Clem Guy Bevans[1] (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963[1]) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men.

[1] Bevans had a very long career, starting in vaudeville in 1900 in an act with Grace Emmett.

He progressed to burlesque, Broadway, and even light opera, before making his film debut at the age of 55 in Way Down East (1935).

Bevans played the neighbour of Gregory Peck in The Yearling and the gatekeeper in Harvey (1950).

On August 11, 1963, Bevans died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital[1] in Woodland Hills, California.