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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kynaston Reeves
| image = Actor_Kynaston_Reeves.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = in ''[[Take a Chance (1937 film)|Take a Chance]]'' (1937)
| birth_name = Philip Arthur Reeves
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|5|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1971|12|5|1893|5|29}}
| death_place = London, England
| othername = P. Kynaston Reeves
| nationality = English
| occupation = character actor
| spouse = Paula Sabina
| father = Arthur Robert Reeves
| mother = Clarissa Mary Kynaston
| children = two: daughter and son
| website =
}}
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'''Philip Arthur Reeves''' (29 May 1893{{spaced ndash}}5 December 1971)<ref name="bfiprofile">{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11166 | title=Biographical detail | publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI.org.uk]] | access-date=5 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113203853/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11166 | archive-date=13 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>, known professionally as '''Kynaston Reeves''', was an English [[character actor]] who appeared in numerous [[film]]s and many [[Television#Genres|television]] [[play (theatre)|plays]] and series.

== Early life==
Reeves was born in London on 29 May 1893 and was the first of two sons of Arthur Robert Reeves (born 1855) and Clarissa Mary Kynaston (b. 1864). His brother was John Edward.

He was married to the [[Australian Jewish]] stage actress Paula Sabina. They had two children, Thomas and Suzanne.

==Career==
Philip Arthur Reeves, professionally known as P. Kynaston Reeves or Kynaston Reeves, took his mother's maiden name as a middle name<ref name="bfiprofile" /> when commencing his film career with a small part in the [[1931 in film|1931]] film ''Many Waters'', before dispensing with the prefixed initial. He believed that having a name that reminded directors of the famous actor [[Edward Kynaston (actor)|Edward Kynaston]] would help him to get work. In [[1932 in film|1932]], he progressed to a supporting role, playing an editor called Bob Mitchell alongside [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Jack Hawkins]] in ''[[The Lodger (1932 film)|The Lodger]]'' (renamed ''[[The Phantom Fiend]]'' in 1935).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40555?view=cast | title=''The Lodger (1932)'' | publisher=BFI | access-date=2008-01-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104220849/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40555?view=cast | archive-date=4 November 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

After playing the Reverend Edmund Ovington opposite [[Otto Kruger]] in the [[1938 in film|1938]] film, ''Housemaster'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36983?view=cast | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116190843/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36983?view=cast | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-16 | title=''Housemaster (1938)'' | publisher=BFI | access-date=2008-01-05}}</ref> Reeves developed a speciality for portraying authority figures, such as [[judge]]s, [[Physician|doctors]], [[professor]]s and [[clergy]]men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/kynaston-reeves-p59356|title=Kynaston Reeves - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

Television was to provide a valuable source of income. In 1950, Reeves was invited to voice the character of Mr Growser in a [[BBC Television]] children's show, ''The Cruise of The Toytown Belle''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/550139 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117082325/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/550139 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 January 2009 | title=''The Cruise of The Toytown Belle'', BBC TV children's show | publisher=BFI | access-date=5 January 2008 }}</ref>

This led to further work for the children's department at the BBC, namely in adaptations of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''The Tempest'' (as Alonso, King of Naples) and Philip Wade's ''Jenny Meade'' (as Mr Steele), both produced in 1951.<ref name="bfifilmog1">{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11166?view=credit | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114092132/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11166?view=credit | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 January 2009 | title=Filmography page 1 | publisher=BFI | access-date=5 January 2008 }}</ref>

Reeves was then offered one of his most notable acting parts on television, namely that of Henry Quelch, form master to the 'Fat Owl of the Remove', [[Billy Bunter]], in the long-running television series ''[[Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series)|Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School]]''. He recorded six episodes in 1952, after which fellow actors [[Raf De La Torre]], [[John Woodnutt]] and [[Jack Melford]] began sharing the portrayal of this supporting character. Making just a single episode in 1954 ("Bunter Won't Go"), Reeves then returned to reprise the performance for two more episodes in 1956, and a further four in 1957, following which he gave up the role.<ref name="bfifilmog1" />

This did not end his involvement with BBC productions however, and in 1958 he appeared in the six-part project ''Leave It To Todhunter'' (based on the 1937 book "Trial and Error" by [[Anthony Berkeley]]), playing Ambrose Chitterwick in an episode called "In Search Of A Corpse".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/565696 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118012201/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/565696 | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 January 2009 | title=''Leave It To Todhunter: In Search Of A Corpse'', BBC TV, 1958 | publisher=BFI | access-date=5 January 2008 }}</ref>

In 1959 he played the Duke of Omnium in all six episodes of another series from the BBC, ''[[The Eustace Diamonds]]'', adapted from the novel by [[Anthony Trollope]] about the London society scandal caused in the 19th century when a diamond necklace goes missing.<ref name="bfifilmog1" />

In 1962, he starred as Thomas Crawford in the Broadway play ''[[The Affair (play)|The Affair]]''.

In a rare outing for [[ABC Weekend TV]], he took the part of Major General Goddard in a 1966 episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' TV series, entitled "[[What the Butler Saw (The Avengers)|What the Butler Saw]]" and starring [[Patrick Macnee]] and [[Diana Rigg]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tv.com/the-avengers/what-the-butler-saw/episode/65443/summary.html?tag=ep_list | title=''What The Butler Saw'' (The Avengers), 1966, ABC TV | publisher=[[TV.com]] | access-date=5 January 2008}}</ref> but would go on to play an entirely different character called Dickens in the 1968 screening of "Legacy Of Death", by which time [[Linda Thorson]] was portraying John Steed's female sidekick.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tv.com/the-avengers/legacy-of-death/episode/65479/summary.html | title=''Legacy Of Death'' (The Avengers), 1968, ABC TV | publisher=TV.com | access-date=5 January 2008 }}</ref>

Reeves also appeared in seven of 26 episodes of the classic BBC television series ''[[The Forsyte Saga#1967 serial|The Forsyte Saga]]'', broadcast in early 1967, playing Nicholas Forsyte.<ref name="bfifilmog1" />

He could be seen throughout the 1960s in a variety of other popular productions, such as the police serial ''[[No Hiding Place]]'', drama anthologies ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' and ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' and as "The Minister" in an episode of [[Patrick McGoohan]]'s ''[[The Prisoner]]'' television series.<ref name="bfifilmog1" />

Reeves' film career continued in parallel with his small screen contributions, and in [[1941 in film|1941]] he had portrayed Lord Stanley to [[John Gielgud]]'s [[Benjamin Disraeli|Disraeli]] in the biographical treatment ''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034065/fullcredits#cast | title=''The Prime Minister (1941)'' | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDB]] | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> In [[1948 in film|1948]] he played Dr Chawner in the [[Peter Ustinov]] [[wikt:tour de force|tour de force]] ''[[Vice Versa (1948 film)|Vice Versa]]'' (Ustinov having written, co-produced and directed it),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040940/fullcredits | title=''Vice Versa (1948) | publisher=IMDB | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> and in the same year he appeared as the Lord Chief Justice of the High Court in ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'', which starred [[Robert Donat]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040970/fullcredits#cast | title=''The Winslow Boy (1948)'' | publisher=IMDB.com | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> In [[1950 in film|1950]] he revisited the subject of Disraeli in the film ''[[The Mudlark]]'', when he took the part of General Sir [[Henry Ponsonby]] in the story of a street urchin (or "mudlark") who is found in [[Windsor Castle]] attempting to talk to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. This time, Disraeli is played by [[Alec Guinness]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042757/fullcredits#cast | title=''The Mudlark (1950)'' | publisher=IMDB.com | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref>

In [[1957 in film|1957]], he took the role of Professor Walgate in the [[science fiction]] [[B film]] ''[[Fiend Without a Face]]'', whose hero was played by [[Marshall Thompson]], and whose plot had [[Canada]] attacked by mutated caterpillar-like creatures made of human spines and brains.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33082 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115092216/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33082 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-15 | title=''Fiend Without a Face (1957)'' | publisher=BFI | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> During a period of steady cinematic work, he also found time to portray a "testy old millionaire" in ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' in [[1961 in film|1961]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28837?view=cast | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116102202/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28837?view=cast | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-16 | title=''Carry On Regardless (1961)'' | publisher=BFI.org.uk | access-date=2008-01-05}}</ref>

A year before his death in 1971, he made both his final television appearance and his last film. In a dramatic enactment during an edition of the BBC arts magazine ''[[Omnibus (UK TV series)|Omnibus]]'', he took the part of [[France|French]] painter [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] in a piece entitled "A Requiem for [[Amedeo Modigliani|Modigliani]]", describing the final part of the [[Italy|Italian]] artist's life, and his love affairs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/329456?view=cast | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114035042/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/329456?view=cast | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-14 | title=''Omnibus: A Requiem for Modigliani'', 1970 dramatic enactment (BBC) | publisher=BFI | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref> And in the cinema, he fulfilled a small role in ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]'', the [[1970 in film|1970]] film which starred [[Robert Stephens]] and [[Geneviève Page]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066249/fullcredits#cast | title=''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)'' | publisher=IMDB | access-date=2008-01-05 }}</ref>

==Death==
Reeves died of [[cerebral thrombosis]] in [[Lewisham]], [[London]], at the age of 78.<ref name="bfiprofile" />

==Filmography==
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*''[[Many Waters]]'' (1931) – Minor Role (uncredited)
*''[[Frail Women]]'' (1932) – (uncredited)
*''[[The Sign of Four (1932 film)|The Sign of the Four]]'' (1932) – Bartholomew Sholto (uncredited)
*''[[The Lodger (1932 film)|The Lodger]]'' (1932) – Bob Mitchell
*''[[Puppets of Fate (1933 film)|Puppets of Fate]]'' (1933) – John Heath
*''[[The Crimson Candle]]'' (1934) – Inspector Blunt
*''[[The Broken Melody (1934 film)|The Broken Melody]]'' (1934) – Colonel Fitzroy
*''[[Jew Süss (1934 film)|Jew Süss]]'' (1934) – (uncredited)
*''[[Vintage Wine]]'' (1935) – Benedict Popinot
*''[[Dark World (1935 film)|Dark World]]'' (1935) – John
*''[[Take a Chance (1937 film)|Take a Chance]]'' (1937) – Blinkers Grayson
*''[[A Romance in Flanders]]'' (1937) – Major Burke
*''[[Housemaster (film)|Housemaster]]'' (1938) – The Rev. Ovington
*''[[The Citadel (1938 film)|The Citadel]]'' (1938) – Doctor (uncredited)
*''[[The Outsider (1939 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1939) – Sir Montague Tollemach
*''[[Dead Men are Dangerous]]'' (1939) – James Franklin
*''[[Inspector Hornleigh (film)|Inspector Hornleigh]]'' (1939) – Dr. Manners
*''[[Sons of the Sea (1939 film)|Sons of the Sea]]'' (1939) – Prof Devar
*''[[The Stars Look Down (film)|The Stars Look Down]]'' (1940) – Strother
*''[[The Flying Squad (1940 film)|The Flying Squad]]'' (1940) – Magistrate
*''[[Two for Danger]]'' (1940) – Dr. George Frencham
*''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]'' (1941) – Lord Stanley (uncredited)
*''[[This England (film)|This England]]'' (1941) – (uncredited)
*''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942) – Minor Role (uncredited)
*''[[They Met in the Dark]]'' (1943) – Naval Officer in Charge of Court Martial
*''[[The Night Invader]]'' (1943) – Sir Michael
*''[[Strawberry Roan (1945 film)|Strawberry Roan]]'' (1944) – Horse Dealer
*''[[Murder in Reverse?]]'' (1945) – Crossley King's Counsel
*''[[The Rake's Progress (film)|The Rake's Progress]]'' (1945) – Oxford Dean (uncredited)
*''[[The Echo Murders]]'' (1945) – Beales
*''[[Bedelia (film)|Bedelia]]'' (1946) – Mr. Bennett
*''[[This Was a Woman]]'' (1948) – Dr. Morrison
*''[[Vice Versa (1948 film)|Vice Versa]]'' (1948) – Dr. Chawner
*''[[Counterblast (film)|Counterblast]]'' (1948) – Lucas' Butler (uncredited)
*''[[The Weaker Sex]]'' (1948) – Captain Dishart
*''[[The Guinea Pig (film)|The Guinea Pig]]'' (1948) – The Bishop
*''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948) – Lord Chief Justice
*''[[Badger's Green (1949 film)|Badger's Green]]'' (1949) – Dr. Wetherby
*''[[For Them That Trespass]]'' (1949) – The Judge (uncredited)
*''[[Madness of the Heart]]'' (1949) – Sir Robert Hammond
*''[[The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery]]'' (1950) – Gen. Maitland
*''[[Madeleine (1950 film)|Madeleine]]'' (1950) – Dr. Penny
*''[[Tony Draws a Horse]]'' (1950) – Dr. Bletchley
*''[[Trio (film)|Trio]]'' (1950) – Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
*''[[Blackout (1950 film)|Blackout]]'' (1950) – Mr. Dale
*''[[The Mudlark]]'' (1950) – General Sir Ponsonby (uncredited)
*''[[Smart Alec (1951 UK film)|Smart Alec]]'' (1951) – Uncle Edward
*''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.]]'' (1951) – Adm. Lord Hood
*''[[Song of Paris]]'' (1952) – Vicar
*''[[Penny Princess]]'' (1952) – Burgomaster – Policeman
*''[[Top Secret (1952 film)|Top Secret]]'' (1952) – Barworth Director
*''[[Top of the Form (film)|Top of the Form]]'' (1953) – The Dean
*''[[Laxdale Hall]]'' (1953) – Rev. Ian Macaulay
*''[[Four Sided Triangle]]'' (1953) – Lord Grant
*''[[Eight O'Clock Walk]]'' (1954) – Mr. Munro
*''[[The Crowded Day]]'' (1954) – Mr. Ronson
*''[[Burnt Evidence]]'' (1954) – Pathologist
*''[[Fun at St. Fanny's]]'' (1955) – Mc. Tavish
*''Je plaide non coupable'' (1956) – Col. Wright
*''[[Brothers in Law (film)|Brothers in Law]]'' (1957) – Mr. Justice Lawson
*''Light Fingers'' (1957) – Sir Charles Shepley-Cooke
*''[[High Flight (film)|High Flight]]'' (1957) – Air Minister
*''Prescription for Murder'' (1958) – Mr. Sparrow
*''[[Fiend Without a Face]]'' (1958) – Prof. R.E. Walgate
*''[[A Question of Adultery]]'' (1958) – Judge
*''[[Carlton-Browne of the F.O.]]'' (1959) – Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne
*''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960) – General
*''[[In the Nick]]'' (1960) – Judge
*''[[The Night We Got the Bird]]'' (1961) – Mr. Warre-Monger
*''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) – Sir Theodore
*''[[Shadow of the Cat]]'' (1961) – The Grandfather
*''[[Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)|Don't Bother to Knock]]'' (1961) – Neighbor
*''[[Go to Blazes (1962 film)|Go to Blazes]]'' (1962) – 1st Clubman
*''[[In the Doghouse (film)|In the Doghouse]]'' (1961) – Colonel
*''[[Hide and Seek (1964 film)|Hide and Seek]]'' (1964) – Hunter
*''[[The Caramel Crisis]]'' (1966)
*''[[Gates to Paradise]]'' (1968) – Superior
*''[[Hot Millions]]'' (1968) – Quayle (uncredited)
*''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969) – Willoughby (uncredited)
*''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1970) – Old Man (uncredited)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0716242}}

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