Billy Bevan
Australian American film actor (1887–1957)
- Born September 29, 1887
- 7 movies
Billy Bevan was an Australian-born vaudevillian who became an American film actor, appearing in more than 250 American films from 1916 to 1952. New audiences later discovered his work through Robert Youngson's silent-comedy compilations. His sound-era credits include Dracula's Daughter, Rebecca, The Invisible Man Returns, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Cluny Brown and The Secret Garden.
Billy Bevan appears in 7 films in The Rerun, from 1936 to 1949. Most of that work is in drama, horror and mystery. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Reginald Owen (3), Gladys Cooper (2), Leonard Carey (2), Peter Lawford (2), Florence Bates (2).
Known for
- Rebecca (1940). One of the many Hollywood films in his long career as a character player.
- Dracula’s Daughter (1936). A 1930s credit from his sound-era work.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). A mid-1940s literary adaptation among his later films.
- The Secret Garden (1949). One of his final credits, a few years before he stopped working in 1952.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Billy Bevan been in?
- Billy Bevan appears in The Secret Garden (1949), Terror by Night (1946), Cluny Brown (1946), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Invisible Man Returns (1940), Rebecca (1940) and Dracula’s Daughter (1936) on The Remote.
- When was Billy Bevan born?
- Billy Bevan was born on 29 September 1887.
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