Allan Jeayes
Allan John Jeayes (19 January 1885 – 20 September 1963) was an English stage and film actor.[1]
Jeayes was born in Barnet, Middlesex, the son of Isaac Herbert Jeayes, archivist and Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum.[2]
Jeayes made his film debut in the 1918 Nelson as Sir William Hamilton.[3] He appeared in a number of films by producer Alexander Korda. His last film appearance was in 1962's Reach for Glory. He starred as Howard Joyce in the original 1927 Broadway production of The Letter and played Sir Lawrence Wargarve in the 1943 London production of And Then There Were None.[4]
Jeayes died on 20 September 1963, aged 82, in Marylebone, London.
Partial filmography
- Nelson (1918) (film debut)
- A Gentleman of France (1920)
- The Impassive Footman (1932)
- Ask Beccles (1933)
- Song of the Plough (1933)
- Eyes of Fate (1933)
- Colonel Blood (1934)
- Catherine the Great (1934)
- Red Ensign (1934)
- The Camels are Coming (1934)
- Drake of England (1935)
- Koenigsmark (1935)
- Sanders of the River (1935)
- King of the Damned (1935)
- Things to Come (1936) (uncredited)
- Seven Sinners (1936)
- Rembrandt (1936)
- The House of the Spaniard (1936)
- Forget Me Not (1936)
- His Lordship (1936)
- I, Claudius (1937) (uncompleted and unreleased)
- Elephant Boy (1937)
- Knight Without Armour (1937)
- The Squeaker (1937)
- Action for Slander (1937)
- Dangerous Medicine (1938)
- A Royal Divorce (1938)
- Everything Happens to Me (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938)
- The Four Feathers (1939)
- The Stars Look Down (1940)
- The Proud Valley (1940)
- Convoy (1940)
- The Flying Squad (1940)
- Old Bill and Son (1941)
- You Will Remember (1941)
- "Pimpernel" Smith (1941)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- The Shipbuilders (1943)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Perfect Strangers (1945)
- Lisbon Story (1946)
- The Man Within (1947)
- Blanche Fury (1948)
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
- Obsession (1949)
- The Reluctant Widow (1950)
- Waterfront (1950)
- Reach for Glory (1962)
References
- ^ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp50256/allan-jeayes
- ^ "Obituary: I. H. Jeayes". The Times. London. 30 March 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6UbaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA417&lpg=PA417&dq=%22Allan+Jeayes%22+%22nelson%22&source=bl&ots=s7v1HZFRr_&sig=DV_YWTj6JBu93EDj8D75587sNVs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y7LfVO2cOciu7Abtg4CQDg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Allan%20Jeayes%22%20%22nelson%22&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=%22Allan+Jeayes%22+%22And+Then+There+Were+None%22&source=bl&ots=YllyNnEdio&sig=lzv1meSS0EP_H51mkpS0AO2RGUA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=krLfVMoU7o_sBtP4gOAH&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Allan%20Jeayes%22%20%22And%20Then%20There%20Were%20None%22&f=false
External links
- Allan Jeayes at IMDb
- Allan Jeayes at the Internet Broadway Database
- "Allan Jeayes". Find a Grave. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
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