Clifford Evans (actor)

Clifford Evans
Evans in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)
Born	Clifford George Evans (1912-02-17)17 February 1912 Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales
Died	9 June 1985(1985-06-09) (aged 73) Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1978
Spouse	Hermione Hannen ​ ​ (m. 1943; died 1983)​

Clifford George Evans (17 February 1912 – 9 June 1985) was a Welsh actor.

During the summer of 1934 Evans appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre in London.^[1] He played many parts in British films of the 1930s, then during the Second World War was a conscientious objector, serving in the Non-Combatant Corps.^[2] He continued to act during the war and starred in the films The Foreman Went to France (1942)^[3] and The Flemish Farm (1943).^[4]

After the war, Evans's best known film roles were for Hammer Studios: he played Don Alfredo Carledo in The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Professor Zimmer, an often inebriated vampire-hunter, in Kiss of the Vampire (1963).^[5] His last screen role was in Granada TV's A Land of Ice Cream in 1985.^[6]

On television, Evans appeared with George Woodbridge and Tim Turner in the 15-episode series Stryker of the Yard (1957).^[7] Between 1965 and 1969, he played a major role in the TV boardroom drama The Power Game, playing building tycoon Caswell Bligh.^[8] He is also among several British actors to play the character of Number Two in The Prisoner ("Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling", 1967).^[9] He also appeared in three episodes of The Avengers, in The Champions, The Saint, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ("When did You Start to Stop Seeing Things?", 1969).^[10][11] The following year, he played Sir Iain Dalzell, a leading character in the BBC TV series Codename (1970).^[12]

In 1943 he married Hermione Hannen, an actress^[13] and wartime radio announcer, who predeceased him in 1983.

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