Biography
Herbert Evans (16 April 1882 – 10 February 1952) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1916 and 1952. A native of Devonshire, Evans started his screen acting career in 1914 at the World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey.His performances include the Earl of Glenheather Castle in The Three Stooges comedy The Hot Scots and its remake Scotched in Scotland, the well-meaning but clueless butler Wilkes in Vagabond Loafers’’ and in the Our Gang short Shrimps for a Day.
In addition to his work in short subjects, Evans appeared—often uncredited—in such films as Casablanca, Strangers on a Train, Annie Get Your Gun and Song of the Thin Man. He also had bit roles in the Shirley Temple vehicles Curly Top and Wee Willie Winkie.
One notable departure from his professional pursuit of acting consisted of time spent as "amusement manager" of Coney Island's Luna Park—specifically, 1920 through at least 1924, and again in 1928 and 1929. It was during the latter stint that Evans engaged fellow British ex-pat Cary Grant—two years prior to acquiring that soon-to-be iconic stage name–to become, in the words of the former Mr. Leach, circa fall 1969, "a barker for an incubator sideshow." Even before his hiring had been announced, Evans made headlines in March 1920 with a $50,000 payment to the United States government in exchange for the newly decommissioned USS Recruit, which was promptly moved from Manhattan's Union Square to Luna Park, where it served as an ad hoc ballroom/bandstand for opening-day patrons and the U.S. Naval Recruiting Band.Evans died on 10 February 1952 in the San Gabriel Sanitarium. He was survived by his wife Etta and two children.
Filmography
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Thunder on the Hill (1951)
The Strange Door (1951)
Born to Be Bad (1950)
The Secret Fury (1950)
Vagabond Loafers (1949)
Sky Liner (1949)
Joan of Arc (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
The Hot Scots (1948)
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Lured (1947)
Singapore (1947)
Ivy (1947)
Banjo (1947)
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
A Likely Story (1947)
The Fabulous Suzanne (1946)
Night and Day (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Pardon My Past (1945)
Kitty (1945)
The Fatal Witness (1945)
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
The Corn Is Green (1945)
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The Gang's All Here (1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Eagle Squadron (1942)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
Road to Happiness (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
The Green Archer (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Susan and God (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Little Old New York (1940)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
The Blue Bird (1940)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Miracles for Sale (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
The Little Princess (1939)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
Hard to Get (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Saleslady (1938)
Everybody's Doing It (1938)
High Flyers (1937)
The Westland Case (1937)
Angel (1937)
Maid of Salem (1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Echo Mountain (1936)
The White Angel (1936)
And Sudden Death (1936)
Colleen (1936)
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
The Little Minister (1934)
The Gay Bride (1934)
Shrimps for a Day (1934)
Great Expectations (1934)
Student Tour (1934)
Service with a Smile (1934)
Brief Moment (1933)
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
Secrets (1933)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
Chances (1931)
Newly Rich (1931)
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
Way for a Sailor (1930)
Speedy (1928)
The Third Degree (1919)
A Daughter of France (1918)
Who Loved Him Best? (1918)
The Wild Girl (1917)
The Heart of a Hero (1916)
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GenderMale
Birthday1882-04-16
Deathday1952-02-10 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsHerb Evans
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