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He was the first actor to play Agatha Christie 's detective Hercule Poirot on screen in three British films during the early 1930s: Alibi (1931), Black Coffee (1931) and Lord Edgware Dies (1934). He subsequently turned up in a character part in a later Poirot adaptation The Alphabet Murders in 1965. [6]
Austin Trevor (1897-1978) was an Irish-born actor who appeared in films such as Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Lord Edgware Dies, and The Red Shoes. He also played Hercule Poirot in the first film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel.
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- Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
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- Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
Feb 15, 2022 · As he was young, tall and (unforgivably) clean-shaven, the dashing leading man Austin Trevor was a conspicuous — some might say egregious — departure from the source material. He starred in three...
Austin Trevor was born on October 8, 1897 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He was an actor, known for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Lord Edgware Dies (1934) and The Red Shoes (1948). He was married to Violet Clowes. He died on January 21, 1978 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK.
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Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetRotten audience score. 35%Judson (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetCol. Warburton (Character)43%Rotten audience score. 14%Dean Foster (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetSir Hervey Shaw (Character)Austin Trevor was a versatile actor who played Hercule Poirot, Inspector Hanaud and Vronsky in various films. He also appeared in TV shows like Quatermass 2 and was active until 1966.
Irish actor born Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky in Belfast, Ireland, UK on 8 October 1897. He made his onstage debut on the West End theater in 1926 then moved to New York to work in Broadway for the Rain Army company the next year.
