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Billy Bevan‌

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Billy Bevan

Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Billy Bevan

Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1887-09-29

Popularity

star2.5

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. The advent of talking pictures took their toll on the careers of many silent stars, including Billy Bevan. Bevan began a second career in "talkies" as a character actor and bit player in roles such as that of a bus driver in the 1929 film High Voltage, a hotel employee in the Mae Murray film Peacock Alley, and the supporting role of Second Lieutenant Trotter in Journey's End in 1930. His starring roles had come to an end, however, and for the next 20 years he often would play rowdy Cockneys (as in Pack Up Your Troubles with The Ritz Brothers), and affable Englishmen (as in Tin Pan Alley and Terror by Night). He played a friendly bus conductor opposite Greer Garson in one of the opening scenes of Mrs. Miniver. 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.)

Movie Credits

Rebecca

Rebecca‌
star7.9
calendar 1940

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

The Secret Of St. Ives

The Secret Of St. Ives‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Terror by Night

Terror by Night‌
star6.6
calendar 1946

Dracula's Daughter

Dracula's Daughter‌
star5.9
calendar 1936

Suspicion

Suspicion‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town‌
star7.5
calendar 1936

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

Pop's Pal

Pop's Pal‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Off His Trolley

Off His Trolley‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities‌
star6.8
calendar 1935

Around the Town: British Film Stars and Studios

Around the Town: British Film Stars and Studios‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

The Invisible Man's Revenge

The Invisible Man's Revenge‌
star5.6
calendar 1944

Payment Deferred

Payment Deferred‌
star5.9
calendar 1932

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Tonight and Every Night

Tonight and Every Night‌
star5.2
calendar 1945

Journey's End

Journey's End‌
star6.2
calendar 1930

The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West‌
star4.6
calendar 1938

Bombs and Bandits

Bombs and Bandits‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol‌
star6.5
calendar 1934

Gold Digger of Weepah

Gold Digger of Weepah‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Girl from Everywhere

The Girl from Everywhere‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Bicycle Flirt

The Bicycle Flirt‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Girl from Nowhere

The Girl from Nowhere‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Motorboat Mamas

Motorboat Mamas‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Hubby's Weekend Trip

Hubby's Weekend Trip‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Don't Get Jealous

Don't Get Jealous‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Counter-Espionage

Counter-Espionage‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Vincent Price's Dracula

Vincent Price's Dracula‌
star7.9
calendar 1986

Cavalcade

Cavalcade‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Calling Hubby's Bluff

Calling Hubby's Bluff‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Pink Pajamas

Pink Pajamas‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Musclebound Music

Musclebound Music‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Hayfoot, Strawfoot?

Hayfoot, Strawfoot?‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

East of the Water Plug

East of the Water Plug‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

The Man Who Wouldn't Die‌
star6.4
calendar 1942

From Rags to Britches

From Rags to Britches‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Trimmed in Gold

Trimmed in Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Should Husbands Marry?

Should Husbands Marry?‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Should Sleepwalkers Marry?

Should Sleepwalkers Marry?‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Pitfalls of a Big City

Pitfalls of a Big City‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Inbad the Sailor

Inbad the Sailor‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

One Spooky Night

One Spooky Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Wandering Waistlines

Wandering Waistlines‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Cannon Ball Express

The Cannon Ball Express‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Crossroads of New York

The Crossroads of New York‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Little Robinson Corkscrew

Little Robinson Corkscrew‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Sneezing Beezers

Sneezing Beezers‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Over Thereabouts

Over Thereabouts‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Peaches and Plumbers

Peaches and Plumbers‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Cured in the Excitement

Cured in the Excitement‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Bull Fighter

The Bull Fighter‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Weak But Willing

Weak But Willing‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

God's Country and the Woman

God's Country and the Woman‌
star4.2
calendar 1937

Pirates of the Air

Pirates of the Air‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner‌
star6.3
calendar 1933

His New Stenographer

His New Stenographer‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

High Voltage

High Voltage‌
star4.3
calendar 1929

Wandering Willies

Wandering Willies‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Butter Fingers

Butter Fingers‌
star5.8
calendar 1925

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Best Man

The Best Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Beach Club

The Beach Club‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Sky Devils

Sky Devils‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues‌
star4.2
calendar 1934

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Stingaree

Stingaree‌
star5.9
calendar 1934

Slave Ship

Slave Ship‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Hoboken to Hollywood

Hoboken to Hollywood‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Lizzies of the Field

Lizzies of the Field‌
star6.2
calendar 1924

Flirty Four-Flushers

Flirty Four-Flushers‌
star5.0
calendar 1926

Masked Mamas

Masked Mamas‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Be Reasonable

Be Reasonable‌
star7.3
calendar 1921

Astray from the Steerage

Astray from the Steerage‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Mystery Woman

Mystery Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

The Sky Hawk

The Sky Hawk‌
star6.0
calendar 1929

Whispering Whiskers

Whispering Whiskers‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Wrong Road

The Wrong Road‌
star4.3
calendar 1937

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

The Hollywood Kid

The Hollywood Kid‌
star5.3
calendar 1924

Who's Who in the Zoo

Who's Who in the Zoo‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Scotch

Scotch‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Shining Victory

Shining Victory‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley‌
star4.3
calendar 1930

Too Much Harmony

Too Much Harmony‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

Shadows Over Shanghai

Shadows Over Shanghai‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Galloping Bungalows

Galloping Bungalows‌
star5.0
calendar 1924

Circus Today

Circus Today‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Looking Forward

Looking Forward‌
star6.2
calendar 1933

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

A Sea Dog's Tale

A Sea Dog's Tale‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Ice Cold Cocos

Ice Cold Cocos‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Black Sheep

Black Sheep‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Private Number

Private Number‌
star6.3
calendar 1936

Moss Rose

Moss Rose‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Gymnasium Jim

Gymnasium Jim‌
star4.5
calendar 1922

The Extra Girl

The Extra Girl‌
star5.9
calendar 1923

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Love and Doughnuts

Love and Doughnuts‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Easy Pickings

Easy Pickings‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Penny Serenade

Penny Serenade‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star6.1
calendar 1933

Gertie's Gasoline Glide

Gertie's Gasoline Glide‌
star5.0
calendar 1916

Somebody's Widow

Somebody's Widow‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie‌
star4.8
calendar 1936

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Arrest Bulldog Drummond‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Born to Love

Born to Love‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Caravan

Caravan‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Let Freedom Ring

Let Freedom Ring‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

The Big Squeal

The Big Squeal‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Swordsman

The Swordsman‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

When Summer Comes

When Summer Comes‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

On Patrol

On Patrol‌
star3.0
calendar 1922

Wall Street Blues

Wall Street Blues‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

One Cylinder Love

One Cylinder Love‌
star0.0
calendar

The Duck Hunter

The Duck Hunter‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Her Rustic Romeo

Her Rustic Romeo‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

Three Foolish Weeks

Three Foolish Weeks‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You‌
star6.5
calendar 1947

The Sheik Steps Out

The Sheik Steps Out‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Transatlantic

Transatlantic‌
star5.6
calendar 1931

Confirm or Deny

Confirm or Deny‌
star3.8
calendar 1941

Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop‌
star5.6
calendar 1928

Another Dawn

Another Dawn‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

Shock

Shock‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

The Lodger

The Lodger‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

London Blackout Murders

London Blackout Murders‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

The Golf Nut

The Golf Nut‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow‌
star5.2
calendar 1948

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

Rogues of Sherwood Forest‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

Peg o' My Heart

Peg o' My Heart‌
star5.2
calendar 1933

Thundering Taxis

Thundering Taxis‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

She Whoops To Conquer

She Whoops To Conquer‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Nip and Tuck

Nip and Tuck‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Temptation

Temptation‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Personal Property

Personal Property‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Captain Fury

Captain Fury‌
star4.8
calendar 1939

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo‌
star6.3
calendar 1930

Uncle Jake

Uncle Jake‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Trespasser

The Trespasser‌
star6.7
calendar 1929

Giddap!

Giddap!‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

National Velvet

National Velvet‌
star7.3
calendar 1945

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Honeymoon Beach

Honeymoon Beach‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The White Sin

The White Sin‌
star6.0
calendar 1924

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray‌
star7.1
calendar 1945

A Small Town Idol

A Small Town Idol‌
star6.0
calendar 1921

The Quack Doctor

The Quack Doctor‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Return of the Vampire

The Return of the Vampire‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Cupid In Quarantine

Cupid In Quarantine‌
star5.0
calendar 1918

The Lion's Whiskers

The Lion's Whiskers‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Iron Nag

The Iron Nag‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Honeymoon Hardships

Honeymoon Hardships‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

His Unlucky Night

His Unlucky Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Happy Times and Jolly Moments‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Fight Night

Fight Night‌
star5.0
calendar 1926

A Small Town Princess

A Small Town Princess‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Chances

Chances‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

Let's Live a Little

Let's Live a Little‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

The Widow from Monte Carlo

The Widow from Monte Carlo‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London‌
star7.2
calendar 1936

Three Secrets

Three Secrets‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

The Golden Age of Comedy

The Golden Age of Comedy‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

One More River

One More River‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden‌
star7.2
calendar 1949

This Above All

This Above All‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Devotion

Devotion‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

The Way to Love

The Way to Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

For the Love o' Lil

For the Love o' Lil‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

30 Years of Fun

30 Years of Fun‌
star3.0
calendar 1963

Techno-Crazy

Techno-Crazy‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown‌
star7.2
calendar 1946

Tv Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948