Austin Trevor (1897 - 1978) أوستن تريفور

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An Irish actor born Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky in Belfast, Ireland, UK. 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. He was educated in Switzerland and was proficient at foreign...Read more accents. During the 1960s, he worked extensively in television series, and his final work was the series Whack-O! (1957–1972). His notable works include Lord Edgware Dies (1934), Dark Journey (1937), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), and The Red Shoes (1948). He married Violet Clowes. He died on 21 January 1978 in Suffolk, UK.


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  • An Irish actor born Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky in Belfast, Ireland, UK. He made his onstage debut on the West End theater in 1926 then moved to New York to work in Broadway for...Read more the Rain Army company the next year. He was educated in Switzerland and was proficient at foreign accents. During the 1960s, he worked extensively in television series, and his final work was the series Whack-O! (1957–1972). His notable works include Lord Edgware Dies (1934), Dark Journey (1937), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), and The Red Shoes (1948). He married Violet Clowes. He died on 21 January 1978 in Suffolk, UK.

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Trivia:
  • The first actor to play Hercule Poirot in films: Alibi (1931), Black Coffee (1931) and Lord Edgware Dies (1934).
  • During his career (1930-1969), he made 56 feature films, one short film, and 54 television series, in addition to hundreds of plays.
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  • Nationality:
  • UK

  • Birth Name:
  • Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky


  • Birth Country:
  • UK


  • Death Country:
  • UK

  • Death City:
  • Suffolk



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