Clem Beauchamp

Acteur, Producer

26 augustus 1898 — 14 november 1992 (94 years)
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Clement Hoyt "Clem" Beauchamp (August 26, 1898 – November 14, 1992), also known as Jerry Drew in his 20s and early 30s acting career, first worked as a second unit director in 1935, netting the Academy Award for Best Assistant Director for his work on The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. He was nominated in the same category the following year for The Last of the Mohicans.

Born in Bloomfield, Iowa, Beauchamp was one of two sons of Charles and Ula Beauchamp. His father was a druggist. The family later moved to Denver, Colorado and then to Fort Worth, Texas. After his parents divorced, his mother took her sons to Los Angeles, California where Beauchamp started working in motion pictures at age 16 as a stuntman. His first known film is Stupid, But Brave. He would later appear in The Painted Desert, sharing screen time with Clark Gable and William Boyd. In 1933, he appeared in the W.C. Fields comedy International House, in a non-credited part as a newsreel cameraman.

Beauchamp had a short-lived marriage to actress and comedian Anita Garvin, who is best remembered for the eleven films she made with comedians Laurel and Hardy. In 1935, he married script girl Sydney Hein.

He went on to work on several Tarzan and Dick Tracy movies, eventually becoming a production manager. In this capacity, he worked on such films as Fred Zinnemann's The Men (1950) and High Noon (1952), Death of a Salesman (1951) and most of Stanley Kramer's best work, including The Defiant Ones (1958), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). He later worked on Blake Edwards' The Great Race (1965) and William A. Graham's Waterhole No. 3 (1967). He was also the production manager on The Adventures of Superman television series, starring George Reeves.

Beauchamp told The Literary Digest his name was pronounced "Bo-shawm, both syllables accented alike." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Red House
    The Red House1947
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Cyrano de Bergerac1950
  • The Last of the Mohicans
    The Last of the Mohicans1936
  • Stage Door Canteen
    Stage Door Canteen1943
  • Dick Tracy
    Dick Tracy1945
  • The Painted Desert
    The Painted Desert1931

Known For

  • Klokslag 12
    Klokslag 121952
  • Oordeel te Neurenberg
    Oordeel te Neurenberg1961
  • 't Is 'n gekke, rare, dolle, dwaze wereld
    't Is 'n gekke, rare, dolle, dwaze wereld1963
  • Inherit the Wind
    Inherit the Wind1960
  • The Defiant Ones
    The Defiant Ones1958
  • De kampioen
    De kampioen1949
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Cyrano de Bergerac1950
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer1935
  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.1953
  • The Red House
    The Red House1947
  • Tarzan en de luipaardkoningin
    Tarzan en de luipaardkoningin1946
  • Tarzan Triumphs
    Tarzan Triumphs1943
  • The Last of the Mohicans
    The Last of the Mohicans1936
  • The Big Street
    The Big Street1942
  • Dick Tracy
    Dick Tracy1945
  • Tarzan and the Huntress
    Tarzan and the Huntress1947
  • Two O'Clock Courage
    Two O'Clock Courage1945
  • The Gay Falcon
    The Gay Falcon1941
  • Death of a Salesman
    Death of a Salesman1951
  • Having Wonderful Crime
    Having Wonderful Crime1945

Cinematografie

1935
No More Ladies · as Drunk (uncredited)
1933
International House · as Newsreel Cameraman
1933
The Story of Temple Drake · as Third Jellybean (uncredited)
1933
Terror Aboard · as Seaman
1932
Hold 'Em Jail · as Trusty
1931
The Painted Desert · as MinerOp Plex
1929
Painted Faces · as Jury Member
1928
Power · as The Menace (as Jerry Drew)
1925