John Cazabon
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John Forde Cazabon (3 August 1914 – 22 June 1983) was an English actor and stage writer whose career began in Sydney, Australia.
History
[edit]Cazabon was born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, to violinist and composer Albert Cazabon (1883–1970) and Norah Cazabon née Delaney,[1] a professional actress born in Australia. He had an older sister Norah Cazabon and a younger brother Robert Brendan Cazabon (born c. 1919), who was killed in action in 1941.[2]
In 1927 the family moved to Sydney, where Albert Cazabon had secured the post of musical director to the Prince Edward Theatre's orchestra,[3] and Gladys, née Curtin, a professional actress born in Australia. Cazabon and sister Norah were members of Sydney's Impressionist Theatre in 1933[4] and in 1934, with their mother, joined the Independent Theatre and Pickwick Theatre Group, both run by Doris Fitton.[5] They later joined Beryl Bryant's group.
Personal life
[edit]Albert Cazabon returned to London in 1936, living at Aberdeen Place, and was hired by the BBC, but Cazabon stayed behind and secretly married actress Margery Gielis of Toowoomba.[6] They had a son Charles who married Margaret Burns on 20 May 1967.[7]
His sister Norah married Stephen Merivale of Middleton Hall, Leeds. Stephen was cousin of Philip Merivale who married Gladys Cooper.
Writer
[edit]- An early venture into this field was the playlet Hearts to Mend in 1933.[8]
- Good Catch (musical) with George S. English[9]
- Stranger Walk In (comedy in three acts) at Bryant's Playhouse
As stage actor
[edit]- Snappy Sydney (1933 revue)[10]
- The Corn Is Green at the Minerva Theatre
Radio
[edit]- The First Gentleman (1949) with Robert Morley and Queenie Ashton[11]
- Mary Livingstone MD (drama serial) as Russ Livingstone
- Journey Into Space for BBC Radio
Screen career
[edit]- Eureka Stockade (1949)
- Curtain Up (1952)
- Mandy (1952)
- The Queen in Australia (1954) (commentary)[12]
- The Shiralee (1957)
- The Snake Woman (1961)
- Mary Had a Little... (1961)
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries (1961, TV series episode "Backfire!") as Willy Kyser
- The Prisoner (1968, TV series episode Once Upon a Time) as Umbrella Man
Recognition
[edit]- Macquarie Award 1948 for part in radio play Sleeping Clergyman[13]
- Macquarie Award 1950 for part in comedy
References
[edit]- ^ "Amusements". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XC, no. 2547. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1910. p. 47. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Casualties in A.I.F." Sydney Morning Herald 19 November 1941
- ^ "Prince Edward Theatre - New Musical Director" Sydney Morning Herald 2 September 1927
- ^ "Little Theatres". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 1, no. 5. Australia. 8 July 1933. p. 32. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mother and Daughter" Sydney Morning Herald 14 June 1934
- ^ "Gossip". The Sun (Sydney). No. 1843. New South Wales, Australia. 24 July 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Social Roundabout". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 34, no. 51. Australia. 17 May 1967. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Young Playwright". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Vol. 3, no. 188. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia. This article is accompanied by a photograph of the young Cazabon.
- ^ "Musical Comedy at Savoy" Sydney Morning Herald 17 March 1934
- ^ "Snappy Sydney at the Savoy" Sydney Morning Herald 17 October 1933
- ^ "Robert Morley from 5AD" (Adelaide) Advertiser 7 October 1949
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald 2 June 1954
- ^ "Macquarie Awards for Radio Drama" Sydney Morning Herald 21 February 1949
External links
[edit]- John Cazabon at IMDb
- 1914 births
- 1983 deaths
- English male film actors
- English male radio actors
- English people of Australian descent
- People from Hertford
- 20th-century English male actors
- 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English male writers
- Male actors from Hertfordshire