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(224)
George Norris
1957
Dr. Blane
1957
Carter Farraday
1957
1954
1964
1957
Price
1957
1974
1957
1967
Hood
1959
Minister
1959
1955
Dr. Joseph Depew
1963
1960
1958
Mr. Barmarche
1962
Mr. Vickers
1952
Mr. Thompson
1952
Halligan
1955
Prof. Robey
1965
1958
Dan Larsen
1955
Doc Simmons
1959
1955
Mr. Taylor
1955
Burt
1955
1958
G.B. Smith
1968
1965
Lieutenant Stone
1957
Paul
1950
Judge
1950
1959
1954
1960
1965
Mr. Thatcher
1970
1952
Clem Burgess
1961
1962
Walt Spoon
1955
1966
Mr. Cameron
1946
Uncle Charles
1953
Nicholas Barton
1953
Bill Holmes
1953
Mr. Walters
1959
Hornblower
1956
Jamieson
1951
Ben (uncredited)
1954
Frank Raymond
1940
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
1954
Admiral Hornsby
1962
Judge Carr
1958
Raisner
1956
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Doctor Wagner
1959
'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
1942
Frank Raymond
1939
Mayor Sam Pelley
1957
Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
1950
The Meddler
1950
Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1954
Love Bidwell (uncredited)
1951
Gilbert
1969
Mitchell (uncredited)
1951
Police Chief
1942
Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
1954
Mr. Goodman
1952
1966
Stark (uncredited)
1947
Imp
1962
Joey
1947
1960
Producer (uncredited)
1953
Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
1945
Mr. Roberts (State Department)
1947
Dr. Harvey
1953
Ticket Agent
1953
1961
Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
1950
Herman Tate
1954
Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
1944
Ragle
1967
Marvin Williams
1939
Councillor
1949
Self (archive footage)
1991
Doc Cathey
1984
Taxi Driver
1942
Charles Crocker
1952
Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
1951
Fat Salesman
1950
Mayor Ghio's assistant
1963
Preston
1940
Milo
1963
Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
1957
Detective Deever
1939
Sheriff
1941
Thomason
1947
Mr. Dennis Sutherland
1949
Mort Elkins
1947
Clancy
1945
Walt Wallet
1951
Dr. Cuny
1952
Forbish - Floorwalker
1950
Jockey
1939
Frank Porter
1956
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
1952
Mr. Fell
1947
Sgt. Burns
1941
Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
1965
Mr. Ballew
1952
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1952
Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
1939
Chicago Man (uncredited)
1950
Police Inspector Thomas
1939
Lieutenant Shane
1939
Fred Martin
1939
Cliff Randall
1941
Mr. Naylor
1966
Johnson
1938
Bennie Blanchard
1941
Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
1956
Stonley
1946
Marvin Williams
1940
Amos Rayburn
1950
Mr. Beatley
1946
Sen. Blake
1952
Father Dan Sheridan
1962
Tom Howland
1940
David Cooper
1958
Jaeger
1949
Barney Bassett
1949
Dr. Elliot Fish
1968
Nick Bruno
1939
Borneo
1939
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
1941
Clyde Post
1952
Dinky
1939
Customer
1940
Yager
1946
J.T. Hall
1948
J. Gilbert Brampton
1942
Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Deputy District Attorney Dixon
1945
Brand
1940
Jack Collins (uncredited)
1946
Colonel
1961
Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
1949
Ed--Fingerprint Man
1951
Mr. Richards
1951
Pete (uncredited)
1952
Barber
1941
Second Sailor
1941
Editor (uncredited)
1948
Cop
1940
Warden Schafer
1940
Commissioner
1965
Sheriff Haggerty
1941
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
1940
W. S. Hamilton
1939
Dr. Littlefield
1970
Green Sox Manager
1940
Banker Horace Warren
1954
Forbes
1939
Rumsford
1939
Newlywed husband
1940
Frederick Ross
1940
Penniman
1948
Charlie Bryan
1950
Maj. Blaine
1940
Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
1956
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
1946
Phillip Bellem
1949
Thomas O'Hara
1951
Forsyth
1940
Hypo McGonigle
1941
George Briggs
1949
Judge Fraser
1949
Sheriff
1940
Governor Dawson
1940
Albert Ward
1941
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
1940
Duke Mason
1939
Sheriff Denby
1941
Big Joe Brady
1940
Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Police Doctor
1940
Capt. McGraw
1940
Joe Davis
1953
Tug Wilson
1940
Walt Wallet
1951
Inspector Conroy
1940
King Louis XIII
1950
Mike Reynolds
1941
Gallagher
1953
Al Farrow
1939
Pringle (uncredited)
1943
Hill
1942
Maximillian Jones
1957
Process Server
1940
Curtis Jellison
1950
Bartlett
1940
Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
1940
Bowen
1951
Lew Smith
1942
Chick Keller
1939
Ned McLane
1942
Mr. Wilson
1954
Jerry Allen
1953
Frank Regan
1940
Saginaw Jake
1942
Police Inspector Hanley
1942
Cyrus Higbee
1952
Constable Warren
1977
Marty Lewis
1940
Don Barlow
1941
Alonzo
1951
Johnson
1955
Warden McKay
1940
Phineas Q. Potts
1941
Wing Boley
1941
Drunk (uncredited)
1939