Sam Beazley


Sam Beazley was a British actor.

Early Life

Beazley was born in Kensington, London,. the son of Gordon and Nelto Beazley.

Career

He began acting professionally as a teenager in the early 1930s, including appearances with John Gielgud in productions of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
After serving in World War II, he owned an antique shop for several decades. At the age of 75, Beazley returned to acting, and subsequently appeared in a variety of stage and film productions, as well he became a painter in his nineties.

Death and Legacy

A 2010 article by Nicholas de Jongh in The Independent described "the amazing" Beazley as "the last theatre survivor of his generation". Beazley died on 12 June 2017 at the age of 101.

Filmography

ProductionYearRoleNotes
Madame Sousatzka1988Festival Guest
Portrait of a Marriage1990Lord Carnock
Pride and Prejudice1995Vicar
Midsomer Murders2000Cyril Toft
Passionnément2000Matthew
Johnny English2003Elderly Man at the hospital
Doctors2003Tom
2004Very Old Man
Torchwood2006Alan Ellis
Kingdom2007Mr. Bewley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007Everard