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