--- name: "Austin Trevor" canonical: "https://film.one/person/austin-trevor" roles: [] born: "7 October 1897" died: "22 January 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 87 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T00:03:01.095179+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Austin Trevor Actor. Born 7 October 1897 in Belfast, Ireland, UK [now Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK]. Died 22 January 1978. ## Details - **Born:** 7 October 1897, Belfast, Ireland, UK [now Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK] - **Died:** 22 January 1978 - **Active:** 1939–1948 - **Also known as:** Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (1), 1940s 92 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Trevor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2872141, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47662 ## Biography Austin Trevor (born Claude Austin Trevor Schilsky) was an Irish actor. He was born on 7 October 1897 in Belfast and died on 22 January 1978 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He began his career on the stage, appearing in the West End premiere of John Galsworthy's *Escape* in 1926 and transferring to Broadway the following year. He played Captain August Lutte in Noël Coward's *Bitter Sweet* from 1929 to 1931. Trevor was the first actor to portray Hercule Poirot on screen, in the films *Alibi* (1931), *Black Coffee* (1931) and *Lord Edgware Dies* (1934). He later appeared in a supporting role in *The Alphabet Murders* (1965). His film credits include *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939) as Ralston, *The Red Shoes* (1948) as Professor Palmer, *Night Train to Munich* (1940) as Captain Prada and *Anna Karenina* (1948) as Colonel Vronsky. He worked extensively in television during the 1960s, including as Lord Halifax in *The First Churchills* (1969). He was married to the actress Violet Clowes. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Red Shoes* (1948), Fi1m 92, as Prof. Palmer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) - *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Ralston — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md) ## Complete filmography (72) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Judge - *The Alphabet Murders* (1965), as Judson - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Dr. Coutras - *Operation Stogie* (1962), as General Tankard - *The Court Martial of Major Keller* (1961), as Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Power - *Never Back Losers* (1961), as Col. Warburton - *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), as Sir John Kelly (uncredited) - *Konga* (1961), as Dean Foster - *Surprise Package* (1960), as Count Krimbi, Aide to King Pavel II - *The Third Man* (1959), series, Actor - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor - *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Dr. Martin - *Horrors of the Black Museum* (1959), as Commissioner Wayne - *Charlesworth* (1959), series, as Lakington - *Carlton-Browne of the F.O.* (1959), as Secretary General - *Fair Game* (1958), series, as Captain Cranmer - *Dangerous Exile* (1957), as Mr. Petitval - *The Naked Truth* (1957), as Minister with Heart Attack (uncredited) - *King's Rhapsody* (1957), as Vanescu - *Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!* (1957), series, as Camp Commandant - *Seven Waves Away* (1957), as Edward Wilton - *Whack-O!* (1956), series, as Brigadier Taplow - *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor - *Tons of Trouble* (1956), as Sir Hervey Shaw - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, Actor - *Quatermass II* (1955), series, as Fowler - *To Paris with Love* (1955), as Leon de Colville - *Father Brown* (1954), as The Herald - *So Long at the Fair* (1950), as Police Commissaire - *The Red Shoes* (1948), as Prof. Palmer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) - *Anna Karenina* (1948), as Col. Vronsky - *Lisbon Story* (1946), as Major Lutzen - *Champagne Charlie* (1944), as The Duke - *Heaven Is Round the Corner* (1944), as John Cardew - *The New Lot* (1943), as Soldier Talking to Corporal - *The Young Mr. Pitt* (1942), as French Registrar - *The Big Blockade* (1942), as U-boat Captain - *The Seventh Survivor* (1942), as Captain Hartzmann - *The Briggs Family* (1940), as John Smith - *Under Your Hat* (1940), as Boris Vladimir - *Night Train to Munich* (1940), as Capt. Prada - *Law and Disorder* (1940), as Heinreks - *The Lion Has Wings* (1939), as Schulemberg - German Air Chief of Staff - *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), as Ralston — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md) - *Knight Without Armour* (1937), as Col. Adraxine - *Dark Journey* (1937), as Dr. Muller - *Sabotage* (1936), as Monocle Man (uncredited) - *Dusty Ermine* (1936), as Swiss Hotelier-Gang Leader - *Rembrandt* (1936), as Marquis de Grand Coeur - *As You Like It* (1936), as Le Beau - *The Beloved Vagabond* (1936), as Count de Verneuil - *The Beloved Vagabond* (1936), as Count de Verneuil - *Parisian Life* (1936), as Don Joao - *Parisian Life* (1935), as Don Joâo - *The Silent Passenger* (1935), as Inspector Parker - *Royal Cavalcade* (1935), as Capt. Oates - *Mimi* (1935), as Lamotte - *Inside the Room* (1935), as Pierre Santos - *Death at Broadcasting House* (1934), as Leopold Dryden - *Lord Edgware Dies* (1934), as Hercule Poirot - *The Broken Melody* (1934), as Pierre Falaise - *On Secret Service* (1933), as Captain Larco - *A Safe Proposition* (1932), as Count Tonelli - *The Chinese Puzzle* (1932), as Paul Markatel - *The Crooked Lady* (1932), as Captain James Kent - *Black Coffee* (1931), as Hercule Poirot - *A Night in Montmartre* (1931), as Paul deLisle - *Alibi* (1931), as Hercule Poirot - *The Man from Chicago* (1930), as Detective-Inspector Drew - *Escape!* (1930), as The Vicar - *The W Plan* (1930), as Captain of Military Police - *At the Villa Rose* (1930), as Inspector Hanaud --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/austin-trevor