Tenniel Evans

Tenniel Evans

actor

Tenniel Evans was born on May 17, 1926 in Kenya. Tenniel Evans's big-screen debut came with Young and Willing directed by Ralph Thomas in 1962, strarring Warden (uncredited). Tenniel Evans is known for Anna Lee directed by Christopher King, Imogen Stubbs stars as Anna Lee and Brian Glover as Selwyn Price. The upcoming new tvshow Tenniel Evans plays is The Scold's Bridle - Season 1 which will be released on Jun 20, 1999.

Tenniel Evans briefly attended the British Army officer training centre Sandhurst (1945-1946). He studied German and economics at St. Andrews University (1946-1949). He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1949-1951) and acted on stage from 1951, although he also had an in-between job as a private school teacher near Northampton. His regular stage work included West End performances as well as the Royal Court Theatre Company, Savoy Theatre and Globe Theatre. He was part of the cast of the hugely popular 1960s radio comedy "The Navy Lark". He appeared in television from 1960. Evans is fondly remembered by cult television fans as Major Daly, acting opposite his friend Jon Pertwee, in Docteur Who: Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973) and as Kevin's (Michael Palin's) puritanical father in Ripping Yarns: The Curse of the Claw (1977).

  • Birthday

    May 17, 1926
  • Place of Birth

    Nairobi, Kenya

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