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Dillon Evans Biography (1921-)

Born David Evans, January 2, 1921, in London, England; son of Corris W. and Kathleen (a dancer; maiden name, Dillon) Evans; married Hazel Terry (divorced); married Karin Germershausen. Addresses: HOME--Webster Lock Road, Rosendale, NY 12472.

Favorite roles: Nicholas Holroyd in Bell, Book, and Candle and Nicholas Devize in The Lady's Not for Burning.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 2, 1921

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--(As David Evans) Melville, Private History, Gate Theatre, 1938.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--(As David Evans) Nicholas Devize, The Lady's Not for Burning, Royale Theatre, 1950.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• (All as David Evans) The Gate Revue, Gate Theatre, London, 1938, then Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1939.
• Wilkinson and a medical student, A Sleeping Clergyman, Criterion Theatre,London, 1947.
• Roland Maule, Present Laughter, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1947.
• Nicholas Devize, The Lady's Not for Burning, Globe Theatre, London, 1949.
• Nicholas Holroyd, Bell, Book, and Candle, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1954.
• Jojo, Irma la Douce, Lyric Theatre, London, 1958.
• (All as Dillon Evans) Trip and Snake, The School for Scandal, Haymarket Theatre, 1962, then Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• Osric and Reynaldo, Hamlet, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1964.
• Kosich, Ivanov, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1965, then Shubert Theatre, NewYork City, 1966.
• de Quadra, Vivat! Vivat Regina!!, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• Charlie Wisden, The Jockey Club Stakes, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1973.
• Dr. Seward, Dracula, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1977.
• Father, Playing with Fire, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1981.
• Briggs, Oh Boy, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1984.
• Also appeared in The Giant's Dance, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1964; Rondelay, Hudson West Theatre, New York City, 1969; Little Boxes, New Theatre, New York City, 1969; Miss Julie, Roundabout Theatre, 1981; with the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1982-83; and with Stagewest Theatre, Springfield, MA, 1986.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Director of summer theatre, regional theatre, and dinner theatre productions in the U.S.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Peter Kershaw, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, U.S. cities, 1980-81.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• (As David Evans) Mickey, Victim, Pathe, 1961.
• Reynaldo, Hamlet, Warner Brothers, 1964.
• maitre'd, Arthur, Warner Brothers, 1981.
• Also appeared (as David Evans) in Goodbye Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, 1939.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Judd for the Defense.