Evan Thomas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1891
- Died
- January 1, 1982
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Children Galore 1955
as Lord Redscarfe
Tomorrow Is Forever 1946
as Ship's Doctor
My Name Is Julia Ross 1945
as Dr. Keller (uncredited)
Kitty 1945
as Chaplain (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Frenchman's Creek 1944
as Robert Penrose (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. 1941
as Plant Heavy 9
The Royal Mounted Patrol 1941
as Commander
The Blonde from Singapore 1941
Actor
North West Mounted Police 1940
as Capt. Gower
Drums of Fu Manchu 1940
as Maj. Carlton
British Intelligence 1939
as Maj. Andrews
The Little Princess 1939
as Doctor
Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1938
as Smith
If I Were King 1938
as Officer (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond in Africa 1938
as Sergeant
Lord Jeff 1938
as Captain Wilson
Kidnapped 1938
as Sergeant
Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938
as Constable
The Buccaneer 1938
as Sir Harry Smith
The High Command 1937
as Chief Justice
- For Valour
For Valour 1937
as Prison Governor
O.H.M.S. 1937
as General
Lend Me Your Husband 1935
as Tony
- Mrs. Dane's Defence
Mrs. Dane's Defence 1933
as James Risby
The Girl from Maxim's 1933
as Lieutenant Corrignon
- Ask Beccles
Ask Beccles 1933
as Sir Frederick Boyne
- Tin Gods
Tin Gods 1932
as Robert Staveley
Women Who Play 1932
as Willie
Inside the Lines 1930
as Major Bishop
- Warned Off
Warned Off 1930
as Colonel Cornwallis
- Wisp o' the Woods
Wisp o' the Woods 1919
as Richard Blake
Lady Windermere's Fan 1916
as Cecil Graham
Credits from TMDB.