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Dec 1, 1999 · Austin Roger Short, age 23 passed away on August 22, 2023, surrounded by family and friends, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Austin was born on Friday, December 1, 1999, in Richmond, Kentucky the son of Grant Short and Harriet (Kitty) Griffin.
1 day ago · Astros prospect Trevor Austin collects his first pro hit in his first game for Single-A Fayetteville
Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky (7 October 1897 – 22 January 1978) was an Irish actor who had a long career in film and television. He played the parson in John Galsworthy's Escape at the world premiere in London's West End in 1926 and was the only member of the cast to transfer to New York City for the Broadway production a year later.
- Austin Trevor series. Hercule Poirot debuted as a character in Alibi (1931). The film was adapted from the 1928 play of the same name by Michael Morton, which was in turn based on the 1926 Agatha Christie novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
- Standalone films. Poirot lay dormant for much of Hollywood’s post-war period, but he made a comeback with the aforementioned adaptation of The Alphabet Murders in 1965.
- Peter Ustinov series. Murder on the Orient Express may have been a success, but Sidney Lumet and Albert Finney never intended to make a series. Instead, it was left to EMI Films and actor Peter Ustinov to keep things going with Death on the Nile (1978).
- Kenneth Branagh series. Poirot was relegated to TV during the first decade of the 21st century. There were a handful of TV movies starring David Suchet, and a 2001 TV adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express starring Alfred Molina, but things didn’t really change until Kenneth Branagh remade Orient Express in 2017.
Austin Trevor – The Clean-Shaven Poirot. Three years later there was a new Poirot on the scene - Austin Trevor - who was the first actor to bring Hercule Poirot to the screen, and did so in three British films; Alibi and Black Coffee in 1931 and Lord Edgware Dies in 1934.
1 day ago · August 10, 2024. 0. Austin Trevor Hale (Altmeyer Funeral Home) With heavy hearts, we share the news of the recent passing of Austin Hale, a devoted father, loving son, and cherished sibling ...
Austin Trevor once claimed he was cast as Poirot because he could speak with a French accent. It was the first of three Poirot adaptations made by Twickenham Film Studios in the 1930s, followed by Black Coffee the same year, and Lord Edgware Dies in 1934, all starring Trevor as Poirot.
