Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas

Born: February 17, 1891
Died: January 1, 1982
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
From Wikipedia

Evan Thomas, also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career in England, in Lady Windermere's Fan, written by Oscar Wilde.

Born Elystan Owen Evan Thomas in Vancouver, he appeared in silent films in Great Britain. Starting in 1930, he worked in both Hollywood and England beginning in 1930, before returning permanently to the British film industry after 1946. Over his fifty-year career, he would appear in dozens of films, usually in small roles, although he did have several featured performances, as in 1928's Warned Off, and 1935's Lend Me Your Husband.

Movies for Evan Thomas...

Title: The Saint
Character: Dr. Beamish
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Children Galore
Title: Children Galore
Character: Lord Redscarfe
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive instincts and petty jealousies ensue.
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Tomorrow Is Forever
Title: Tomorrow Is Forever
Character: Ship's Doctor
Released: February 20, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
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Kitty
Title: Kitty
Character: Chaplain (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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Frenchman's Creek
Title: Frenchman's Creek
Character: Robert Penrose (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1944
Type: Movie
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Character: Plant Heavy 9
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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The Royal Mounted Patrol
Title: The Royal Mounted Patrol
Character: Commander
Released: November 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol. When villainous lumberman Frenchy Duvalle refuses to limit his wood-chopping activities, he inadvertently touches off a forest fire. Trapped in the middle of the conflagration, Frenchy's only hope for rescue is mountie Tom Jeffries, presently scouring the countryside in his scout plane. Jeffries' reasons for bringing Frenchy out safely are twofold: he must deliver the renegade lumberjack to the authorities, and he happens to be in love with Frenchy's sister Betty.
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The Blonde from Singapore
Title: The Blonde from Singapore
Released: October 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.
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North West Mounted Police
Title: North West Mounted Police
Character: Capt. Gower
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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Drums of Fu Manchu
Title: Drums of Fu Manchu
Character: Maj. Carlton
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
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British Intelligence
Title: British Intelligence
Character: Maj. Andrews
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
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The Little Princess
Title: The Little Princess
Character: Doctor
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Title: Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Character: Smith
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
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If I Were King
Title: If I Were King
Character: Officer
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Title: Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Character: Sergeant
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
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Lord Jeff
Title: Lord Jeff
Character: Captain Wilson
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.
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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: Sergeant
Released: May 27, 1938
Type: Movie
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Character: Constable
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
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The Buccaneer
Title: The Buccaneer
Character: Sir Harry Smith
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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The High Command
Title: The High Command
Character: Chief Justice
Released: August 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
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For Valour
Title: For Valour
Character: Prison Governor
Released: March 16, 1937
Type: Movie
In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
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O.H.M.S.
Title: O.H.M.S.
Character: General
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.
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Lend Me Your Husband
Title: Lend Me Your Husband
Character: Tony
Released: January 12, 1935
Type: Movie
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
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Mrs. Dane's Defence
Title: Mrs. Dane's Defence
Character: James Risby
Released: November 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue.
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The Girl from Maxim's
Title: The Girl from Maxim's
Character: Lieutenant Corrignon
Released: August 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
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Ask Beccles
Title: Ask Beccles
Character: Sir Frederick Boyne
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.
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Tin Gods
Title: Tin Gods
Character: Robert Staveley
Released: July 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A British drama film directed by F.W. Kraemer
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Women Who Play
Title: Women Who Play
Character: Willie
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme.
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Inside the Lines
Title: Inside the Lines
Character: Major Bishop
Released: July 5, 1930
Type: Movie
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
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Warned Off
Title: Warned Off
Character: Colonel Cornwallis
Released: July 1, 1930
Type: Movie
An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.
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Wisp o' the Woods
Title: Wisp o' the Woods
Character: Richard Blake
Released: August 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Title: Lady Windermere's Fan
Character: Cecil Graham
Released: July 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Early silent version of the Oscar Wilde play.