O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie (1918)

Oliver Peters Heggie (* 17. September 1877 in Angaston, South Australia; † 7. Februar 1936 in Los Angeles) war ein australischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler.

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O. P. Heggie immigrierte 1901 in die Vereinigten Staaten und setzte seine in Australien und London begonnene Schauspielkarriere am Broadway fort. 1907 trat er in den Stücken Nance Oldfield und Captain Brassbound's Conversion auf. 1915 spielte Heggie die Rolle des Zimmermanns Peter Quince in William Shakespeares Ein Sommernachtstraum im Wallack's Theatre. 1920 übernahm er die Regie und eine Nebenrolle im Drama Footloose im Greenwich Village Theatre. Seine letzte Rolle am Broadway spielte Heggie von Oktober 1933 bis März 1934 in dem Stück The Green Bay Tree.

1928 gab Heggie, zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits über 50 Jahre alt, in Film Die Komödiantin sein Debüt auf der Kinoleinwand. 1929 drehte er mit Jeanne Eagels als Partnerin den Film The Letter sowie mit Warner Oland den Kriminalfilm The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu. 1934 übernahm er die Rolle des Matthew Cuthbert in der Literaturverfilmung Anne of Green Gables. Am dauerhaftesten in Erinnerung blieb er den Kinofans aber wohl durch seine Rolle im Filmklassiker Frankensteins Braut (1935): Er spielte die Rolle des blinden Eremiten, der sich mit dem Monster (Boris Karloff) in der wohl bekanntesten Szene des Filmes anfreundet. Sein letzter Film Der Gefangene der Haifischinsel wurde erst nach seinem Tod veröffentlicht.

O.P. Heggie war verheiratet und hatte drei Kinder. Er starb im Februar 1936 im Alter von 58 Jahren an einer Lungenentzündung.

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Personendaten
NAMEHeggie, O. P.
ALTERNATIVNAMENHeggie, Oliver Peters (vollständiger Name)
KURZBESCHREIBUNGaustralischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler
GEBURTSDATUM17. September 1877
GEBURTSORTAngaston, South Australia
STERBEDATUM7. Februar 1936
STERBEORTLos Angeles, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten

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Title: "The greatest of these--";
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Taylor, Laurette, 1884-1946
Subjects: Manners, John Hartley, 1870-1928 Actors
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