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In 1948, Evans married Pat Wedgewood. The couple had two sons, and divorced in 1983. |
In 1948, Evans married Pat Wedgewood. The couple had two sons (Nick and Christopher), and divorced in 1983. His second wife [[Pat Sigris Evans]], died in 1986, with whom he had two daughters: Rosemarie and Bridget.<ref name="LATObit"/> |
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Evans died in a [[Woodland Hills]] assisted-living facility in [[Los Angeles]] on 4 September, 2007, of complications related to age.<ref name="LATObit">[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-evans26sep26,0,2698616.story?coll=la-home-obituaries Obituary Notice] The Los Angeles Times, California Section, Page B13 - September 23, 2007</ref> |
Evans died in a [[Woodland Hills]] assisted-living facility in [[Los Angeles]] on 4 September, 2007, of complications related to age.<ref name="LATObit">[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-evans26sep26,0,2698616.story?coll=la-home-obituaries Obituary Notice] The Los Angeles Times, California Section, Page B13 - September 23, 2007</ref> |
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Michael Evans (July 27, 1920 – September 4, 2007) was a English actor best known for starring in the original 1951 Broadway production of Gigi with Audrey Hepburn.
Biography
John Michael Evans was born July 27, 1920, in Sittingbourne, Kent; to A.J. Evans, a World War I prisoner-of-war escapee who wrote the 1926 novel "The Escaping Club," and his wife the former Marie Galbraith, a concert violinist.[1] He later told the Tornoto Star in a 1992 interview on his return to "My Fair Lady" touring Russia, that aged 12, he decided to be an actor after seeing Sir John Gielgud on stage in "Richard II."
During World War II he was a Royal Air Force navigator, and flew during the Blitz.[2] He returned to Winchester College and graduated in 1943, he studied with the Old Vic company, with whom he made his stage debut in London's West End theatre in 1948 as a member of the Old Vic company.
Evans then moved to United States, he made his New York debut in the Broadway theatre production of "Ring Round the Moon" opposite Harry Belafonte. Evans then played opposite a young Audrey Hepburn in "Gigi" in 1951. He then took on the role of Henry Higgins in a touring production of "My Fair Lady," but although considered at the time the essential Higgins, Rex Harrison took the role for the Hollywood film production.
Evans returned to Broadway in "Mary, Mary" and made the move to Hollywood when he took a role in "Bye Bye Birdie." While in Hollywood, he took on many guest starring roles in shows such as: "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Perry Mason" and his best known television role as Colonel Douglas Austin on "The Young and the Restless."
Personal life
In 1948, Evans married Pat Wedgewood. The couple had two sons (Nick and Christopher), and divorced in 1983. His second wife Pat Sigris Evans, died in 1986, with whom he had two daughters: Rosemarie and Bridget.[1]
Evans died in a Woodland Hills assisted-living facility in Los Angeles on 4 September, 2007, of complications related to age.[1]
References
- Staff report (December 3, 1951). New Play in Manhattan. Time
- ^ a b c Obituary Notice The Los Angeles Times, California Section, Page B13 - September 23, 2007
- ^ Soap and stage actor Evans dies BBC News - 27 September, 2009
External links
- Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
- Michael Evans at the Internet Broadway Database
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