Douglas Evans (January 26, 1904 – March 25, 1968) was an American actor, known for ''

At War with the Army ''At War with the Army'' is a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker, released by Paramount, starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen. Filmed from July through August 1949, the film premiered i ...

'' (1950), ''

King of the Rocket Men ''King of the Rocket Men'' is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven ...

'' (1949), and ''

I Saw What You Did ''I Saw What You Did'' is a 1965 American thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man ...

'' (1965).

Biography

Evans was born in Madison,

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.Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson In 1931, he joined the staff of WABC radio in New York as an announcer. Before that, he was an announcer at

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, also in New York, and was chief announcer at WGH in Virginia. He died on March 25, 1968, in Hollywood, California. He is interred in

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Selected filmography

* '' Public Cowboy No. 1'' (1937) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' Young Fugitives'' (1938) - Announcer (uncredited) * ''

Dick Tracy Returns ''Dick Tracy Returns'' (1938) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip. It was the eleventh of the sixty-six serials Republic produced and a sequel to the 1937 serial ''Dick Tracy'', with Ralph Byrd reprising his role as the ...

'' (1938) - Mr. Burke (uncredited) * '' Hold That Co-ed'' (1938) - Announcer of State-Louisiana Game (uncredited) * ''

Society Smugglers ''Society Smugglers'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Joe May and starring Preston Foster, Irene Hervey and Walter Woolf King.Monaco p.364 It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1939) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''

They Asked for It ''They Asked for It'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Arthur T. Horman. The film stars William Lundigan, Joy Hodges, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell, Lyle Talbot, Thomas Beck and Spencer Charters. The film ...

'' (1939) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' Mr. Smith Goes To Washington'' (1939) - Francis Scott Key (uncredited) * ''

Sued for Libel ''Sued for Libel'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Jerry Cady, based on Wolfe Kaufman's story. Released on October 27, 1939, by RKO Radio Pictures (who also produced it), the film stars Kent Tay ...

'' (1939) - Douglas Evans, Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' The Green Hornet'' (1940, Serial) - Martin Mortinson

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(uncredited) * '' Three Faces West'' (1940) - 'We the People' Radio MC (uncredited) * ''

Oklahoma Renegades ''Oklahoma Renegades'' is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Nate Watt. Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin * Duncan Renaldo as Renaldo * Lee 'Lasses' White as Jim Keith * F ...

'' (1940) - Show Announcer (uncredited) * ''

King of the Royal Mounted ''King of the Royal Mounted'' is an American comics series which debuted February 17, 1935 by Stephen Slesinger, based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's byline and marketed as ''Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted''. The series' protagonist ...

'' (1940, Serial) - Sergeant - Wireless Operator hs. 1, 11(uncredited) * '' Play Girl'' (1941) - Concert Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''

Man Made Monster ''Man-Made Monster'' is a 1941 American Science fiction film, science-fiction horror film directed by George Waggner and produced by Jack Bernhard for Universal Pictures. Filmed in black-and-white, it stars Lon Chaney, Jr. (in his horror film deb ...

'' (1941) - Police Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' Too Many Blondes'' (1941) - UBC Radio Network Announcer (uncredited) * '' Highway West'' (1941) - Police Announcer (uncredited) * ''

Parachute Battalion ''Parachute Battalion'' is a 1941 war film directed by Leslie Goodwins and stars Robert Preston and Nancy Kelly. The supporting cast includes Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen. Plot Three men enlist in the United States Army in the ...

'' (1941) - Radio Announcer (voice) * ''

Sailors on Leave ''Sailors on Leave'' is a 1941 American musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Art Arthur and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars William Lundigan, Shirley Ross, Chick Chandler, Ruth Donnelly, Mae Clarke and Cliff Nazarro. T ...

'' (1941) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''

Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc ''Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.'' (1941) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip. It was directed by the team of William Witney and John English with Ralph Byrd reprising his role from the earlier serials. It was the last of ...

'' (1941, Serial) - Police Broadcaster (uncredited) * '' The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine'' (1942) - Radio Announcer * '' Seven Days' Leave'' (1942) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' Hitler's Children'' (1943) - Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited) * ''

My Dog Shep ''My Dog Shep'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by Ford Beebe. It was made by Golden Gate Productions and released through the newly-formed Screen Guild Productions. They had just made ''Flight to Nowhere''. Filming started August 15, 1 ...

'' (1946) - Dutch Riley * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947) - Silbey, Politician (uncredited) * ''

Dangerous Venture ''Dangerous Venture'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Fritz Leiber, Douglas Evans and Harry Cording. The film was released on ...

'' (1947) - Dr. Atwood * '' The Crimson Key'' (1947) - Dr. Kenneth G. Swann * '' Flashing Guns'' (1947) - Longdon * '' Dragnet'' (1947) - Radio Announcer * '' The Spirit of West Point'' (1947) - Corbett (uncredited) * '' Gun Talk'' (1947) - Rod Jackson * ''

The Main Street Kid ''The Main Street Kid'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Jerry Sackheim and John K. Butler. The film stars Al Pearce, Janet Martin, Alan Mowbray, Adele Mara, Arlene Harris and Emil Rameau. The film wa ...

'' (1948) - Mark Howell * '' California Firebrand'' (1948) - Lance Dawson * ''

Crossed Trails ''Crossed Trails'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Adele Buffington. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver, Douglas Evans, Kathy Frye and Zon Murray. The film was released on ...

'' (1948) - Jim Hudson * '' Ruthless'' (1948) - George (uncredited) * '' Secret Service Investigator'' (1948) - Secret Service Inspector Crehan * '' Cowboy Cavalier'' (1948) - Lance Regan * '' Michael O'Halloran'' (1948) - Dr. Johnson * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...

'' (1948) - British Officer (uncredited) * '' Million Dollar Weekend'' (1948) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) * '' Hideout'' (1949) - Radio Announcer * '' Trails End'' (1949) - Mel Porter * ''

'' (1949, Serial) - Chairman

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* '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) - Radio Contest Announcer (voice, uncredited) * '' The Golden Stallion'' (1949) - Jeff Middleton, Owner of Oro City Hotel * ''

Powder River Rustlers ''Powder River Rustlers'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by Richard Wormser. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Gerry Ganzer, Roy Barcroft, Francis McDonald and Cliff Clark. The film was November 25, ...

'' (1949) - Devereaux, posing as Manning * ''

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'' (1949) - Eddie - Salesman on Phone (uncredited) * ''

The Arizona Cowboy ''The Arizona Cowboy'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Bradford Ropes. The film stars Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones, Minerva Urecal, James Cardwell, and Roy Barcroft. The film was released ...

'' (1950) - Rodeo Announcer * ''

Kill the Umpire ''Kill the Umpire'' is a 1950 baseball comedy film starring William Bendix and Una Merkel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. Bendix two years earlier had portrayed baseball player Babe Ruth in the biographical film ''The B ...

'' (1950) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''

No Sad Songs for Me ''No Sad Songs for Me'' is a 1950 film directed by Rudolph Maté, featuring Margaret Sullavan in her last film role as a woman dying of cancer. It was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are award ...

'' (1950) - Jack Miles (uncredited) * '' The Invisible Monster'' (1950, Serial) - James Hunter hs. 1, 3, 7, 12(uncredited) * ''

Champagne for Caesar ''Champagne for Caesar'' is a 1950 American comedy film about a quiz show contestant. It was directed by Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and ...

'' (1950) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * '' Lucky Losers'' (1950) - Tom Whitney * '' The Underworld Story'' (1950) - Newscaster (uncredited) * '' Between Midnight and Dawn'' (1950) - Detective Captain (uncredited) * '' Rustlers on Horseback'' (1950) - Lawyer Ken Jordan * ''

North of the Great Divide '' North of the Great Divide '' is a 1950 American western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards and Gordon Jones. Plot An Indian tribe, the Osekas, in the north-west near the Canadian border has been dependin ...

'' (1950) - Mountie Sergeant * ''

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard ''Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard'' is a 1950 American film noir B movie directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Howard St. John, Ron Randell and Amanda Blake. Plot When enemy agents obtain leaked secrets about a guided missile system, an Ameri ...

'' (1950) - Colonel Kilgore * ''

'' (1950) - Col. Davis * '' Cuban Fireball'' (1951) - Atkins (uncredited) * '' The Groom Wore Spurs'' (1951) - Reporter (uncredited) * '' I Was a Communist for the FBI'' (1951) - Chief Agent (uncredited) * ''

Hollywood Story ''Hollywood Story'' is a 1951 American mystery film directed by William Castle and starring Richard Conte and Julie Adams. The supporting cast features Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark and Jim Backus. The film was an at ...

'' (1951) - Director (uncredited) * ''

Queen for a Day ''Queen for a Day'' is an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners' and viewers' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows. ''Queen for a Day'' originated on the Mutual Radio Network on April 30, 1945, i ...

'' (1951) - Freddy Forster * ''

Let's Go Navy! ''Let's Go Navy!'' is a 1951 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on July 29, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-third film in the series. Plot A local charity has raised sixteen hundred dollars and entrusted the ...

'' (1951) - Lt. Smith (Personnel Dept.) * '' Little Egypt'' (1951) - Board Member (uncredited) * '' Force of Arms'' (1951) - Colonel Traill (uncredited) * ''

The Well The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL, was launched in 1985. It is one of the oldest continuously operating virtual communities. By 1993 it had 7,000 members, a staff of 12, and gross annual income of $2 million. ...

'' (1951) - Lobel * '' Leave It to the Marines'' (1951) - Gen. Garvin * ''

The Whip Hand ''The Whip Hand'' is a 1951 American film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Carla Balenda and Elliott Reid. Plot Journalist Matt Corbin (Elliott Reid) is traveling through Wisconsin on a fishing trip and comes across a nearly d ...

'' (1951) - Carstairs (uncredited) * '' Sky High'' (1951) - Maj. Talbot * '' Retreat, Hell!'' (1952) - Big Boy (uncredited) * '' With a Song in My Heart'' (1952) - Colonel (uncredited) * ''

My Son John ''My Son John'' is a 1952 American political drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Robert Walker and Dean Jagger. Walker plays the title character, a middle-class college graduate whom his parents suspect may ...

'' (1952) - Government Employee (uncredited) * ''

Red Ball Express The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944. To expedite cargo shipment to the front, trucks emblazoned with red ...

'' (1952) - Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited) * '' Actor's and Sin'' (1952) - Mr. Devlin (segment "Woman of Sin") * ''

The Quiet Man ''The Quiet Man'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 ''Saturday Ev ...

'' (1952) - Ring Physician (uncredited) * '' Just for You'' (1952) - Raymond * '' Captive Women'' (1952) - Jason * ''

South Pacific Trail ''South Pacific Trail'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by William Witney, written by Arthur E. Orloff, and starring Rex Allen, Estelita Rodriguez, Slim Pickens, Nestor Paiva, Roy Barcroft and Douglas Evans. It was released on Octob ...

'' (1952) - Rodney Brewster * '' The Magnetic Monster'' (1953) - Pilot * ''

The Girls of Pleasure Island ''The Girls of Pleasure Island'' is a 1953 Technicolor comedy film directed by Alvin Ganzer and F. Hugh Herbert. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert is based on the novel ''Pleasure Island'' by former Marine William Maier. The original music score ...

'' (1953) - Lieutenant Commander (uncredited) * '' Let's Do It Again'' (1953) - Black Cat Club Manager (scenes deleted) * '' City of Bad Men'' (1953) - William Brady (uncredited) * ''

The Big Heat ''The Big Heat'' is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Jocelyn Brando about a cop who takes on the crime syndicate that controls his city. William P. McGivern's serial in ''The ...

'' (1953) - Councilman Gillen (uncredited) * '' So Big'' (1953) - Richard 'Dick' Hollis (uncredited) * '' The Eddie Cantor Story'' (1953) - Leo Raymond * '' Johnny Dark'' (1954) - Wellington (uncredited) * ''

The Benny Goodman Story Dick Winslow ''The Benny Goodman Story'' is a biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed, directed by Valentine Davies, and released by Universal-International in 1956. The film was intended as a follow-up to Universal's 1954 hit '' Th ...

'' (1956) - Kel Murray - Orchestra Leader (uncredited) * ''

The Birds and the Bees The talk about sex, often colloquially referred to as "the birds and the bees" or "the facts of life", is generally the occasion in most children's lives when their parents explain what sex is and how to do it. According to tradition, "the bird ...

'' (1956) - Guest * ''

D-Day the Sixth of June ''D-Day the Sixth of June'' is a DeLuxe Color 1956 CinemaScope romance war film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Harry Brown, based on the 1955 nove ...

'' (1956) - Ship Captain (uncredited) * ''

The Toy Tiger ''The Toy Tiger'' is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Laraine Day and Jeff Chandler. It is a remake of '' Mad About Music'' (1938). Plot New York City advertising executive Gwen Harkinson is a widow with a son, ...

'' (1956) - Executive (uncredited) * '' Bundle of Joy'' (1956) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' Beginning of the End'' (1957) - Norman Taggart - News Editor * '' Short Cut to Hell'' (1957) - Mr. Henry (uncredited) * '' The Female Animal'' (1958) - Al The Director * '' The Buccaneer'' (1958) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

The Man in the Net ''The Man in the Net'' is a 1959 American film noir starring Alan Ladd and Carolyn Jones. The taut drama was directed by Michael Curtiz. The supporting cast features Diane Brewster. Plot Commercial artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) and wife Lin ...

'' (1959) - Charlie Raines (uncredited) * '' Beloved Infidel'' (1959) - Harry (uncredited) * ''

From The Terrace ''From the Terrace'' is a 1960 American DeLuxe Color romantic drama film in CinemaScope directed by Mark Robson from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by John O'Hara. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodw ...

'' (1960) - Partner (uncredited) * ''

The Errand Boy ''The Errand Boy'' is a 1961 American comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Jerry Lewis. Plot Paramutual Pictures decide that they need a spy to find out the inner workings of their studio. Morty S. Tashman, (the 'S' stands for 's ...

'' (1961) - Serina's Escort at Premiere (uncredited) * '' Moon Pilot'' (1962) - Colonel (uncredited) * ''

'' (1965) - Tom Ward * '' Mirage'' (1965) - Customer (uncredited) * '' The Family Jewels'' (1965) - (uncredited) * '' The Oscar'' (1966) - Reporter (uncredited) * '' Panic in the City'' (1968) - Mayor (final film role)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Douglas 1904 births 1968 deaths American male film actors People from Madison, Virginia 20th-century American male actors