Don Beddoe

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: July 01, 1903

Deathday: January 19, 1991

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Known For

The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter

1955-08-26

The Secret Seven
The Secret Seven

1940-08-15

Blondie Meets the Boss
Blondie Meets the Boss

1939-03-08

Blondie on a Budget
Blondie on a Budget

1940-02-29

The Boogie Man Will Get You
The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942-10-22

Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock

1952-07-18

The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town

1942-08-20

The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin

1952-05-03

Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer

1962-05-18

Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire

1952-04-15

The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang

1939-08-17

Loophole
Loophole

1954-03-28

The Company She Keeps
The Company She Keeps

1951-01-27

They Won't Believe Me
They Won't Believe Me

1947-07-16

The Enforcer
The Enforcer

1951-02-24

Buck Privates Come Home
Buck Privates Come Home

1947-04-04

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947-09-01

Our Town
Our Town

1977-05-30

The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask

1941-01-16

Crime, Inc.
Crime, Inc.

1945-04-15

The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon

1953-08-07

Flame of Youth
Flame of Youth

1949-09-22

The Lady Gambles
The Lady Gambles

1949-05-20

The Phantom Submarine
The Phantom Submarine

1940-12-20

Warlock
Warlock

1959-05-15

Woman in Hiding
Woman in Hiding

1950-01-06

Golden Boy
Golden Boy

1939-09-05

Behind Green Lights
Behind Green Lights

1946-02-15

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

1940-05-02

Million Dollar Pursuit
Million Dollar Pursuit

1951-05-30

The System
The System

1953-04-18

Behind the High Wall
Behind the High Wall

1956-07-01

Jubilee Trail
Jubilee Trail

1954-05-15

Winged Victory
Winged Victory

1944-12-22

Flying G-Men
Flying G-Men

1939-01-28

Not a Ladies' Man
Not a Ladies' Man

1942-05-14

The Awful Goof
The Awful Goof

1939-12-20

Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet

1952-01-16

The Unknown Man
The Unknown Man

1951-11-09

The Great Rupert
The Great Rupert

1950-03-01

Hideout
Hideout

1949-03-08

Carson City
Carson City

1952-06-13

The Spook Speaks
The Spook Speaks

1940-09-20

Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark

1949-12-02

Girls of the Road
Girls of the Road

1940-07-24

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955-02-16

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

1941-03-06

The Lone Wolf Strikes
The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940-01-26

The Crime Doctor's Diary
The Crime Doctor's Diary

1949-03-15

Stop, You're Killing Me
Stop, You're Killing Me

1952-12-10

Unholy Partners
Unholy Partners

1941-11-01

O.S.S.
O.S.S.

1946-05-26

The Iron Mistress
The Iron Mistress

1952-11-19

The Notorious Lone Wolf
The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946-02-14

Island of Doomed Men
Island of Doomed Men

1940-05-20

Easy Living
Easy Living

1949-10-08

The Bogus Green
The Bogus Green

1951-07-06

Bullwhip
Bullwhip

1958-05-25

The Steel Cage
The Steel Cage

1954-12-01

Welcome Stranger
Welcome Stranger

1947-06-13

Three Sappy People
Three Sappy People

1939-12-01

Blue Canadian Rockies
Blue Canadian Rockies

1952-11-30

Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet

1939-10-16

The Big Boss
The Big Boss

1941-04-28

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939-01-27

The Killer Is Loose
The Killer Is Loose

1956-02-03

Those High Grey Walls
Those High Grey Walls

1939-09-21

Men Without Souls
Men Without Souls

1940-05-20

Black Bart
Black Bart

1948-02-17

Boy Who Caught a Crook
Boy Who Caught a Crook

1961-10-01

You Nazty Spy!
You Nazty Spy!

1940-01-19

River of No Return
River of No Return

1954-04-30

Outside These Walls
Outside These Walls

1939-05-04

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957-05-04

Gasoline Alley
Gasoline Alley

1951-01-02

Once More, My Darling
Once More, My Darling

1949-09-10

This Thing Called Love
This Thing Called Love

1940-12-20

Beyond the Purple Hills
Beyond the Purple Hills

1950-07-25

Beware Spooks!
Beware Spooks!

1939-10-24

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

1958-05-14

Blaze of Noon
Blaze of Noon

1947-05-02

For Love or Money
For Love or Money

1963-08-07

Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician

1939-05-06

The Man from Tumbleweeds
The Man from Tumbleweeds

1940-05-02

Saintly Sinners
Saintly Sinners

1962-02-01

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939-05-05

Corky of Gasoline Alley
Corky of Gasoline Alley

1951-09-17

Texas Across the River
Texas Across the River

1966-10-26

Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding

1950-11-15

Cow Country
Cow Country

1953-04-25

Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus

1941-06-26

Before I Hang
Before I Hang

1940-09-17

Papa's Delicate Condition
Papa's Delicate Condition

1963-03-06

Konga, the Wild Stallion
Konga, the Wild Stallion

1939-08-30

Calcutta
Calcutta

1946-12-20

The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939-11-22

Texas
Texas

1941-10-09

A Very Special Favor
A Very Special Favor

1965-08-02

There's That Woman Again
There's That Woman Again

1938-12-24

Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'

2002-08-15

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1967-10-17

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born

1954-10-01

Kilroy
Kilroy

1965-03-14

Caged
Caged

1950-05-19

Manhattan Heartbeat
Manhattan Heartbeat

1940-07-11

Man in the Saddle
Man in the Saddle

1951-12-02

Carrie
Carrie

1952-07-17

Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris

1939-06-20

Wyoming Renegades
Wyoming Renegades

1954-03-27

Coast Guard
Coast Guard

1939-08-04

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991-03-10

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

1940-11-02

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

1940-05-30

The Heckler
The Heckler

1940-02-16

Texas Stagecoach
Texas Stagecoach

1940-05-23

Bride of Vengeance
Bride of Vengeance

1949-04-07

The Joker is Wild
The Joker is Wild

1957-09-26

Meet the Stewarts
Meet the Stewarts

1942-05-21

Shut My Big Mouth
Shut My Big Mouth

1942-02-19

Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940-09-01

Junior Army
Junior Army

1942-11-26

Getting Gertie's Garter
Getting Gertie's Garter

1945-11-27

The Impossible Years
The Impossible Years

1968-12-05

Power of the Press
Power of the Press

1943-01-29

Smith of Minnesota
Smith of Minnesota

1942-10-15

Harvard Here I Come
Harvard Here I Come

1941-12-18

The Blonde from Singapore
The Blonde from Singapore

1941-10-15

Under Age
Under Age

1941-04-23

Missing Daughters
Missing Daughters

1939-05-22

My Son Is Guilty
My Son Is Guilty

1939-12-28

West of Abilene
West of Abilene

1940-10-20

Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu

1941-12-11

Sabotage Squad
Sabotage Squad

1942-08-27

Romance of the Redwoods
Romance of the Redwoods

1939-03-29

Rodeo King and the Senorita
Rodeo King and the Senorita

1951-07-15

Midnight Manhunt
Midnight Manhunt

1945-07-27

Room for One More
Room for One More

1952-01-10

The Clown
The Clown

1953-01-16

If You Knew Susie
If You Knew Susie

1948-02-07

The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940-04-25

Beyond the Sacramento
Beyond the Sacramento

1940-11-11

California
California

1947-02-21

Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess

1940-01-11

Generation
Generation

1969-12-15

Lucky Legs
Lucky Legs

1942-10-01

Young Daniel Boone
Young Daniel Boone

1950-03-05

Escape to Glory
Escape to Glory

1940-05-20

Blades of the Musketeers
Blades of the Musketeers

1950-11-24

The Rawhide Years
The Rawhide Years

1956-07-01

Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman

1940-01-31

They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love

1941-05-16

Nickel Mountain
Nickel Mountain

1984-01-01

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac

1950-11-16

Two Latins from Manhattan
Two Latins from Manhattan

1941-10-02

Glamour for Sale
Glamour for Sale

1940-09-27

She Knew All the Answers
She Knew All the Answers

1941-05-13

Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician

1940-01-01

The Well Groomed Bride
The Well Groomed Bride

1946-05-17

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives

1946-12-25

Sing for Your Supper
Sing for Your Supper

1941-12-04

Military Academy
Military Academy

1940-08-06

Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest

1948-05-18

Black Eyes and Blues
Black Eyes and Blues

1941-04-18

Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk

1959-10-07

Gun Crazy
Gun Crazy

1950-01-20

Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!

1951-09-22

So You Won't Talk?
So You Won't Talk?

1940-10-02

How Do I Love Thee?
How Do I Love Thee?

1970-10-01

The Racket
The Racket

1951-10-25

Tarnished
Tarnished

1950-02-28