Great Character Actors
by Scrugulus | created - 28 Dec 2016 | updated - 28 Dec 2016 | Public...a growing list...
1. Rex Evans
Actor | The Philadelphia Story
Rex Evans was born on April 13, 1903 in Southport, Sefton, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) and Merry Andrew (1958). He died on April 3, 1969 in Glendale, California, USA.
One of the many British actors that came to Hollywood in the early days of the Talkies. He had small parts in many a famous film, like The Philadelphia Story, and also great little parts on TV show episodes, like the role of a foppish and aloft cynic-turned-author on the Mr and Mrs North episodes "Surprise".
2. George Merritt
Actor | Q Planes
George Merritt was born on December 10, 1890 in Clapton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Q Planes (1939), The Persuaders! (1971) and A Canterbury Tale (1944). He died on August 27, 1977 in Parliament Hill, Hampstead, London, England, UK.
A British actor who, in addition to stage appearances, had supporting roles in numerous films and TV show episodes. Studying theatre in Germany in 1914, he was sent to an internment camp for the entirety of the war. Uniquely suited for the role of the quintessential British butler, one of his final roles was that of "Chivers" on an episode of the cult show The Persuaders!, which is where most younger people might know his face from.
3. William Mervyn
Actor | The Ruling Class
William Mervyn was born on January 3, 1912 in Nairobi, Kenya. He was an actor, known for The Ruling Class (1972), Silas Marner (1964) and The Eustace Diamonds (1959). He was married to Anne Margaret Payne-Cook. He died on August 6, 1976 in London, England, UK.
A British actor whose looks made him the perfect fit for roles playing elderly high-ranking government officials. His face was so well-known because he also appeared in many TV commercials in the 1960s.
4. Alan Mowbray
Actor | My Darling Clementine
Alan Mowbray, the American film actor who was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, was born Ernest Allen on August 18, 1896, in London, England, to a non-theatrical family. He served in the British army during World War I and received the Military Medal and the French Croix De ...
A British actor, Mowbray had already been acting for many years on many an American stage when the Talkie era began and Hollywood was desperately looking for actors who actually knew how to use their voice. One of Mowbrays specialty areas became playing pompous and irascible characters.
5. Charles Coleman
Actor | Poor Little Rich Girl
Charles Coleman was born on December 22, 1885 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), It Started with Eve (1941) and Becky Sharp (1935). He was married to Beatrice. He died on March 8, 1951 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Born in Australia, Coleman moved to Hollywood early on (1923) after having toured the US with a theatre company. His on-screen roles were almost exclusively those of butler, a role he was uniquely suited for.
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