Billy Bevan (1887 - 1957)
Australian film actor, started as a comedian in the silent film era and became a character actor in sound films.| * | September 29, 1887 Orange, Australia | |
| as William Bevan Harris | ||
| † | November 26, 1957 Escondido, California, USA |
Vintage magazines
Mon Ciné, nr. 23, 27 July 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 30, 14 September 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 47, 11 January 1923
Books with substantial mentioning of Billy Bevan
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Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion London, 1998 |
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Kalton C. Lahue and Sam Gill Clown Princes and Court Jesters South Brunswick and New York - London, 1970 |
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Books with an entry on Billy Bevan
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Alfred E. Twomey and Arthur F. McClure The Versatiles, A Study of Supporting Character Actors and Actresses in the American Motion Picture, 1930-1955 South Brunswick and New York - London, 1969 |
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Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures Chicago, Ill., 1929  |
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Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk New York, 1925 |
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Motion Picture Studio Directory, Trade Manual 1921 New York, 1921  |
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Films
1920
Married Life
1921
A Small Town Idol
1922
The Crossroads of New York
1923
The Extra Girl
1926
Circus Today
1927
Easy Pickings
1928
The Beach Club
Riley the Cop
His Unlucky Night
Motorboat Mamas
The Best Man
The Bicycle Flirt
The Lion's Roar
1929
High Voltage
Button My Back
The Trespasser
The Sky Hawk
Weak But Willing
1930
Monte Carlo
Journey's End
For the Defense
Temptation
Peacock Alley
For the Love o' Lil
1931
Transatlantic
The Spy
Waterloo Bridge
Born to Love
Chances
1932
Me and My Gal
Sky Devils
Vanity Fair
Payment Deferred
The Silent Witness
1933
Alice in Wonderland
A Study in Scarlet
Too Much Harmony
The Midnight Club
Luxury Liner
The Way to Love
Looking Forward
Cavalcade
1934
The Lost Patrol
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
One More River
Limehouse Blues
Caravan
The Painted Veil
1935
The Last Outpost
Dressed to Thrill
Black Sheep
Mystery Woman
A Tale of Two Cities
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Lloyd's of London
Song and Dance Man
Dracula's Daughter
Private Number
Piccadilly Jim
1937
Slave Ship
The Wrong Road
The Sheik Steps Out
Another Dawn
Personal Property
God's Country and the Woman
1938
Bringing Up Baby
A Christmas Carol
Mysterious Mr. Moto
The Girl of the Golden West
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Meet the Girls
Shadows Over Shanghai
Up the River
The Young in Heart
1939
Let Freedom Ring
We Are Not Alone
Grand Jury Secrets
Pack Up Your Troubles
Captain Fury
1940
The Long Voyage Home
Rebecca
Tin Pan Alley
The Earl of Chicago
The Invisible Man Returns
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Penny Serenade
Suspicion
Confirm or Deny
Shining Victory
One Night in Lisbon
Scotland Yard
1942
I Married a Witch
A Yank at Eton
This Above All
Mrs. Miniver
Counter-Espionage
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1943
Holy Matrimony
Jane Eyre
The Return of the Vampire
Young and Willing
Forever and a Day
London Blackout Murders
1944
The Lodger
National Velvet
Once Upon a Time
South of Dixie
The Pearl of Death
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tonight and Every Night
Scotland Yard Investigator
1946
Cluny Brown
Devotion
Terror by Night
1947
It Had to Be You
Moss Rose
Love from a Stranger
1948
Let's Live a Little
The Black Arrow
The Swordsman
1949
Tell It to the Judge
That Forsyte Woman
1950
Three Secrets
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1952
Hans Christian Andersen
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
1965
Tobo the Happy Clown
1920
Married Life
1921
A Small Town Idol
1922
The Crossroads of New York
1923
The Extra Girl
1926
Circus Today
1927
Easy Pickings
1928
The Beach Club
Riley the Cop
His Unlucky Night
Motorboat Mamas
The Best Man
The Bicycle Flirt
The Lion's Roar
1929
High Voltage
Button My Back
The Trespasser
The Sky Hawk
Weak But Willing
1930
Monte Carlo
Journey's End
For the Defense
Temptation
Peacock Alley
For the Love o' Lil
1931
Transatlantic
The Spy
Waterloo Bridge
Born to Love
Chances
1932
Me and My Gal
Sky Devils
Vanity Fair
Payment Deferred
The Silent Witness
1933
Alice in Wonderland
A Study in Scarlet
Too Much Harmony
The Midnight Club
Luxury Liner
The Way to Love
Looking Forward
Cavalcade
1934
The Lost Patrol
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
One More River
Limehouse Blues
Caravan
The Painted Veil
1935
The Last Outpost
Dressed to Thrill
Black Sheep
Mystery Woman
A Tale of Two Cities
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Lloyd's of London
Song and Dance Man
Dracula's Daughter
Private Number
Piccadilly Jim
1937
Slave Ship
The Wrong Road
The Sheik Steps Out
Another Dawn
Personal Property
God's Country and the Woman
1938
Bringing Up Baby
A Christmas Carol
Mysterious Mr. Moto
The Girl of the Golden West
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Meet the Girls
Shadows Over Shanghai
Up the River
The Young in Heart
1939
Let Freedom Ring
We Are Not Alone
Grand Jury Secrets
Pack Up Your Troubles
Captain Fury
1940
The Long Voyage Home
Rebecca
Tin Pan Alley
The Earl of Chicago
The Invisible Man Returns
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Penny Serenade
Suspicion
Confirm or Deny
Shining Victory
One Night in Lisbon
Scotland Yard
1942
I Married a Witch
A Yank at Eton
This Above All
Mrs. Miniver
Counter-Espionage
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1943
Holy Matrimony
Jane Eyre
The Return of the Vampire
Young and Willing
Forever and a Day
London Blackout Murders
1944
The Lodger
National Velvet
Once Upon a Time
South of Dixie
The Pearl of Death
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tonight and Every Night
Scotland Yard Investigator
1946
Cluny Brown
Devotion
Terror by Night
1947
It Had to Be You
Moss Rose
Love from a Stranger
1948
Let's Live a Little
The Black Arrow
The Swordsman
1949
Tell It to the Judge
That Forsyte Woman
1950
Three Secrets
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1952
Hans Christian Andersen
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
1965
Tobo the Happy Clown