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A grand, robust, highly theatrical British classical actor, Maurice Evans was born on June 3, 1901, in Dorchester, England, the son of a justice of the peace who enjoyed amateur play writing on the side. In fact, his father adapted several adaptations of Thomas Hardy's novels and Evans would often appear in them.
Heartbreak House (Oct 18, 1959 - Jan 23, 1960) Produced by Maurice Evans. Starring: Maurice Evans [Captain Shotover] Play Comedy Revival. The Apple Cart (Oct 18, 1956 - Feb 02, 1957) Starring: Maurice Evans [King Magnus] Play Comedy Revival. No Time for Sergeants (Oct 20, 1955 - Sep 14, 1957)
Maurice Evans (1901-1989) was a British-American actor born in Dorset, England. A devotee of the theatre, some of Maurice Evans' most acclaimed performances were in Romeo and Juliet, St. Joan, and Richard III in the 1930s. In 1941, he became an American citizen, and enlisted in the Army a year later, attaining the rank of captain. Based in Hawai'i, he took charge of entertaining American ...
Beaumarchais: Directed by Arthur H. Nadel. With Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Maurice Evans, Robert Wolders. A French theatrical troupe is secretly smuggling gold for the American revolutionaries.
Maurice Evans. Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was a British actor. He gained fame in his native country for his performances in William Shakespeare plays, embodying the grand larger-than-life tradition of Shakespearean acting (in contrast to the more subtle stylings of his contemporaries Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud ).
Edward "Hutch" Hutchins : Pregnant women are supposed to gain, not lose weight! Rosemary Woodhouse : Awful things happen in every apartment house. Edward "Hutch" Hutchins : This house has a high incident of unpleasant happenings. Edward "Hutch" Hutchins : I see you had another suicide up there at, uh, Happy House.
In films from 1930, Evans is probably best known to contemporary audiences as the inquisitor Zaius in the "Planet of the Apes" films and as Elizabeth Montgomery's warlock father, Maurice on TV's "Bewitched" (1964-72).
