Heron Carvic

Heron Carvic
Born	Geoffrey Rupert William Harris 21 January 1913 London, England
Died	9 February 1980(1980-02-09) (aged 67) Ashford, Kent, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934 - 1964

Heron Carvic (21 January 1913 – 9 February 1980) was a British actor and writer who provided the voice for Gandalf in the BBC Radio version of The Hobbit, and played Caiaphas the High Priest every time the play cycle The Man Born to be King was broadcast.

As a writer he created the characters and wrote the first five books featuring retired art teacher Miss Emily D. Seeton, a gentle parody of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. These have been re-issued as e-books in 2016.

Ten years after Carvic's death, his books were re-issued in the U.S.A. and proved sufficiently popular for his Estate to commission further Miss Seeton stories from two other writers using pseudonyms with "HC" initials. Roy Peter Martin as "Hampton Charles" wrote three novels, which were all released in 1990. Sarah J. Mason, writing as "Hamilton Crane", then took up the series writing 14 books in all.

Early life

He ran away from Eton, and his father, to France to earn a living for himself, and took his stage name as it derived from his grandmother but would "spare the sensibilities of his outraged family".^[1] He met Phyllis Nielson-Terry when he was 23 (she was 20 years older),^[2] but they did not marry until 1958, when the register of marriages in July, August and September lists Phyllis J King marrying both Heron Carvic and Geoffrey Harris.

Filmography

Honeymoon for Three (1935)
Doctor Who ... as Morpho (voice) in the serial The Keys of Marinus
The Avengers ... as Five in episode "Square Root of Evil"
Police Surgeon ... as Barrister in episode "Under the Influence"

Bibliography

Picture Miss Seeton (1968)
Miss Seeton Draws the Line (1969)
Miss Seeton, Bewitched (1971) (US Title: Witch Miss Seeton)
Miss Seeton Sings (1973)
Odds on Miss Seeton (1975)

References

↑ Steen, Marguerite (1969). A Pride of Terrys. Longmans. p. 370.
↑ Steen, Marguerite (1969). A Pride of Terrys. Longmans. p. 369.

External links

Heron Carvic at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 91289061 ISNI: 0000 0000 8163 8620 SUDOC: 057430039

Hanbury & Neilson family tree

John Albert Davis
(c.1818–c.1885)

Julia Keesing
(c.1818–c.1895)

Benjamin Terry^{[lower-roman 1]}
(1817–1896)

Sarah Ballard
(1819–1892)

Matthew Hanbury
(1841–1911)

Elizabeth Davis
(1845–1916)

Jane Davis
(1852–1920)

Charles Kerin
(1847–1886)

Alexander Neilson
(1840–1889)

Emilie Davis
(1848–1941)

William Morris
(1856–19??)

Florence Terry
(1856–1896)

Josephine Davis
(1850–1898)

Abraham Jamieson
(1844–????)

Louisa Davis
(1856–1909)

Solomon Jacobson
(1844–19??)

Abraham Guedalla
(1874–1940)

Lily Hanbury
(1873–1908)

Hilda Louise Alcock
(1875–1961)

Arthur William Fox
(1870–1956)

Julia Neilson
(1868–1957)

Fred Terry
(1863–1933)

Florence Jamieson
(1880–19??)

Norah Kerin
(1881–1970)

Eileen Kerin
(1885–1933)

Hilda Jacobson
(1882–1954)

Angela Worthington
(1912–1999)

Robin Fox
(1913–1971)

Cecil King-Ogden
(c.1893-19??)

Phyllis Neilson-Terry
(1892–1977)

Heron Carvic
(1911–1980)

Dennis Neilson-Terry
(1895–1932)

Mary Glynne
(1895–1954)

Edward Fox
(born 1937)

James Fox
(born 1939)

Robert Fox
(born 1952)

Geoffrey Keen
(1916–2005)

Hazel Terry
(1918–1974)

Notes:

↑ The family members who were actors, or associated with the theatre, are highlighted in amber

Family tree of the Hanbury and Neilson families

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