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)
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)
Warlock
as Doctor Wagner
(1959)
Pillow Talk
as Mr. Walters
(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
(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)
Loophole
as Herman Tate
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
(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)
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Mr. Ballew
(1952)
Carrie
as Mr. Goodman
(1952)
Scandal Sheet
as Pete (uncredited)
(1952)
Room for One More
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
(1952)
Carson City
as Charles Crocker
(1952)
The Iron Mistress
as Dr. Cuny
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Blake
(1952)
Blue Canadian Rockies
as Cyrus Higbee
(1952)
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Clyde Post
(1951)
The Enforcer
as Thomas O'Hara
(1951)
The Racket
as Mitchell (uncredited)
(1951)
The Company She Keeps
as Detective Jamieson
(1951)
Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
(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)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
(1951)
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Mr. Richards
(1951)
The Bogus Green
as Alonzo
(1951)
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Bowen
(1950)
Gun Crazy
as Chicago Man (uncredited)
(1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as The Meddler
(1950)
Caged
as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
(1950)
Woman in Hiding
as Fat Salesman
(1950)
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Forbish - Floorwalker
(1950)
Blades of the Musketeers
as King Louis XIII
(1950)
Tarnished
as Curtis Jellison
(1950)
Young Daniel Boone
as Charlie Bryan
(1950)
Beyond the Purple Hills
as Amos Rayburn
(1949)
The Lady Gambles
as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
(1949)
Easy Living
as Jaeger
(1949)
Bride of Vengeance
as Councillor
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Barney Bassett
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Judge Fraser
(1949)
Hideout
as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
(1949)
Flame of Youth
as George Briggs
(1949)
The Crime Doctor's Diary
as Phillip Bellem
(1948)
Another Part of the Forest
as Penniman
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Editor (uncredited)
(1948)
Black Bart
as J.T. Hall
(1947)
(1947)
California
as Stark (uncredited)
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
(1947)
They Won't Believe Me
as Thomason
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
as Mort Elkins
(1947)
Blaze of Noon
as Mr. Fell
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Cameron
(1946)
Behind Green Lights
as Yager
(1946)
Calcutta
as Jack Collins (uncredited)
(1946)
O.S.S.
as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
(1946)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Stonley
(1946)
The Well Groomed Bride
as Mr. Beatley
(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)
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)
Sabotage Squad
as Police Inspector Hanley
(1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as J. Gilbert Brampton
(1942)
Junior Army
as Saginaw Jake
(1942)
Not a Ladies' Man
as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
(1942)
Smith of Minnesota
as Lew Smith
(1941)
Texas
as Sheriff
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Barber
(1941)
The Big Boss
as Cliff Randall
(1941)
They Dare Not Love
as Second Sailor
(1941)
Unholy Partners
as Mike Reynolds
(1941)
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Sheriff Denby
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Sheriff Haggerty
(1941)
The Blonde from Singapore
as Sgt. Burns
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Bennie Blanchard
(1941)
Under Age
as Albert Ward
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Don Barlow
(1941)
Sing for Your Supper
as Wing Boley
(1941)
Black Eyes and Blues
as Phineas Q. Potts
(1941)
Harvard Here I Come
as Hypo McGonigle
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Inspector Conroy
(1940)
Before I Hang
as Capt. McGraw
(1940)
Men Without Souls
as Warden Schafer
(1940)
Blondie on a Budget
as Marvin Williams
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Customer
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Sheriff
(1940)
Island of Doomed Men
as Brand
(1940)
You Nazty Spy!
as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Frank Regan
(1940)
Convicted Woman
as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
(1940)
Beyond the Sacramento
as Warden McKay
(1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Frederick Ross
(1940)
The Spook Speaks
as Newlywed husband
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Police Doctor
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Big Joe Brady
(1940)
The Secret Seven
as Maj. Blaine
(1940)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Governor Dawson
(1940)
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
(1940)
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
(1940)
Texas Stagecoach
as Tug Wilson
(1940)
The Heckler
as Green Sox Manager
(1940)
This Thing Called Love
as Tom Howland
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Preston
(1940)
West of Abilene
as Forsyth
(1940)
The Phantom Submarine
as Bartlett
(1940)
So You Won't Talk?
as Cop
(1940)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Process Server
(1940)
Military Academy
as Marty Lewis
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
(1939)
My Son Is Guilty
as Duke Mason
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Lieutenant Shane
(1939)
Golden Boy
as Borneo
(1939)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Detective Deever
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Beware Spooks!
as Nick Bruno
(1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Marvin Williams
(1939)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Police Inspector Thomas
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as W. S. Hamilton
(1939)
Three Sappy People
as Rumsford
(1939)
Romance of the Redwoods
as Forbes
(1939)
Missing Daughters
as Al Farrow
(1939)
Outside These Walls
as Dinky
(1939)
Konga, the Wild Stallion
as Fred Martin
(1939)
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
(1939)
Those High Grey Walls
as Jockey
(1939)
The Awful Goof
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1939)
Scandal Sheet
as Chick Keller
(1938)
There's That Woman Again
as Johnson