O.P. Heggie

O.P. Heggie
Born	Oliver Peters Heggie September 17, 1877(1877-09-17) memorial stone says 1879 Angaston, Australia
Died	February 7, 1936(1936-02-07) (aged 58) Los Angeles
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1928–36
Spouse	Lillian C (1885–1974) 3 children

O.P. Heggie (17 September 1877 – 7 February 1936) was an Australian film and theatre actor working in the United States.

Career

Theatre

Before becoming a film actor, he appeared in numerous Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York.

Film

Among his many film roles, he appeared as Louis XI of France in the film The Vagabond King (1930) and Anne Shirley's adopted father in the film Anne of Green Gables (1934).

However, he is perhaps best known to modern audiences for playing the blind hermit in the film The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). In a famous scene, as the hermit he befriends the monster, Boris Karloff, only to have two everyday travellers competely ruin his world. A Scene director James Whale had thought much about.

The hermit role was somewhat parodied by Gene Hackman in the film Young Frankenstein (1974) directed by Mel Brooks.

Heggie appeared in at least 27 movies between 1928 and his death in 1936 from pneumonia.

References

External links

• O.P. Heggie at the Internet Broadway Database
• O.P. Heggie at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Heggie, O.P.
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	17 September 1877
Place of birth	Angaston, Australia
Date of death	7 February 1936
Place of death	Los Angeles