Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti
Cyril Delevanti in The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
Born	Harry Cyril Delevanti (1889-02-23)February 23, 1889 London, England, UK
Died	December 13, 1975(1975-12-13) (aged 86) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1974
Spouse(s)	Eva Kittie Peel (1913-1975) (her death) (3 children)
Parent(s)	Mary Elizabeth Rowbotham Edward Prospero Richard Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti (23 February 1889 – 13 December 1975), sometimes credited as Syril Delevanti, was an English-born character actor with a long career in American films.

Harry Cyril Delevanti was born in London to the Anglo-Italian music professor, Edward Prospero Richard Delevanti (1859-1911) and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (née Rowbotham). Cyril married Eva Kitty Peel (1890-1975); they had three children: Kitty (born 1913), Cyril (1914-1975), and Harry (born 1915).

His first film appearance was in Devotion (1931). In 1938 he appeared in Red Barry for director Ford Beebe, who would later marry Delevanti's daughter, Kitty, thus becoming the actor's son-in-law. From the 1940s, he appeared in many small roles, frequently uncredited, in such films as Phantom of the Opera (1943), Confidential Agent (1945), Deception (1946), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Forever Amber (1947), David and Bathsheba (1951), Limelight (1952), Les Girls (1957), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), and Mary Poppins (1964).

In 1958, Delevanti was cast as the printer Lucius Coin in all twenty-six episodes of the NBC western television series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards. He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason during the first and final (ninth) seasons of the series. In 1957 he played florist Mr. Tulloch in "The Case of the Silent Partner". In 1965, he played bookie Craig Jefferson in "The Case of the Silent Six".