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| Allan
Jeayes
1885 - 1963 |
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. The actor Allan Jeayes was an esteemed stage and movie actor who especially in the 30s and 40s became a demande film actor. He started his film career already in 1918 with "Nelson" (18), it followed the silent movies "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (21), "A Gentleman of France" (21) and "Bulldog Drummond's Third Round" (25). His appearances in front of the camera increased with the rise of the sound film and he often impersonated impressive support roles. To his well-known movies of those years belong "Stranglehold" (31), "Paris Plane" (33), "The Rise of Catherine the Great" (34), "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (34), "The Tunnel" (35), "The High Command" (36), "Seven Sinners" (36), "Rembrandt" (36), "I, Claudius" (37), "Elephant Boy" (37), "The Squeaker" (37), "A Royal Divorce" (38), "They Drive by Night" (38), "Pride and Prejudice" (38) and "The Four Feathers" (39). In the 40s followed again more popular movies like "Spy for a Day" (40), "Night Train to Munich" (40), "Convoy" (40), "The Thief of Bagdad" (40), "Tomorrow We Live" (43), "Perfect Strangers" (45), "The Man Within" (47) and "Obsession" (49). Afterwards his appearances on the big screen diminished, among others there is also the classic "Waterfront" (50). In the last years of his life he especially was busy for television productions. He appeared among others in an episode of the serial "Fabian of the Yard: The Skeleton in the Closet" (54), an episode of the serial "The Scarlet Pimpernel: A Tale of Two Pittails" (56) and the serial "Busman's Honeymoon" (57). With "Reach for Glory" (62) he bid farewell to the film business. Other movies with Allan Jeayes:
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