Don Beddoe
Acting
🎂 1903-07-01
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.
Cast credits(222)
1954
G.B. Smith
1968
1974
Prof. Robey
1965
1967
1957
Price
1957
1958
1957
1960
1955
1952
1960
1960
George Norris
1957
Dr. Blane
1957
Carter Farraday
1957
Mr. Barmarche
1962
1955
Admiral Hornsby
1962
1954
1958
Hood
1959
Minister
1959
1964
Clem Burgess
1961
Mr. Vickers
1952
Mr. Thompson
1952
Raisner
1956
1962
1959
Hornblower
1956
1961
Doc Simmons
1959
Uncle Charles
1953
Nicholas Barton
1953
Bill Holmes
1953
Lieutenant Stone
1957
Dan Larsen
1955
1965
Dr. Joseph Depew
1963
Mr. Thatcher
1970
1966
Burt
1955
1958
Halligan
1955
Paul
1950
Judge
1950
1965
Maximillian Jones
1957
1966
Dr. Harvey
1953
Ticket Agent
1953
Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
1950
Walt Spoon
1955
Brand
1940
Stark (uncredited)
1947
Mr. Walters
1959
Mr. Naylor
1966
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
1954
Mr. Cameron
1946
The Meddler
1950
Ben (uncredited)
1954
Doctor Wagner
1959
Producer (uncredited)
1953
Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
1950
Imp
1962
Joey
1947
Pete (uncredited)
1952
Police Chief
1942
Mr. Ballew
1952
Mr. Roberts (State Department)
1947
Chicago Man (uncredited)
1950
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
1952
Thomas O'Hara
1951
Charles Crocker
1952
Mr. Goodman
1952
Yager
1946
Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
1957
Dr. Cuny
1952
Borneo
1939
Frederick Ross
1940
Love Bidwell (uncredited)
1951
Sheriff
1941
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
1946
Mr. Richards
1951
Police Inspector Thomas
1939
Councillor
1949
Barney Bassett
1949
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
1941
Banker Horace Warren
1954
Mr. Dennis Sutherland
1949
Lieutenant Shane
1939
Mort Elkins
1947
Gilbert
1969
Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
1945
Mayor Ghio's assistant
1963
Stonley
1946
Ed--Fingerprint Man
1951
Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
1944
Mitchell (uncredited)
1951
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Father Dan Sheridan
1962
Marvin Williams
1939
Thomason
1947
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1952
Jack Collins (uncredited)
1946
Frank Porter
1956
Second Sailor
1941
Jaeger
1949
Taxi Driver
1942
Detective Jamieson
1951
Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
1954
Deputy District Attorney Dixon
1945
Gallagher
1953
Sheriff
1940
Johnson
1955
Judge Carr
1958
Ned McLane
1942
Frank Regan
1940
Fat Salesman
1950
Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
1949
Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
1956
Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
1951
Jockey
1939
Herman Tate
1954
Hill
1942
Capt. McGraw
1940
Duke Mason
1939
Mayor Sam Pelley
1957
Wing Boley
1941
J.T. Hall
1948
Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1954
Clancy
1945
Joe Davis
1953
Phillip Bellem
1949
Milo
1963
Warden McKay
1940
Constable Warren
1977
Al Farrow
1939
Dinky
1939
Bennie Blanchard
1941
Inspector Conroy
1940
Sen. Blake
1952
Albert Ward
1941
Cyrus Higbee
1952
Forbish - Floorwalker
1950
Alonzo
1951
Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
1965
Lew Smith
1942
David Cooper
1958
Marvin Williams
1940
Cop
1940
Saginaw Jake
1942
Sheriff Denby
1941
Self (archive footage)
1991
Bartender (uncredited)
1939
J. Gilbert Brampton
1942
Commissioner
1965
Penniman
1948
Forbes
1939
Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
1939
Walt Wallet
1951
Amos Rayburn
1950
Mr. Fell
1947
Sheriff Haggerty
1941
Judge Fraser
1949
Police Doctor
1940
Ragle
1967
Jerry Allen
1953
Detective Deever
1939
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
1940
Dr. Elliot Fish
1968
Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
1956
Charlie Bryan
1950
King Louis XIII
1950
Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Beatley
1946
Curtis Jellison
1950
Sgt. Burns
1941
Colonel
1961
Green Sox Manager
1940
Doc Cathey
1984
Dr. Littlefield
1970
Tom Howland
1940
Big Joe Brady
1940
Warden Schafer
1940
Customer
1940
Frank Raymond
1939
Preston
1940
Barber
1941
Mike Reynolds
1941
Walt Wallet
1951
Maj. Blaine
1940
Don Barlow
1941
'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
1942
Process Server
1940
Rumsford
1939
Johnson
1938
Frank Raymond
1940
Bowen
1951
Tug Wilson
1940
Clyde Post
1952
Governor Dawson
1940
Nick Bruno
1939
Editor (uncredited)
1948
Pringle (uncredited)
1943
W. S. Hamilton
1939
Phineas Q. Potts
1941
Police Inspector Hanley
1942
George Briggs
1949
Forsyth
1940
Fred Martin
1939
Newlywed husband
1940
Drunk (uncredited)
1939
Hypo McGonigle
1941
Chick Keller
1939
Marty Lewis
1940
Bartlett
1940
Cliff Randall
1941