Acting
Don Beddoe
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.
Filmography
A Bewitched Christmas
Film · 1994
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Film · 1991
Nickel Mountain
Film · 1984
Our Town
Film · 1977
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
How Do I Love Thee?
Film · 1970
Nanny and the Professor
Series · 1970
Generation
Film · 1969
The Impossible Years
Film · 1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
Series · 1968
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
The Second Hundred Years
Series · 1967
Texas Across the River
Film · 1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Series · 1966
CBS Playhouse
Series · 1966
A Very Special Favor
Film · 1965
Kilroy
Film · 1965
F Troop
Series · 1965
Laredo
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
Bewitched
Series · 1964
For Love or Money
Film · 1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
Film · 1963
Petticoat Junction
Series · 1963
Jack the Giant Killer
Film · 1962
Saintly Sinners
Film · 1962
Going My Way
Series · 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Series · 1962
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Film · 1961
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
Straightaway
Series · 1961
Route 66
Series · 1960
Pete and Gladys
Series · 1960
The Tom Ewell Show
Series · 1960
Warlock
Film · 1959
Pillow Talk
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
The Alaskans
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bullwhip
Film · 1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Film · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Film · 1957
The Joker is Wild
Film · 1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Film · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Series · 1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Behind the High Wall
Film · 1956
The Killer Is Loose
Film · 1956
The Rawhide Years
Film · 1956
Wire Service
Series · 1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Series · 1956
Conflict
Series · 1956
The Gale Storm Show
Series · 1956
The Night of the Hunter
Film · 1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Film · 1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
Film · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Series · 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Series · 1955
Loophole
Film · 1954
Jubilee Trail
Film · 1954
The Steel Cage
Film · 1954
River of No Return
Film · 1954
A Star Is Born
Film · 1954
Wyoming Renegades
Film · 1954
A Fair Chance
Film · 1954
Lassie
Series · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
Father Knows Best
Series · 1954
The Band Wagon
Film · 1953
The System
Film · 1953
Cow Country
Film · 1953
The Clown
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Don't Bother to Knock
Film · 1952
The Narrow Margin
Film · 1952
Hoodlum Empire
Film · 1952
Scandal Sheet
Film · 1952
Carson City
Film · 1952
Stop, You're Killing Me
Film · 1952
The Iron Mistress
Film · 1952
Blue Canadian Rockies
Film · 1952
Carrie
Film · 1952
Room for One More
Film · 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Your Jeweler's Showcase
Series · 1952
The Company She Keeps
Film · 1951
The Enforcer
Film · 1951
Million Dollar Pursuit
Film · 1951
The Unknown Man
Film · 1951
The Bogus Green
Film · 1951
Gasoline Alley
Film · 1951
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Film · 1951
Man in the Saddle
Film · 1951
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Film · 1951
Behave Yourself!
Film · 1951
The Racket
Film · 1951
Woman in Hiding
Film · 1950
The Great Rupert
Film · 1950
Beyond the Purple Hills
Film · 1950
Emergency Wedding
Film · 1950
Caged
Film · 1950
Young Daniel Boone
Film · 1950
Blades of the Musketeers
Film · 1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
Film · 1950
Gun Crazy
Film · 1950
Tarnished
Film · 1950
Southside 1-1000
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Flame of Youth
Film · 1949
The Lady Gambles
Film · 1949
Hideout
Film · 1949
Dancing in the Dark
Film · 1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Film · 1949
Easy Living
Film · 1949
Once More, My Darling
Film · 1949
Bride of Vengeance
Film · 1949
Black Bart
Film · 1948
If You Knew Susie
Film · 1948
Another Part of the Forest
Film · 1948
They Won't Believe Me
Film · 1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Film · 1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Film · 1947
Welcome Stranger
Film · 1947
Blaze of Noon
Film · 1947
California
Film · 1947
Behind Green Lights
Film · 1946
O.S.S.
Film · 1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Film · 1946
Calcutta
Film · 1946
The Well Groomed Bride
Film · 1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
Film · 1946
Crime, Inc.
Film · 1945
Getting Gertie's Garter
Film · 1945
Midnight Manhunt
Film · 1945
Winged Victory
Film · 1944
Power of the Press
Film · 1943
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Film · 1942
The Talk of the Town
Film · 1942
Not a Ladies' Man
Film · 1942
Meet the Stewarts
Film · 1942
Shut My Big Mouth
Film · 1942
Junior Army
Film · 1942
Smith of Minnesota
Film · 1942
Sabotage Squad
Film · 1942
Lucky Legs
Film · 1942
The Face Behind the Mask
Film · 1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Film · 1941
Unholy Partners
Film · 1941
The Big Boss
Film · 1941
Sweetheart of the Campus
Film · 1941
Texas
Film · 1941
Harvard Here I Come
Film · 1941
The Blonde from Singapore
Film · 1941
Under Age
Film · 1941
Honolulu Lu
Film · 1941
They Dare Not Love
Film · 1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
Film · 1941
She Knew All the Answers
Film · 1941
Sing for Your Supper
Film · 1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Film · 1941
The Secret Seven
Film · 1940
Blondie on a Budget
Film · 1940
The Phantom Submarine
Film · 1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Film · 1940
The Spook Speaks
Film · 1940
Girls of the Road
Film · 1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Film · 1940
Island of Doomed Men
Film · 1940
Men Without Souls
Film · 1940
You Nazty Spy!
Film · 1940
This Thing Called Love
Film · 1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Film · 1940
Before I Hang
Film · 1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
Film · 1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Film · 1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Film · 1940
The Heckler
Film · 1940
Texas Stagecoach
Film · 1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Film · 1940
West of Abilene
Film · 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Film · 1940
Beyond the Sacramento
Film · 1940
Cafe Hostess
Film · 1940
Escape to Glory
Film · 1940
Convicted Woman
Film · 1940
Glamour for Sale
Film · 1940
Mandrake the Magician
Film · 1940
Military Academy
Film · 1940
So You Won't Talk?
Film · 1940
Blondie Meets the Boss
Film · 1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
Film · 1939
Golden Boy
Film · 1939
Flying G-Men
Film · 1939
The Awful Goof
Film · 1939
Three Sappy People
Film · 1939
Scandal Sheet
Film · 1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Film · 1939
Those High Grey Walls
Film · 1939
Outside These Walls
Film · 1939
Beware Spooks!
Film · 1939
Mandrake the Magician
Film · 1939
Union Pacific
Film · 1939
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Film · 1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Film · 1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
Film · 1939
Coast Guard
Film · 1939
Missing Daughters
Film · 1939
My Son Is Guilty
Film · 1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Film · 1939
There's That Woman Again
Film · 1938