John Cazabon

Biography

John Forde Cazabon (3 August 1914 – 22 June 1983) was an English actor and stage writer whose career began in Sydney, Australia.

Cazabon was born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, to violinist and composer Albert Cazabon (1883–1970) and Norah Cazabon née Delaney, a professional actress born in Australia. He had an older sister Norah Cazabon and a younger brother Robert Brendan Cazabon (born c. 1919), who was killed in action in 1941.

In 1927 the family moved to Sydney, where Albert Cazabon had secured the post of musical director to the Prince Edward Theatre's orchestra, and Gladys, née Curtin, a professional actress born in Australia. Cazabon and sister Norah were members of Sydney's Impressionist Theatre in 1933 and in 1934, with their mother, joined the Independent Theatre and Pickwick Theatre Group, both run by Doris Fitton. They later joined Beryl Bryant's group.

Albert Cazabon returned to London in 1936, living at Aberdeen Place, and was hired by the BBC, but Cazabon stayed behind and secretly married actress Margery Gielis of Toowoomba. They had a son Charles who married Margaret Burns on 20 May 1967.

His sister Norah married Stephen Merivale of Middleton Hall, Leeds. Stephen was cousin of Philip Merivale who married Gladys Cooper.

Known For

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse 1977
Brensham People 1976
The Protectors 1972 ★ 6.1
War & Peace 1972 ★ 7.1
Justice 1971 ★ 7.3
Jason King 1971 ★ 7.8
Department S 1969 ★ 5.5
For Men Only 1968 ★ 4.0
The Prisoner 1967 ★ 7.7
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1967
Theatre 625 1964 ★ 7.2
The Crunch 1964
The Saint 1962 ★ 7.4
Backfire! 1962 ★ 5.0
The Avengers 1961 ★ 7.8
The Snake Woman 1961 ★ 4.7
Mary Had a Little... 1961 ★ 4.0
Maigret 1960 ★ 7.1
Ivanhoe 1958 ★ 6.4
The Shiralee 1957 ★ 5.1
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956 ★ 7.0
Curtain Up 1952 ★ 7.2
Mandy 1952 ★ 7.1
Eureka Stockade 1949 ★ 6.0