Ernest Severn (3 May 193327 November 1987) was an American child screen actor. He was born Ernest Hubbard Smuts Severn, son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890–1981) and his South African wife Rachel Malherbe (1897–1984). His parents emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles after he was born. He had seven siblings who were all child actors:

Venetia Severn Venetia may refer to: Places * Veneto or Venetia, a modern Italian region * Adriatic Venetia (tribal region), an ancient tribal region of Adriatic Veneti * Venetia et Histria, an administrative region of ancient Roman Italy * Byzantine Venetia, a ...

, Clifford Severn, Yvonne Severn,

Raymond Severn Raymond Chesterton Shaw Severn (June 19, 1930 – November 3, 1994) was an American cricketer and child screen actor. He had seven siblings who were all child actors: Venetia Severn, Clifford Severn, Yvonne Severn, Ernest Severn, Christopher Seve ...

, Christopher Severn, William Severn and Winston Severn. Ernest Severn and his brothers Raymond and Christopher all acted in the 1943 film '' The Man from Down Under''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Man from Down Under'' (1943) - Tough boy * '' A Guy Named Joe'' (1943) - Davey, English boy * '' The Hour Before the Dawn'' (1944) - Willie * '' Pursued'' (1947) - Young Jeb''The Western Films of Robert Mitchum''
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References

Bibliography

*John Holmstrom, ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 187–188.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Severn, Ernest 1933 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American people of South African descent Male actors from Johannesburg