British-born actor Michael Evans, who starred on Broadway with Audrey Hepburn in Gigi, but was perhaps best known as Col. Douglas Austin on TV’s long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless, has died. He was 87.
John Michael Evans was born July 27, 1920, in Sittingbourne, Kent to A.J. Evans. During World War II he was a Royal Air Force navigator. He returned to Winchester College and graduated in 1943, and then studied acting with the Old Vic company, with whom he made his stage debut in London’s West End theatre.
Evans then moved to United States, making his New York debut in the Broadway theatre production of “Ring Round the Moon” opposite Harry Belafonte. Evans then played opposite a young Audrey Hepburn in “Gigi” in 1951. He then took on the role of Henry Higgins in a touring production of “My Fair Lady”.
Evans died from age-related complications September 4 at an assisted-living center
said his son, Nick Evans. He’s survived by two sons and two daughters.
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