请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Wallas Eaton
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Acting career

  3. Personal life

  4. Partial filmography

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}{{Infobox person
| name = Wallas Eaton
| image =
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|2|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|11|3|1917|2|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Australia
| othername = {{•}}Wallace Eaton
{{•}}Wallis Eaton
| occupation = actor
| yearsactive =
| spouse =
| domesticpartner =
| website =
}}

Wallas Eaton (18 February 1917 – 3 November 1995), sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton,[1] was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor.

He is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the BBC radio-comedy serial Take It from Here.[2]

Early life

Eaton was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.[2] He was educated at the Alderman Newton School, and later would read History and English at Christ's College, Cambridge. Eaton joined the Army in 1940, and served with distinction during World War II, eventually becoming a major in charge of a searchlight battery.[2]

Acting career

His first stage appearance was at the Theatre Royal in his home town of Leicester in 1936. Three years later he made his London debut playing the small part of the Announcer in Auden and Isherwood's The Ascent of F6 at the Old Vic. The following year Eaton played the Second Priest in Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral in 1940 and he followed this with what was his first comedy role, in The Body Was Well Nourished by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder.[2][3]

In 1944, he appeared in Shaw's Too True To Be Good at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Eaton enjoyed a series of good, if small, roles, appearing alongside Vivien Leigh at the Phoenix Theatre in 1945 in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. In films, Eaton had a role in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945).[2]

In addition to working on the long-running BBC radio comedy Take It from Here, Eaton appeared in more than twenty-five films and over fifty television productions. His debut for BBC Television was in Arthur Askey's top- rated series "Before Your Very Eyes" in 1952, and he had parts in the Frankie Howerd series "Up Pompeii" and "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes".

Eaton's favourite pastime was sailing, and he made a trip to Australia in 1975 to pursue his interest, after which he settled there permanently. He featured in the Australian soap The Young Doctors in 1979 as Roland Perry, a rich friend of principal character Ada Simmonds.[1] He also made a few appearances in later episodes of the television drama serial A Country Practice.

Personal life

He died in Australia in November 1995, aged 78.[2]

Partial filmography

  • Dual Alibi (1947) - Court Official (uncredited)
  • A Man's Affair (1949) - Leonard
  • Dark Interval (1950)
  • Up for the Cup (1950) - Barrowboy
  • Chelsea Story (1951) - Danny
  • Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) - Junk Shop Owner
  • Alive on Saturday (1957) - Garton
  • Two-Way Stretch (1960) - Gate Warder (Night)
  • Operation Cupid (1960) - Cecil
  • This Sporting Life (1963) - Waiter
  • Inspector Clouseau (1968) - Hoeffler
  • Isadora (1968) - Archer
  • Lock Up Your Daughters (1969) - Staff
  • O Lucky Man! (1973) - John Stone (Coffee Factory) / Col. Steiger / Prison Warder / Meths Drinker / Film Executive
  • Mad Dog Morgan (1976) - Macpherson
  • Deathcheaters (1976) - 2nd Police Sergeant
  • The Last Wave (1977) - Morgue Doctor
  • Save the Lady (1982) - Trotter
  • Goodbye Paradise (1983) - Clyde
  • Undercover (1984) - Mr. Breedlove
  • Annie's Coming Out (1984) - Dr. Rowell
  • Kidnapped (1986) - Voice (voice)
  • Outback (1989) - Grassmore

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Wallas Eaton 1917-1995|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247891/?nmdp=1&|website=IMDb|accessdate=2015-09-19}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Gifford|first1=Denis|title=Obituary: Wallas Eaton|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-wallas-eaton-1524830.html|work=The Independent|date=9 December 1995|accessdate=4 December 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMS38%2F3381|title=XMS38 - Theatre Collection|website=University of Birmingham|accessdate=4 December 2016}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0247891}}
  • Palmer, Howard (10 August 1965) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qYYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6807,1559844&dq=wallas-eaton&hl=en "Hilarious Night"]. The Age (via Google News). Accessed 2015-09-19.
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Wallas}}

10 : 1917 births|1995 deaths|English expatriates in Australia|English male film actors|English male radio actors|English male stage actors|English male television actors|People from Leicester|Male actors from Leicestershire|20th-century English male actors

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/11 11:51:24