1. Billy Bevan appeared in more than 250 American films from 1916 to 1952.
12 Facts About Billy Bevan
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Billy Bevan died just before new audiences discovered him in Robert Youngson's silent-comedy compilations.
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Billy Bevan was born in the country town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
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Billy Bevan went on the stage at an early age, traveled to Sydney and spent eight years in Australian light opera, performing as Willie Bevan.
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Billy Bevan sailed to America with the Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company in 1912, and later toured Canada.
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Billy Bevan broke into films with the Sigmund Lubin studio in 1916.
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An expressive pantomimist, Billy Bevan's quiet scene-stealing attracted attention, and by 1922 Billy Bevan was a Sennett star.
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Billy Bevan supplemented his income by establishing a citrus and avocado farm at Escondido, California.
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The late 1920s found Billy Bevan playing in wild marital farces for Sennett.
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Billy Bevan lost his starring berth when Sennett canceled all contracts to retool his studio for the new talking pictures; Billy Bevan had already completed several silent shorts, which were released gradually through 1929.
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Billy Bevan was still a resourceful actor, and in 1929 he began a second career as a character actor and bit player: a bus driver in High Voltage, a hotel employee in the Mae Murray film Peacock Alley, Second Lieutenant Trotter in Journey's End.
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Billy Bevan played a friendly bus conductor opposite Greer Garson in one of the opening scenes of Mrs Miniver.