Don Beddoe
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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.
Acted in
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Nickel Mountain
1984
as Doc Cathey
Our Town
1977
as Constable Warren
Little House on the Prairie
1974
How Do I Love Thee?
1970
as Dr. Littlefield
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Mr. Thatcher
Generation
1969
as Gilbert
The Impossible Years
1968
as Dr. Elliot Fish
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as G.B. Smith
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Ragle
Mannix
1967
CBS Playhouse
1966
Texas Across the River
1966
as Mr. Naylor
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Prof. Robey
Laredo
1965
F Troop
1965
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
Kilroy
1965
as Commissioner
Bewitched
1964
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Dr. Joseph Depew
For Love or Money
1963
as Milo
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Mayor Ghio's assistant
Going My Way
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mr. Barmarche
Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Admiral Hornsby
Jack the Giant Killer
1962
as Imp
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Father Dan Sheridan
Straightaway
1961
Boy Who Caught a Crook
1961
as Colonel
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Clem Burgess
Route 66
1960
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Pillow Talk
1959
as Mr. Walters
The Alaskans
1959
Warlock
1959
as Doctor Wagner
One Step Beyond
1959
as Doc Simmons
Rawhide
1959
as Hood
Rawhide
1959
as Minister
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Bullwhip
1958
as Judge Carr
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as David Cooper
The Joker Is Wild
1957
as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
Maverick
1957
Maverick
1957
as Price
Perry Mason
1957
as George Norris
Perry Mason
1957
as Dr. Blane
Perry Mason
1957
as Carter Farraday
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lieutenant Stone
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
as Mayor Sam Pelley
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Maximillian Jones
Wire Service
1956
as Raisner
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Hornblower
Behind the High Wall
1956
as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Frank Porter
The Killer Is Loose
1956
as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Burt
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Halligan
The Night of the Hunter
1955
as Walt Spoon
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
as Johnson
The Millionaire
1955
as Dan Larsen
The Steel Cage
1954
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
A Star Is Born
1954
as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Lassie
1954
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
River of No Return
1954
as Ben (uncredited)
Loophole
1954
as Herman Tate
Wyoming Renegades
1954
as Banker Horace Warren
Public Defender
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Uncle Charles
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Bill Holmes
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Nicholas Barton
The Band Wagon
1953
as Producer (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953
as Joe Davis
The System
1953
as Jerry Allen
General Electric Theater
1953
as Dr. Harvey
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ticket Agent
The Clown
1953
as Gallagher
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
as Clyde Post
Blue Canadian Rockies
1952
as Cyrus Higbee
The Iron Mistress
1952
as Dr. Cuny
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mr. Vickers
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mr. Thompson
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Mr. Ballew
Carrie
1952
as Mr. Goodman
Carson City
1952
as Charles Crocker
The Narrow Margin
1952
as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. Blake
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Pete (uncredited)
Room for One More
1952
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Man in the Saddle
1951
as Love Bidwell (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951
as Ed--Fingerprint Man
The Racket
1951
as Mitchell (uncredited)
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
as Walt Wallet
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
as Mr. Richards
The Bogus Green
1951
as Alonzo
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
as Bowen
The Enforcer
1951
as Thomas O'Hara
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Detective Jamieson
Gasoline Alley
1951
as Walt Wallet
Blades of the Musketeers
1950
as King Louis XIII
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950
as The Meddler
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Forbish - Floorwalker
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paul
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Judge
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950
as Amos Rayburn
Caged
1950
as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Young Daniel Boone
1950
as Charlie Bryan
The Great Rupert
1950
as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
Tarnished
1950
as Curtis Jellison
Gun Crazy
1950
as Chicago Man (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
1950
as Fat Salesman
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Barney Bassett
Easy Living
1949
as Jaeger
Flame of Youth
1949
as George Briggs
Once More, My Darling
1949
as Judge Fraser
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
Bride of Vengeance
1949
as Councillor
The Crime Doctor's Diary
1949
as Phillip Bellem
Hideout
1949
as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as Penniman
Black Bart
1948
as J.T. Hall
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Editor (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Joey
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Thomason
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Mort Elkins
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Mr. Fell
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
California
1947
as Stark (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Mr. Cameron
Calcutta
1946
as Jack Collins (uncredited)
O.S.S.
1946
as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
as Mr. Beatley
Behind Green Lights
1946
as Yager
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
as Stonley
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
as Clancy
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Deputy District Attorney Dixon
Winged Victory
1944
as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
Power of the Press
1943
as Pringle (uncredited)
Junior Army
1942
as Saginaw Jake
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as J. Gilbert Brampton
Smith of Minnesota
1942
as Lew Smith
Lucky Legs
1942
as Ned McLane
Sabotage Squad
1942
as Police Inspector Hanley
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Police Chief
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Taxi Driver
Not a Ladies' Man
1942
as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Hill
Harvard Here I Come
1941
as Hypo McGonigle
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Bennie Blanchard
Sing for Your Supper
1941
as Wing Boley
Unholy Partners
1941
as Mike Reynolds
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
as Sgt. Burns
Texas
1941
as Sheriff
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Don Barlow
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
as Sheriff Denby
They Dare Not Love
1941
as Second Sailor
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Barber
The Big Boss
1941
as Cliff Randall
Under Age
1941
as Albert Ward
Black Eyes and Blues
1941
as Phineas Q. Potts
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Sheriff Haggerty
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Tom Howland
The Phantom Submarine
1940
as Bartlett
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Warden McKay
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
as Big Joe Brady
West of Abilene
1940
as Forsyth
So You Won't Talk?
1940
as Cop
Glamour for Sale
1940
as Frank Regan
The Spook Speaks
1940
as Newlywed husband
Before I Hang
1940
as Capt. McGraw
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as Process Server
The Secret Seven
1940
as Maj. Blaine
Military Academy
1940
as Marty Lewis
Girls of the Road
1940
as Sheriff
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Preston
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
as Police Doctor
Texas Stagecoach
1940
as Tug Wilson
Island of Doomed Men
1940
as Brand
Men Without Souls
1940
as Warden Schafer
Escape to Glory
1940
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Frederick Ross
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940
as Governor Dawson
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
1940
as Marvin Williams
The Heckler
1940
as Green Sox Manager
Convicted Woman
1940
as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
as Inspector Conroy
You Nazty Spy!
1940
as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940
as Customer
Mandrake the Magician
1940
as Frank Raymond
My Son is Guilty
1939
as Duke Mason
The Awful Goof
1939
as Drunk (uncredited)
Three Sappy People
1939
as Rumsford
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Detective Deever
Beware Spooks!
1939
as Nick Bruno
Scandal Sheet
1939
as Chick Keller
Those High Grey Walls
1939
as Jockey
Golden Boy
1939
as Borneo
Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939
as Fred Martin
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Lieutenant Shane
Coast Guard
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Missing Daughters
1939
as Al Farrow
Mandrake the Magician
1939
as Frank Raymond
Union Pacific
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)
Outside These Walls
1939
as Dinky
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
as Forbes
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Marvin Williams
Flying G-Men
1939
as W. S. Hamilton
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
as Police Inspector Thomas
There's That Woman Again
1938
as Johnson