6 Best Herbert Evans Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 4, 2026

Drama intense

Herbert Evans was a prolific British-born Hollywood character actor of the 1930s and 40s who was frequently cast as a butler, official or stiff-upper-lip Englishman. The Brighton Strangler convinces a shell-shocked actor he is his murderous stage character, Shoot to Kill exposes a district attorney’s secrets, The Miracle of the Bells fights to give a dead actress a funeral, and Susannah of the Mounties adopts an orphan into a Mountie’s care. The Dawn Patrol and The Devil to Pay! round out the list.

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The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Herbert Evans appears in this drama about a publicity man who fights to give a deceased actress a proper funeral befitting her final, unfinished masterpiece.

Directed by Irving Pichel · 2h 00m · Rated NR

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Shoot to Kill (1947)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Herbert Evans features in this crime drama where a crusading district attorney's dark secrets are exposed by a reporter investigating a wrongful execution.

Directed by William Berke · 1h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Brighton Strangler (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Herbert Evans features in this thriller about a shell-shocked actor who becomes convinced he is actually the murderous stage character he once portrayed.

Directed by Max Nosseck · 1h 07m

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Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Herbert Evans is in this Shirley Temple film about a young girl orphaned in a frontier attack who is adopted by a Mountie and helps ease tensions with a local tribe.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Dawn Patrol (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Herbert Evans is in this Errol Flynn war film about a First World War flying squadron commander who struggles with the guilt of sending young pilots to near-certain death.

Directed by Edmund Goulding · 1h 43m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Devil to Pay! (1930)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Herbert Evans features in this comedy about a charming ne'er-do-well whose return home forces his family to reckon with his debts and his winning personality.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice · 1h 12m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.