Hector Abbas(1884-1942)
- Actor
Hector Abbas a Dutch born character performer on stage and film, first
worked on drama and comedy theatre in Holland in the early 1900's,
London stage from 1910, best remembered in the stage and screen version
of 'The Wandering Jew', he appeared in two film version, the silent
version in 1923 cast in the role as 'Zapportas' starring Matheson Lang
and in the talkie version in 1933 he was cast as 'Isaachar the Miser'
starring Conrad Veidt, both versions were directed by Maurice Elvey.
Hector was most often in character roles in a handful of British films,
first with the British Gaumont Film Company in 1919, followed by the
Stoll Film Company in the 1920's, later appeared in talkies. died from
heart failure in London age 58.
