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Don Beddoe
Actor
Died January 19, 1991 (87 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star · as Actor 'Night of the Hunter' |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Kris |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Maude (TV Series) · as Judge Leonard B. Moffett |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Generation · as Gilbert |
| 1968 | The Impossible Years · as Dr. Elliot Fish |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. (TV Series) · as G.B. Smith |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Laredo (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Prof. Robey |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Bewitched (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition · as Mayor Ghio's assistant |
| 1963 | Cattle King · as John |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Simpson |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Jack the Giant Killer · as Imp |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners · as Father Dan Sheridan |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Nathan Merkle |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Boy Who Caught a Crook · as Colonel |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Whittaker |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Mr. McCreedy |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) · as Doc Beckett |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk · as Mr. Walters |
| 1959 | Warlock · as Doctor Wagner |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Minister |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Clem |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Doc Simmons |
| 1958 | Bullwhip · as Judge Carr |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend · as Mayor Sam Pelley |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Carter Farraday |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Henry Peabody |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Mayor |
| 1957 | Blondie (TV Series) · as Dr. Woods |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Seth Hill |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Judge Hepple |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Joe Ingersoll |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Dr. Morrow |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose · as Mr. Freeman (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as McDuff |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Mr. Wilkins |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter · as Walt Spoon |
| 1955 | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle · as Johnson |
| 1955 | Wyoming Renegades · as Banker Horace Warren |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Halligan |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Arthur Ashburton |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as Doc Tilton |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Burt |
| 1954 | River of No Return · as Ben |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born · as Studio Executive at Premiere |
| 1954 | Loophole · as Herman Tate |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Commissioner |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Aldis Lydom |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon · as Producer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Clown · as Gallagher |
| 1953 | Topper (TV Series) · as Mr. Newby |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Dr. Harvey |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Bill Holmes |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock · as Mr. Ballew |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet · as Pete (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin · as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes |
| 1952 | The Big Sky · as Horse Trader |
| 1952 | Carrie · as Mr. Goodman |
| 1952 | Carson City · as Charles Crocker |
| 1952 | The Iron Mistress · as Dr. Cuny |
| 1952 | Blue Canadian Rockies · as Cyrus Higbee |
| 1952 | Room for One More · as Mr. Taylor (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Charles E. Bolton |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Judge Willoughby |
| 1952 | I Married Joan (TV Series) · as Calvin J. Huntington |
| 1952 | My Hero (1952) (TV Series) · as George Buchanan |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1952 | Our Miss Brooks (TV Series) · as Mr. Hobart |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Vickers |
| 1951 | The Racket · as Mitchell (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Enforcer · as Thomas O'Hara |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel · as Head of Sales |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike · as Mr. Haymes |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! · as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Gasoline Alley · as Walt Wallet |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as Sam Barret |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle · as Love Bidwell (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Caged · as Sam Walker |
| 1950 | Beyond the Purple Hills · as Amos Rayburn |
| 1950 | Young Daniel Boone · as Charlie Bryan |
| 1950 | Gun Crazy · as Chicago Man (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Cyrano de Bergerac · as The Meddler |
| 1950 | The Great Rupert · as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe) |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 1949 | Easy Living · as Jaeger |
| 1949 | Bride of Vengeance · as Councillor |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling · as Judge Fraser |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Cal Haskins |
| 1948 | Black Bart · as J.T. Hall |
| 1948 | Another Part of the Forest · as Penniman |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me · as Thomason |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Joey |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Einar |
| 1947 | California · as Stark (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Mr. Cameron |
| 1946 | Behind Green Lights · as Yager |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt · as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley |
| 1945 | Crime, Inc. · as Deputy District Attorney Dixon |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You · as J. Gilbert Brampton |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts · as Taxi Driver |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town · as Police Chief |
| 1941 | Texas · as Sheriff |
| 1941 | Sweetheart of the Campus · as Sheriff Denby |
| 1940 | Before I Hang · as Capt. McGraw |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife · as Morning Express Reporter |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love · as Tom Howland |
| 1940 | The Heckler · as Green Sox Manager |
| 1940 | Military Academy · as Marty Lewis |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss · as Marvin Williams |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang · as Lieutenant Shane |
| 1939 | Union Pacific · as Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt · as Police Inspector Thomas |
| 1939 | Taming of the West · as Coleman |
| 1939 | Mandrake, the Magician · as Frank Raymond |