Don Beddoe
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald T. Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer, and his wife Mary. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with bachelor's and master's degrees and taught English for three years. After a decade of stage work and bit parts in films, Beddoe began more prominent film roles in the late 1930s. He was usually cast as fast-talking reporters and the like. His commercial acting career was put on hold when he served in World War II in the United States Army Air Corps, in which he performed in the Air Force play, Winged Victory. Beddoe subsequently returned to films playing small character roles. He occasionally appeared in comedy shorts playing comic foils, such as in the Three Stooges shorts Three Sappy People and You Nazty Spy! Beddoe appeared in more than 250 films. Beddoe portrayed Mr. Tolliver in the ABC comedy The Second Hundred Years, and he was in the cast of Life with Father on CBS. He also was seen in dozens of television programs. In the 1950s and 1960s, he made four appearances on Have Gun – Will Travel, three times on Lawman, three on Maverick, three on Laramie, three on Lassie, and three on Perry Mason including in the 1958 episode 'The Case of the Buried Clock'. He was also cast on the western aviation series, Sky King, with Kirby Grant, on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, The Alaskans, with Roger Moore, on the ABC adventure series, Straightaway, with Brian Kelly and John Ashley, and on the NBC western series, The Tall Man, with Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager. He appeared too on the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams, and on the ABC drama series, Going My Way, with Gene Kelly. He guest starred as well on David Janssen's first series, the crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective. He also made appearances on episodes of The Lone Ranger in the '50s. Beddoe played the outlaw Black Bart in the 1954 episode "Black Bart The PO8" of the western anthology series Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Black Bart is cast as a debonair poetry-writing former school teacher who turns to stagecoach robbery after his first holdup, a prank, pays handsomely. Wells Fargo detectives track him down through a laundry mark. He was also pursued with a romantic interest by his landlady, Winona Webb (Helen Brown). Black Bart spent six years in the penitentiary, never to be heard from again. During the 1970–1971 season of ABC's Nanny and the Professor, Beddoe made four appearances, three as Mr. Thatcher. In 1984, he made his final television appearance as Kris in NBC's Highway to Heaven starring Michael Landon and Victor French.
The Face Behind the Mask
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
Age 37 (now 87)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Lieutenant Shane
Age 36 (now 87)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
Age 87
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Ragle
Age 64 (now 87)
A Very Special Favor
as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
Age 62 (now 87)
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mayor Ghio's assistant
Age 59 (now 87)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as David Cooper
Age 54 (now 87)
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
Age 54 (now 87)
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
Age 51 (now 87)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
Age 43 (now 87)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as J. Gilbert Brampton
Age 39 (now 87)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Sheriff Haggerty
Age 37 (now 87) The Face Behind the Mask
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
Age 37 (now 87)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Process Server
Age 37 (now 87)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Frederick Ross
Age 36 (now 87)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 87)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Lieutenant Shane
Age 36 (now 87)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Age 35 (now 87)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Lieutenant Stone
Age 54 (now 87)
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Also Known As
Donald Beddoe, Donald Theophilus Beddoe, Donald T. Beddoe
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