O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie
Born
Otto Peters Heggie

(1877-09-17)17 September 1877
Died7 February 1936(1936-02-07) (aged 58)
OccupationActor
Years active1900–36
SpouseLillian C (1885–1974)
Children3

Oliver Peters Heggie ( Otto Peters Heggie; 17 September 1877 – 7 February 1936), billed as O. P. Heggie, was an Australian film and theatre actor best known for portraying the hermit who befriends the Monster in the film Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He was born Otto Peters Heggie at Angaston, South Australia to a local pastoralist. He was educated at Whinham College and the Adelaide Conservatoire of Music. He died in Los Angeles of pneumonia. He is buried at Woodside Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Porter, H. Stars of Australian Stage and Screen, 1965. Pps 69-72. Rigby, Adelaide (Australia)
  2. ^ "DEATH OF OTTO P. HEGGIE". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 10 February 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "ADELAIDE FILM STAR". The News (SPORTING ed.). Adelaide. 28 January 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove.