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

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's '' Escape'' at the world premiere in London's

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in 1926 and was the only member of the cast to transfer to

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for the

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production a year later. He was the first actor to play

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's detective

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on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: ''

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'' (1931), '' Black Coffee'' (1931) and '' Lord Edgware Dies'' (1934). He subsequently turned up in a character part in a later Poirot adaptation '' The Alphabet Murders'' in 1965. He stated that he only got the Poirot role because he could speak with a French accent. During the 1960s he worked largely in television, appearing in series such as '' The First Churchills'' in which he played Lord Halifax. He appeared in an episode of the legal drama '' The Main Chance''. He died in Bury St. Edmunds,

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Filmography

* ''

The W Plan ''The W Plan'' is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville and starring Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. The screenplay was written by Saville with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, ba ...

'' (1930) as Captain of Military Police * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1930) as Inspector Hanaud * '' Escape'' (1930) as Parson * '' The Man from Chicago'' (1930) as Inspector Drew * ''

'' (1931) as

* '' A Night in Montmartre'' (1931) as Paul deLisle * '' Black Coffee'' (1931) as Hercule Poirot * '' The Crooked Lady'' (1932) as Captain James Kent * '' The Chinese Puzzle'' (1932) as Paul Markatel * '' A Safe Proposition'' (1932) as Count Tonelli * '' On Secret Service'' (1933) as Captain Larco * '' The Broken Melody'' (1934) as Pierre Falaise * '' Lord Edgware Dies'' (1934) as Hercule Poirot * '' Death at Broadcasting House'' (1934) as Leopold Dryden * ''

Inside the Room ''Inside the Room'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Austin Trevor, Dorothy Boyd and George Hayes. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in west London. A French detective, Pierre Santos, investigates a po ...

'' (1935) as Pierre Santos * ''

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'' (1935) as Lamotte * ''

Royal Cavalcade ''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Ma ...

'' (1935) as Captain Oates * '' The Silent Passenger'' (1935) as Inspector Parker * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) as Don Joao * '' La Vie parisienne'' (1936) as Don Joâo * '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1936) as Count de Verneuil * ''

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'' (1936) as Le Beau * '' Dusty Ermine'' (1936) as Swiss Hotelier-Gang Leader * ''

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'' (1936) as Marquis * ''

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'' (1936) as Vladimir - Paymaster at Aquarium * '' Knight Without Armour'' (1937) as Dodctor Muller * '' Dark Journey'' (1937) as Colonel Adraxine * '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939) as Ralston * ''The Followers'' (1939, television film of the play by

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) as Colonel Redfern * '' The Lion Has Wings'' (1939) as Schulemburg - German Air Chief of Staff * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) as Heinreks * ''

Night Train to Munich ''Night Train to Munich'' is a 1940 British-American thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrison. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1939 short story ''Report on a Fugitive'' by ...

'' (1940) as Captain Prada * ''

Under Your Hat ''Under Your Hat'' is a 1940 British musical comedy spy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Austin Trevor. Production The film was an independent production made at Isleworth Studios. It was based o ...

'' (1940) as Boris Vladimir * ''

The Briggs Family ''The Briggs Family'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor ...

'' (1940) as John Smith * '' The Seventh Survivor'' (1942) as Captain Hartzmann * ''

The Big Blockade ''The Big Blockade'' is a 1942 British black-and-white war propaganda film in the style of dramatised documentary. It is directed by Charles Frend and stars Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was produced by Michael Bal ...

'' (1942) as German: U-boat Captain * ''

The Young Mr. Pitt ''The Young Mr. Pitt'' is a 1942 British biographical film of the life of William Pitt the Younger and in particular his struggle against revolutionary France and Napoleon. It was directed by Carol Reed and stars Robert Donat, Robert Morley, ...

'' (1942) as French Registrar * ''

The New Lot ''The New Lot'' is a 1943 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is a ...

'' (1943) as Soldier Talking to Corporal * '' Heaven Is Round the Corner'' (1944) as John Cardew * '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944) as The Duke * '' Lisbon Story'' (1946) as Major Lutzen * ''

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'' (1948) as Colonel Vronsky * '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) as Professor Palmer * ''

So Long at the Fair ''So Long at the Fair'' (US re-release title ''The Black Curse'') is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough, and starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. It was adapted from the 1947 novel of the same name ...

'' (1950) as Police Commissaire * ''

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'' (1954) as Herald * '' To Paris with Love'' (1955) as Leon de Colville * '' Tons of Trouble'' (1956) as Sir Hervey Shaw * '' Seven Waves Away'' (1957) as Edward Wilton * '' Dangerous Exile'' (1957) as Monsieur Petitval * ''

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'' (1957) as Minister with Heart Attack * '' Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (1959) as Secretary General * '' Horrors of the Black Museum'' (1959) as Commissioner Wayne * '' Konga'' (1961) as Dean Foster * '' The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' (1961) as Sir John Kelly * ''

The Court Martial of Major Keller ''The Court Martial of Major Keller'' is a 1961 British film directed by Ernest Morris and written by Brian Clemens. It stars Laurence Payne, Susan Stephen and Austin Trevor. The film recounts the court martial for murder of Major Keller, a ...

'' (1961) as Power * '' Never Back Losers'' (1961) as Colonel Warburton * '' The Alphabet Murders'' (1965) as Judson

Selected stage credits

* '' Fallen Angels'' by

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combina ...

(1925) * '' Escape'' by

(1926) * '' Bitter Sweet'' by

(1929) * '' Call It a Day'' by

Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing '' I Capture the Castle'' (1948) and the children's novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1956). Other works ...

(1935) * ''

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'' by Harold Purcell (1949)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trevor, Austin 1897 births 1978 deaths 20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland Male actors from Belfast Male stage actors from Northern Ireland Male film actors from Northern Ireland Male television actors from Northern Ireland