{{Short description|American theater actor (1938–2021)}} {{Infobox person | name = Harvey Evans | image = Harvey Evans "La Cage aux Folles" 1984.JPG | caption = Evans in 1984 | birth_name = Harvey Hohnecker | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|1|7|mf=y}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|24|1941|1|7|mf=y}} | death_place = Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actor | children = | years_active = 1955–2011 }}
'''Harvey Evans''' (January 7, 1941 – December 24, 2021) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in the original Broadway productions of ''West Side Story'', ''Follies'', and ''Hello, Dolly!'', among others.<ref name="thr">{{cite web| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/harvey-evans-dead-actor-broadway-west-side-story-hello-dolly-1235067487/|title=Harvey Evans, Actor in Original Broadway Shows ''West Side Story, Hello Dolly!'' and More, Dies at 80|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 26, 2021}}</ref>
==Life and career== Evans was born '''Harvey Hohnecker''' and grew up in Cincinnati.<ref name="thr"/> He moved to New York in 1955.<ref name="thr"/>
Soon after Evans moved to New York, he appeared in the national tour of ''Damn Yankees'', where he met Bob Fosse. Fosse then cast the young Evans in his first Broadway production, ''New Girl in Town'' (1957).<ref name=Playbill>{{cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Mervyn |title=FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Life in the Theatre—Harvey Evans |url=https://playbill.com/article/from-the-archives-a-life-in-the-theatreharvey-evans |website=Playbill |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> Evans next appeared on the original Broadway production of ''West Side Story'' as Gee-Tar (1957). He later appeared in both film versions of the musical. He played Mouthpiece, one of the Jets, in the 1961 film and played a security guard at Gimbels in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake.<ref name="avclub"/> He appeared in another Fosse musical, ''Redhead'' (1959).
He next appeared on Broadway in ''Gypsy'' as replacement for Tulsa (1960) and then was a replacement for Barnaby in the original Broadway run of ''Hello, Dolly!'' (from 1967),<ref name=Playbill/> where he appeared alongside Carol Channing, Betty Grable, and Eve Arden. Other Broadway appearances included roles in ''Anyone Can Whistle'' (1964), ''George M!'' as Sam Harris (1968), ''Our Town'' as George Gibbs (1969), ''The Boy Friend'' as Bobby Van Husen (1970), ''Follies'' as Young Buddy (1971), ''Barnum'' understudying the title role (1980), ''Sunset Boulevard'' as Jonesy, Sammy and other roles (1995), ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' as Ozzy (1998) and ''Oklahoma!'' understudying Andrew Carnes (2002).<ref name="avclub">{{cite web| last=Barsanti| first=Sam| url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-harvey-evans-broadway-actor-for-west-side-story-1848272340| title=R.I.P. Harvey Evans, Broadway actor for ''West Side Story'', ''Hello Dolly!'', and more| work=A.V. Club| date=December 26, 2021}}</ref>
Evans was a chimney sweep in the 1964 film version of ''Mary Poppins''.<ref name="thr"/> He also appeared in ''The Pajama Game'' and had a cameo in the 2007 film ''Enchanted''.<ref name="thr"/> He played William in ''Silver Tongues''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Silver Tongues: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/silver-tongues-film-review-237346/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 22, 2011}}</ref>
He died at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on December 24, 2021, at the age of 80.<ref name="thr"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Meyer |first=Dan |title=Broadway Performer Harvey Evans Dies at 80 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-performer-harvey-evans-dies-at-80 |website=Playbill |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harvey-evans-74253 Harvey Evans] at IBDB *{{IMDb name|0262823}}
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