Evan Thomas (February 17, 1891 – 1982), also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and

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eras. He began his career in England, in '' Lady Windermere's Fan'', written by

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. Born Elystan Owen Evan Thomas in

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, he appeared in silent films in Great Britain. 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''.

Filmography

(Per AFI and BFI databases) *'' Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1916) *''Wisp o' The Woods'' (1919) *''The Starting Point'' (1919) *'' Once Aboard the Lugger'' (1920) *'' The Constant Nymph'' (1928) *'' Warned Off'' (1928) *'' Inside the Lines'' (1930) *'' Women Who Play'' (1932) *'' Tin Gods'' (1932) *''

The Girl from Maxim's ''The Girl from Maxim's'' is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Frances Day, Leslie Henson, Lady Tree and Stanley Holloway. It was an adaptation of the 1899 play '' La Dame de chez Maxim'' by Georges ...

'' (1933) *'' Mrs. Dane's Defence'' (1933) *'' Ask Beccles'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *'' Lend Me Your Husband'' (1935) *''

Spy of Napoleon ''Spy of Napoleon'' is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Henry Oscar and James Carew. It is based on the 1934 novel ''A Spy of Napoleon'' by Baroness Em ...

'' (1936) *'' Knight Without Armour'' (1937) *'' The High Command'' (1937) *'' O.H.M.S.'' (1937) *'' For Valour'' (1937) *'' The Buccaneer'' (1938) *'' Bulldog Drummond in Africa'' (1938) *'' Bulldog Drummond's Peril'' (1938) *'' Arrest Bulldog Drummond'' (1938) *''

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'' (1938) *'' If I Were King'' (1938) *'' Lord Jeff'' (1938) *'' The Little Princess'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) *'' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) *''

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'' (1940) *'' The Blonde from Singapore'' (1941) *'' One Night in Lisbon'' (1941) *''

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'' (1941) *''

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'' (1941) *'' A Yank in the R.A.F.'' (1941) *'' Drums of Fu Manchu'' (1943) *'' First Comes Courage'' (1943) *''

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'' (1943) *'' Two Tickets to London'' (1943) *''

Appointment in Berlin ''Appointment in Berlin'' (also known as ''Assignment in Berlin'') is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman and Onslow Stevens. The film's plot follows an R.A.F. officer wh ...

'' (1943) *'' Frenchman's Creek'' (1944) *'' Our Hearts Were Young and Gay'' (1944) *'' The Uninvited'' (1944) *''

Diamond Horseshoe ''Diamond Horseshoe'' (also billed as ''Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe'') is a 1945 Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes, directed by George Seaton, and released by 20th Century Fox. It was filmed in Billy Rose's Diam ...

'' (1945) *''

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'' (1945) *''

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'' (1945) *'' Kitty'' (1946) *''

Rendezvous 24 ''Rendezvous 24'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by James Tinling and written by Aubrey Wisberg. The film stars William Gargan, Maria Palmer, Patrick O'Moore, Herman Bing, Kay Connors and Kurt Katch. The film was released on May 6, 1946 ...

'' (1946) *''

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'' (1946) *''

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'' (1946) *''

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'' (1954) *''Vanishing Act'' (1962) *''The Sporting Chance'' (1964) *''Women in Crisis My Grandmother'' (1964) *''Whatever Happened to George Foster?'' (1965)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Evan (actor) 1891 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Canadian male actors Canadian male stage actors British male silent film actors Canadian male silent film actors Male actors from Vancouver Canadian emigrants to England Canadian expatriates in England British expatriate male actors in the United States