Cecil Bevan
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Cecil Stuart Reginald Bevan (May 1, 1875 – January 22, 1953) was a British supporting and character actor on stage and screen.[1][2][3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bevan was born in London,[1] the son of a clergyman, Reverend Cecil Bevan.[4] He worked as an accountant and partnership agent,[5] and acted as an amateur with groups including the Romany Amateur Dramatic Club at St. George's Hall, London in 1900,[6] and the Phoenix Amateur Dramatic Club at the Bijou Theatre, London, in 1901.[7]
Career
[edit | edit source]By 1907, Bevan had begun acting professionally with George Alexander's company[1] in Alfred Sutro's new play, John Glayde's Honour.[8][9][10] He also appeared with the Herbert Sleath Company[11] and the London Repertory Theatre under its director J. T. Grein.[12][13]
In 1912, he played the governor of HM Prison Holloway in a satirical play by Lillie Langtry titled Helping the Cause, in which Langtry played a militant suffragist. The play, with the cast including Langtry, Bevan, Leonora Braham and Alfred Mansfield, toured the United Kingdom and the United States.[14][15][16][17][18]
In the 1910s and 1930s-40s, Bevan appeared in West End theatres in supporting roles in plays by dramatists such as Harley Granville-Barker, Elmer Rice, Jerome K. Jerome, and Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein.[12][19] He received praise for his performances, in particular for his role as Christopher Branley in John Glayde's Honour by Alfred Sutro (1907-1908),[8][9] Captain Montgomerie in W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick (1908),[20] and Dr. O'Shea in Roland Pertwee's Pink String and Sealing Wax (1943).[21][22][23]
Bevan also appeared on screen from 1921 to 1952. His performance as Sampson Brass in The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) was described as "excellent".[24] His last appearance on screen was as Reverend Mayne in Autumn Crocus (1952).[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He married twice, firstly to Violet Gordon Robbins in 1900,[4] and later to Frieda Haesler.[25] He was a member of the Green Room Club[26] and the Conservative Association.[1] He died in 1953 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where he had lived for over thirty years.[1]
Selected stage performances
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Author | Theatre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | A Pair of Spectacles | Sydney Grundy, adapted from Les Petits Oiseaux by Eugène Labiche and Alfred Delacour | St. George's Hall, London | Percy Goldfinch | Romany Amateur Dramatic Club[6] |
| 1900 | The Money Spinner | Arthur Wing Pinero | St. George's Hall, London | Lord Kingussie | Romany Amateur Dramatic Club [27] |
| 1905 | Mrs. L'Estrange | Kinsey Peile | Shaftesbury Theatre, London | Jules | [28] |
| 1907 | John Glayde's Honour | Alfred Sutro | Theatre Royal, Bath | Christopher Branley | George Alexander Productions [8] |
| 1908 | John Glayde's Honour | Alfred Sutro | Borough Theatre, Stratford; The Kennington Theatre, south-east London | Christopher Branley | George Alexander Company[9][10] |
| 1908 | Lady Frederick | W. Somerset Maugham | King's Theatre, Sunderland; Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne | Captain Montgomerie | [29][20] |
| 1909 | A White Man | Edwin Milton Royle | Theatre Royal, Woolwich; Empire Theatre, Southend-on-Sea | Earl of Kerhill | Herbert Sleath Company [11][30] |
| 1911 | The Quality of Mercy | Hall Caine | Theatre Royal, Manchester | Mr. Pettigrew | John Hart and M. V. Leveaux. World Premiere[31] |
| 1912 | Helping the Cause | Percy Fendall and Lillie Langtry | Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Greater Manchester; Glasgow Empire Theatre, Scotland; B. F. Keith's Theater, Cincinnati; Hippodrome Theater (Cleveland, Ohio); Orpheum Theater, Brooklyn, United States | Sir Martyn Mangles, governor of Holloway gaol | [14][15][16][17] |
| 1912 | The Right Sort (a short version of The Degenerates) | Sydney Grundy | The Empire Palace Theatre, Leeds | Duke of Orme | [32] |
| 1914-1915 | The Dynasts | Thomas Hardy, adapted by Harley Granville-Barker | Kingsway Theatre, London | 1st Passenger; Colonel Graham; General Sir Thomas Picton | [12] |
| 1915 | On Trial | Elmer Rice | Lyric Theatre, London | Clerk | [12] |
| 1915 | The World of Boredom | Adapted from Édouard Pailleron's Le Monde où l'on s'ennuie by Maria Leonard and J. T. Grein | Queen's Theatre, London | Monsieur de Millets | [12] |
| 1915 | The Three Patriots | Jerome K. Jerome | Queen's Theatre, London | Doctor | [12] |
| 1915 | The Dummy | Harvey J. O'Higgins and Harriet Ford | Prince of Wales Theatre, London | Fisher | [12] |
| 1917 | Ruts | Harry Wall | Court Theatre, London | Mr. Boulder | London Repertory Theatre, dir. J. T. Grein[12][13] |
| 1933 | The Brontës | Alfred Sangster | Royalty Theatre, London | William Smith Williams | [33] |
| 1943 | Pink String and Sealing Wax | Roland Pertwee | Theatre Royal, Brighton; Theatre Royal, Nottingham; Duke of York's Theatre, London | Dr. O'Shea | [1][21][22][23][19] |
| 1944 | Pink String and Sealing Wax | Roland Pertwee | Phoenix Theatre, London | Dr. O'Shea | [19] |
| 1945 | Chicken Every Sunday | Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on the novel by Rosemary Drachman Taylor | Savoy Theatre, London | Reverend Wilson | [19][34] |
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Sampson Brass | [35][24] |
| 1937 | The Elder Brother | Coroner | [2][36] |
| 1937 | Jump for Glory | Cyril | [35] |
| 1937 | Night Ride | [37] | |
| 1937 | The Cavalier of the Streets | [38][39] | |
| 1937 | Paradise for Two, released in the US as The Gaiety Girls | Renaud or Renard | [2][35][40][41] |
| 1938 | The Beautiful One | Scribe | [42] |
| 1939 | Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday | Man In Solicitor's Office | [43] |
| 1942 | Let the People Sing | Minor Role | [44] |
| 1943 | Subject for Discussion | #5 of the Into Battle series produced by the Ministry of Information[45] | |
| 1945 | Twilight Hour | Hartley | [2] |
| 1945 | Waltz Time | Minister of Health | [2][46] |
| 1947 | The White Unicorn | Clerk to the Assizes | [2] |
| 1948 | The Blind Goddess | Morton | [2] |
| 1949 | Once Upon a Dream | Wright | [2] |
| 1950 | The Reluctant Widow | [2] | |
| 1951 | Night Was Our Friend | Clerk of the Court | [2][35] |
| 1952 | Autumn Crocus | Reverend Mayne, the clergyman | [1][47] |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Cecil Bevan at IMDb
- Cecil Bevan at Theatricalia
- Cecil Bevan at the British Film Industry
- Cecil Bevan at AllMovie
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