Biography
O. P. Heggie (born Oliver Peters Heggie, also credited as Oliver Peters Heggie) was an Australian stage and screen actor. Born in Angaston, South Australia, he was educated at Whinham College and the Adelaide Conservatoire of Music. He began his career on the Australian stage in 1899 before moving to Britain and then the United States, where he appeared on Broadway from 1907.
Heggie entered films in 1928 and appeared in at least 27 productions before his death. He is best known for his role as the blind hermit in Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Other notable film credits include Abbe Faria in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) and Dr. MacIntyre in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936). He died in Los Angeles in 1936.
