Edwin Apps

Edwin Apps

actor, writer

Edwin Apps was born on May 14, 1931 in UK. Edwin Apps's big-screen debut came with Hour of Mystery - Season 1 directed by Wilfred Eades in 1957, strarring Hubert Laurie. Edwin Apps is known for The Galton & Simpson Playhouse directed by Ronnie Baxter, Roy Kinnear stars as Richard Burton and Charles Gray as Charles. The upcoming new movie Edwin Apps plays is Play It Like Godard which will be released on Feb 08, 2012.

Edwin Apps was a familiar face during the early days of British television, at his most prolific as a character actor between 1953 and 1972. In addition, he sidelined as a scripter for the BBC, penning some 33 episodes of the comedy series All Gas and Gaiters (1966). The son of auctioneers and hop farmers, he was born in East Kent. Upon the marital breakup of his parents, he was evacuated to Cornwall at the onset of World War II. At seventeen, he joined a repertory company in the north of England, though his budding career as a thespian was interrupted by national service. Having eventually completed his training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, he resumed his career on the stage as well as doing live television. In 1976, Edwin and his wife, the RADA-trained actress and writer Pauline Devaney, resettled on a farm in the French town of Liez (south-Vendée) in western France. He now appeared only occasionally in French films, devoting time to his life-long passion for painting ("I was a lonely child. At 10, I found a box of paint: since then, I have not let go of the brush"). A successful painter of oils on canvas, he specialised in satirical depictions of bishops in unconventional situations. In 2013, he published a humorous autobiography entitled "Pursued by Bishops - the Memoirs of Edwin Apps". His wife is also an accomplished painter, finalist in the 2017 National Art Competition.

  • Birthday

    May 14, 1931
  • Place of Birth

    Wingham, Kent, England, UK
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