Don Beddoe
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-07-01
Day of Death
1991-01-19 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Don Beddoe
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1991)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Nickel Mountain
as Doc Cathey
(1977)
Our Town
as Constable Warren
(1970)
How Do I Love Thee?
as Dr. Littlefield
(1969)
Generation
as Gilbert
(1968)
The Impossible Years
as Dr. Elliot Fish
(1967)
(1966)
Texas Across the River
as Mr. Naylor
(1965)
A Very Special Favor
as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
(1965)
Kilroy
as Commissioner
(1963)
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mayor Ghio's assistant
(1963)
For Love or Money
as Milo
(1962)
Saintly Sinners
as Father Dan Sheridan
(1962)
Jack the Giant Killer
as Imp
(1961)
Boy Who Caught a Crook
as Colonel
(1959)
Pillow Talk
as Mr. Walters
(1959)
Warlock
as Doctor Wagner
(1958)
Bullwhip
as Judge Carr
(1958)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as David Cooper
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
(1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Mayor Sam Pelley
(1957)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as McKeever
(1956)
The Rawhide Years
as Frank Porter
(1956)
The Killer Is Loose
as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
(1956)
Behind the High Wall
as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
(1955)
The Night of the Hunter
as Walt Spoon
(1955)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Johnson
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
(1954)
River of No Return
as Ben (uncredited)
(1954)
Wyoming Renegades
as Banker Horace Warren
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
(1954)
Loophole
as Herman Tate
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
(1954)
A Fair Chance
as Mr. Wilson
(1953)
Cow Country
as Joe Davis
(1953)
The Clown
as Gallagher
(1953)
The Band Wagon
as Producer (uncredited)
(1953)
The System
as Jerry Allen
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Mr. Ballew
(1952)
Carson City
as Charles Crocker
(1952)
Room for One More
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
(1952)
Carrie
as Mr. Goodman
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Blake
(1952)
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Clyde Post
(1952)
The Iron Mistress
as Dr. Cuny
(1952)
Scandal Sheet
as Pete (uncredited)
(1952)
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
(1952)
Blue Canadian Rockies
as Cyrus Higbee
(1951)
The Racket
as Mitchell (uncredited)
(1951)
Behave Yourself!
as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
(1951)
Man in the Saddle
as Love Bidwell (uncredited)
(1951)
The Company She Keeps
as Jamieson
(1951)
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Bowen
(1951)
Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
(1951)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
(1951)
The Enforcer
as Thomas O'Hara
(1951)
The Unknown Man
as Ed--Fingerprint Man
(1951)
The Bogus Green
as Alonzo
(1951)
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Mr. Richards
(1950)
Beyond the Purple Hills
as Amos Rayburn
(1950)
Caged
as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Forbish - Floorwalker
(1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as The Meddler
(1950)
Woman in Hiding
as Fat Salesman
(1950)
Gun Crazy
as Chicago Man (uncredited)
(1950)
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
(1950)
Young Daniel Boone
as Charlie Bryan
(1950)
Tarnished
as Curtis Jellison
(1950)
Blades of the Musketeers
as King Louis XIII
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Judge Fraser
(1949)
Flame of Youth
as George Briggs
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Barney Bassett
(1949)
Easy Living
as Jaeger
(1949)
Bride of Vengeance
as Councillor
(1949)
The Lady Gambles
as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
(1949)
Hideout
as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
(1949)
The Crime Doctor's Diary
as Phillip Bellem
(1948)
Black Bart
as J.T. Hall
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Editor (uncredited)
(1948)
Another Part of the Forest
as Penniman
(1947)
(1947)
They Won't Believe Me
as Thomason
(1947)
California
as Stark (uncredited)
(1947)
Blaze of Noon
as Mr. Fell
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
as Mort Elkins
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Cameron
(1946)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Stonley
(1946)
Calcutta
as Jack Collins (uncredited)
(1946)
O.S.S.
as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
(1946)
The Well Groomed Bride
as Mr. Beatley
(1946)
Behind Green Lights
as Yager
(1945)
Crime, Inc.
as Deputy District Attorney Dixon
(1945)
Midnight Manhunt
as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
(1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Clancy
(1944)
Winged Victory
as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
(1943)
Power of the Press
as Pringle (uncredited)
(1942)
Not a Ladies' Man
as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Taxi Driver
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Police Chief
(1942)
Smith of Minnesota
as Lew Smith
(1942)
Lucky Legs
as Ned McLane
(1942)
Shut My Big Mouth
as Hill
(1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as J. Gilbert Brampton
(1942)
Junior Army
as Saginaw Jake
(1942)
Sabotage Squad
as Police Inspector Hanley
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Bennie Blanchard
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Barber
(1941)
Texas
as Sheriff
(1941)
Under Age
as Albert Ward
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Sheriff Haggerty
(1941)
They Dare Not Love
as Second Sailor
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Don Barlow
(1941)
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Sheriff Denby
(1941)
The Big Boss
as Cliff Randall
(1941)
Harvard Here I Come
as Hypo McGonigle
(1941)
Sing for Your Supper
as Wing Boley
(1941)
Unholy Partners
as Mike Reynolds
(1941)
Black Eyes and Blues
as Phineas Q. Potts
(1941)
The Blonde from Singapore
as Sgt. Burns
(1940)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Process Server
(1940)
Beyond the Sacramento
as Warden McKay
(1940)
The Spook Speaks
as Newlywed husband
(1940)
Island of Doomed Men
as Brand
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Inspector Conroy
(1940)
The Heckler
as Green Sox Manager
(1940)
Texas Stagecoach
as Tug Wilson
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Preston
(1940)
Military Academy
as Marty Lewis
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Big Joe Brady
(1940)
Convicted Woman
as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Governor Dawson
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
(1940)
You Nazty Spy!
as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
(1940)
The Secret Seven
as Maj. Blaine
(1940)
West of Abilene
as Forsyth
(1940)
The Phantom Submarine
as Bartlett
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Sheriff
(1940)
Blondie on a Budget
as Marvin Williams
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Customer
(1940)
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
(1940)
This Thing Called Love
as Tom Howland
(1940)
Men Without Souls
as Warden Schafer
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Frank Regan
(1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Frederick Ross
(1940)
Before I Hang
as Capt. McGraw
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Police Doctor
(1940)
So You Won't Talk?
as Cop
(1940)
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
(1939)
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Missing Daughters
as Al Farrow
(1939)
Scandal Sheet
as Chick Keller
(1939)
My Son Is Guilty
as Duke Mason
(1939)
Golden Boy
as Borneo
(1939)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Detective Deever
(1939)
Konga, the Wild Stallion
as Fred Martin
(1939)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Police Inspector Thomas
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Romance of the Redwoods
as Forbes
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as Dinky
(1939)
Those High Grey Walls
as Jockey
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Lieutenant Shane
(1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Marvin Williams
(1939)
The Awful Goof
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1939)
Beware Spooks!
as Nick Bruno
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as W. S. Hamilton
(1939)
Three Sappy People
as Rumsford
(1938)
There's That Woman Again
as Johnson