Colin Jeavons
Colin Jeavons | |
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Born | Colin Abel Jeavons 20 October 1929 Newport, Monmouthshire , Wales |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1956–1993 |
Spouse |
Rosie Jeavons
(m. 1965; died 2018) |
Children | 2 |
Colin Abel Jeavons (born 20 October 1929) is a retired British television actor.
Career
Jeavons' earliest television role was as Jules Neraud in an episode of the 1956 anthology series of teleplays Nom-de-Plume. Broadcast live, it is unknown if any recordings of the production exist. He began an association with Dickens productions on BBC Television in 1959 with Bleak House as Richard Carstone, and Great Expectations (for the first time) as Herbert Pocket. The same year he played Prince Hal/Henry V in the BBC's The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff. In 1963 he played the extremely reluctant hero Vadassy forced into espionage in Epitaph for a Spy for BBC Television.[1]
Jeavons portrayed
He appeared in the
In the 1980s, Jeavons was involved with two dramatisations of Sherlock Holmes stories. He played "with chilling authority" in the words of writer
Jeavons was Briggs, the lawyer who halts the marriage between Jane and Rochester, in a BBC version of
Jeavons featured in the 1990 television drama
Jeavons also appeared in many films over the years, often as priests or vicars. These included roles in The Devil's Daffodil (1961), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), The Other People (1968), The Oblong Box (1969), The Games (1970), Bartleby (1970), Diagnosis: Murder (1975), Schizo (1976), The Island (1980), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Absolute Beginners (1986) and Secret Friends (1991). Jeavons retired from acting in 1993; his final role was a reprise of Tim Stamper in To Play the King.
Personal life
Jeavons' elder son Barney managed the British rock band Reuben, and in 2007 Jeavons emerged from retirement, heavily bearded, to appear as the enigmatic General in Reuben's Rock video "Blood, Bunny, Larkhall". In a behind-the-scenes short, Jeavons explained briefly some of the highlights of his acting career.[4] Barney Jeavons is the former Arts Centre Director of the West End Centre in Aldershot.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Action TV – Epitaph for a Spy episode guide". Startrader.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Avengers". Theavengers.tv. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ Afterword written by Michael S. Cox, Cheshire, 1993, in "The Television Sherlock Holmes" by Peter Haining, revised 3rd Edition, 1994 Virgin Books
- ^ "Behind the scenes of 'Blood, Bunny, Larkhall'". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2010 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Barney Jeavons and the West End Centre – Hampshire Gateway website (2016)". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Aldershot Civic Society Meeting with Barney Jeavons from the West End Centre – 25 October 2016". Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
Bibliography
- Starring Sherlock Holmes, David Stuart Davies; Titan Books 2001
External links
- Colin Jeavons at IMDb
- The Avengers TV Forever