| O.P. Heggie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Oliver Peters Heggie Angaston, Australia |
| Died | February 7, 1936 (aged 58) Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1928–36 |
| Spouse | Lillian C (1885–1974) 3 children |
O.P. Heggie (17 September 1877 – 7 February 1936) was an Australian film and theatre actor working in the United States.
Before becoming a film actor, he appeared in numerous Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York.
Among his many film roles, he appeared as Louis XI of France in the film The Vagabond King (1930) and Anne Shirley's adopted father in the film Anne of Green Gables (1934).
However, he is perhaps best known to modern audiences for playing the blind hermit in the film Bride of Frankenstein (1935). In a famous scene he befriends the monster (Boris Karloff), only for two hunters to intrude and destroy the friendship. The scene was parodied in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein, in which Gene Hackman played the hermit.
Heggie appeared in at least 27 movies between 1928 and his death in 1936 from pneumonia.