AlanWilks (aka Alan Jervis)
- Actor
Actor Alan Wilks (aka Alan Jervis) was a familiar face throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In 1963 he starred in New Zealand's first locally written teleplay, All Earth To Love. Later he featured in New Zealand Wars drama The Killing of Kane (1971) and road trip tale Hang On a Minute Mate (1982). Wilks was also a voice actor, and a prominent figure in the Wellington theatre scene. He died, aged 87, on 28 October 2017.
Screenography
Biography
Alan Wilks acted on radio, television and on Wellington's theatre stages. Born on 19 February 1930 as Alan Jervis Wilks, he adopted the name Jervis for his acting work, to keep the two lives separate. In a 1970 Listener interview, he spoke of how "this Wilks-Jervis business is really a bit of a curse . . . Sometimes people who know me as an actor wonder why I'm living with Mrs Wilks".
“Being able to adapt oneself is considered professional; stock-in-trade. It's almost like being several different people.”