Evan Thomas
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.656 |
| Birthday | 1891-02-17 |
| Place of Birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Also Known As |
1933
Mrs. Dane's Defence
0/0
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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Mrs. Dane's Defence
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
6.7/12
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1933
The Girl from Maxim's
0/0
A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
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The Girl from Maxim's
1935
Lend Me Your Husband
5/1
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
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Lend Me Your Husband
1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
5.5/12
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 internat...
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1937
O.H.M.S.
5/1
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie i...
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O.H.M.S.
1941
The Blonde from Singapore
5/3
Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have tu...
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The Blonde from Singapore
1937
For Valour
0/0
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...
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For Valour
1939
The Little Princess
6.7/105
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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The Little Princess
1940
Drums of Fu Manchu
6.1/5
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 worl...
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Drums of Fu Manchu
1938
Kidnapped
6/2
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
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Kidnapped
1919
Wisp o' the Woods
0/0
A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.
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Wisp o' the Woods
1939
British Intelligence
6/21
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 sh...
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British Intelligence
1940
North West Mounted Police
6.3/36
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 Cor...
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North West Mounted Police
1937
The High Command
5.6/9
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
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The High Command
1933
Ask Beccles
0/0
A man steals a priceless diamond, but returns it when an innocent man is arrested for the theft.
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Ask Beccles
1930
Inside the Lines
5.1/9
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
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Inside the Lines
1945
My Name Is Julia Ross
6.7/68
Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awake...
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My Name Is Julia Ross
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
7.3/3
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadve...
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
5.7/3
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1916
Lady Windermere's Fan
5/1
Early silent version of the Oscar Wilde play.
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Lady Windermere's Fan
1941
The Royal Mounted Patrol
0/0
Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol. When villainous lumberma...
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The Royal Mounted Patrol
1930
Warned Off
0/0
An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.
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Warned Off
1932
Women Who Play
0/0
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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Women Who Play
1932
Tin Gods
0/0
A British drama film directed by F.W. Kraemer
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Tin Gods
1938
The Buccaneer
6.5/8
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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The Buccaneer
1938
Lord Jeff
7.1/6
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 ca...
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Lord Jeff
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
6.1/33
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 k...
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Tomorrow Is Forever
1938
If I Were King
6.8/9
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...
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If I Were King
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
5.7/17
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the myste...
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1944
Frenchman's Creek
5/15
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 i...
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Frenchman's Creek
1945
Kitty
5.5/12
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later deci...
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Kitty
1955
Children Galore
4/2
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 in...
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