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