pronounces the soil incapable of sustaining life.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
, 2h16Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Demons in film, Witches in film, Erotic thriller films
Actors Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy
Roles Hutch
Rating79%
In 1965, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), a bright but somewhat naive young housewife, and Guy (John Cassavetes), her husband and a struggling actor, move into the Bramford, an antiquated New York City apartment building. The couple learns from the building's manager, Mr. Nicklas (Elisha Cook, Jr.), that their new residence was previously inhabited by Mrs. Gardenia, an elderly woman who had seemingly gone senile. Guy also discovers a dresser concealing a simple closet which contains nothing except a vacuum cleaner and a few other household items. Their friend Hutch (Maurice Evans) tries to dissuade them from taking the apartment, informing them of some of the Bramford's rather unseemly history but, undeterred, Rosemary and Guy move into the building.
Jack of Diamonds (1967)
, 1h48Directed by Don Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors George Hamilton, Maurice Evans, Wolfgang Preiss, Alexander Hegarth, Eduard Linkers, Karl Lieffen
Roles Nicolai Vodkine
Rating52%
A master thief known as the Ace of Diamonds decides it's time to retire before he gets caught, so he teaches everything he knows to Jeff Hill, his protege.
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Maurice Evans, Yvonne Craig, Vera Miles
Roles Sir Norman Swickert
Rating55%
Illya Kuryakin is investigating the theft of cats in the Soho area of London, and Napoleon Solo is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of the famous, suddenly youthful appearing, and now missing 83-year-old biologist Benjamin Lancer. Solo contacts Lancer’s daughter Lorelei, a model at the Paris salon of Madame Raine De Sala. De Sala orders her associate Olga and another model Do Do to make sure that Lorelei does not speak to Solo.
The War Lord (1965)
, 2h2Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on plays
Actors Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Guy Stockwell, Niall MacGinnis
Roles Priest
Rating65%
Chrysagon de la Cruex (Heston) is a Norman knight charged with defending a Druid village. At the heart of the story is a doomed romance which defies the social norms and sparks a growing confrontation with Chrysagon's brother, Draco (Stockwell).
Macbeth (1964)
, 1h30Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Michael Hordern, Ian Bannen, Felix Aylmer, Jeremy Brett
Roles Macbeth
Rating81%
Deuxième version de la pièce classique de Shakespeare, avec les mêmes deux étoiles et le même réalisateur que sa première version, mais avec un casting différent.
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Martyn Green, Peter Finch, Dinah Sheridan
Roles Arthur Sullivan
Rating68%
The young composer Arthur Sullivan is encouraged by his friends and fiancée, Grace, to pursue the creation of "serious" works, such as his cantata The Prodigal Son, but he is pleased by the acclaim that he receives for the music to the short comic opera Trial by Jury, a collaboration with dramatist W. S. Gilbert. Grace leaves him, telling him that he is wasting his musical gifts on triviality, foreshadowing criticism from the musical establishment that will follow Sullivan for the rest of his career.