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Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was an English actor, noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. His best-known screen roles include Dr. Zaius in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and Maurice on Bewitched.
Maurice Evans. Actor: Planet of the Apes. A grand, robust, highly theatrical British classical actor, Maurice Evans was born on June 3, 1901, in Dorchester, England, the son of a justice of the peace who enjoyed amateur play writing on the side.
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- Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
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- Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, UK
Learn about the life and career of Maurice Evans, a British actor who became a U.S. citizen and a Shakespearean master. He starred in films like Planet of the Apes and Bewitched, and won an Emmy for his Macbeth.
- June 3, 1901
- March 12, 1989
May 30, 2024 · Maurice Evans (born June 3, 1901, Dorchester, Dorset, Eng.—died March 12, 1989, Rottingdean, East Sussex) was a British-born stage actor who became one of the best-known Shakespearean actors in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s.
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Maurice Herbert Evans (June 3, 1901 – March 12, 1989) was an English-born British-American actor of Welsh descent, noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. His best-known screen roles are Dr. Zaius in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and as Samantha Stephens's father, Maurice in TV series Bewitched.
Mar 14, 1989 · Maurice Evans, the consummate Shakespearean actor who did as much if not more than anyone to touch the early years of television with Old World grace, has died in a rest home in Brighton,...
Oct 3, 2022 · Such is the fate of Maurice Herbert Evans, the great British-American stage actor who played Dr. Zaius in the Planet of the Apes movie series and Maurice, father of Elizabeth Montgomery's housewife witch Samantha, in the television series Bewitc