Herbert Evans (1882-1952) was a British stage actor who moved to the United States before the First World War and worked on Broadway. He made his feature film debut in Where Love Leads (1916), the first of over 120 appearances, most of which were portraying English characters (including many butlers). He generally worked on the East Coast until sound came in, when he was part of the Broadway exodus to California.
Notable pictures featuring Evans include Peter Ibbotson (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), John Ford’s Wee Willie Winkie (1937), Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent (1940), Lang’s Man Hunt (1942), How Green Was My Valley (1942), Mrs Miniver (1942), Casablanca (1942) and The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945).
Evans appeared without credit in five MGM musicals: Student Tour, Bathing Beauty, Annie Get Your Gun, Duchess of Idaho and Royal Wedding.
Herbert Evans top trivia includes his managing Luna Park at Coney Island in the 1920s, and helping a young man named Archie Leach to find work.
