Don Beddoe
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 1, 1903
Day of Death: January 19, 1991 (88 years old)
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Actor Mr. Ballew
Don't Bother to Knock
Actor Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
The Narrow Margin
Actor Sen. Blake
Hoodlum Empire
Actor Pete (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
Actor Charles Crocker
Carson City
Actor Clyde Post
Stop, You're Killing Me
Actor Dr. Cuny
The Iron Mistress
Actor Cyrus Higbee
Blue Canadian Rockies
Actor Mr. Goodman
Carrie
Actor Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Room for One More
1951
Actor Detective Jamieson
The Company She Keeps
Actor Thomas O'Hara
The Enforcer
Actor Bowen
Million Dollar Pursuit
Actor Ed--Fingerprint Man
The Unknown Man
Actor Alonzo
The Bogus Green
Actor Walt Wallet
Gasoline Alley
Actor Walt Wallet
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Actor Love Bidwell (uncredited)
Man in the Saddle
Actor Mr. Richards
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Actor Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Behave Yourself!
Actor Mitchell (uncredited)
The Racket
1950
Actor Fat Salesman
Woman in Hiding
Actor Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
The Great Rupert
Actor Amos Rayburn
Beyond the Purple Hills
Actor Forbish - Floorwalker
Emergency Wedding
Actor Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Caged
Actor Charlie Bryan
Young Daniel Boone
Actor King Louis XIII
Blades of the Musketeers
Actor The Meddler
Cyrano de Bergerac
Actor Chicago Man (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
Actor Curtis Jellison
Tarnished
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1942
Actor J. Gilbert Brampton
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Actor Police Chief
The Talk of the Town
Actor 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
Not a Ladies' Man
Actor Taxi Driver
Meet the Stewarts
Actor Hill
Shut My Big Mouth
Actor Saginaw Jake
Junior Army
Actor Lew Smith
Smith of Minnesota
Actor Police Inspector Hanley
Sabotage Squad
Actor Ned McLane
Lucky Legs
1941
Actor Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
The Face Behind the Mask
Actor Sheriff Haggerty
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Actor Mike Reynolds
Unholy Partners
Actor Cliff Randall
The Big Boss
Actor Sheriff Denby
Sweetheart of the Campus
Actor Sheriff
Texas
Actor Hypo McGonigle
Harvard Here I Come
Actor Sgt. Burns
The Blonde from Singapore
Actor Albert Ward
Under Age
Actor Bennie Blanchard
Honolulu Lu
Actor Second Sailor
They Dare Not Love
Actor Don Barlow
Two Latins from Manhattan
Actor Barber
She Knew All the Answers
Actor Wing Boley
Sing for Your Supper
Actor Phineas Q. Potts
Black Eyes and Blues
1940
Actor Maj. Blaine
The Secret Seven
Actor Marvin Williams
Blondie on a Budget
Actor Bartlett
The Phantom Submarine
Actor Frederick Ross
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Actor Newlywed husband
The Spook Speaks
Actor Sheriff
Girls of the Road
Actor Inspector Conroy
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Actor Brand
Island of Doomed Men
Actor Warden Schafer
Men Without Souls
Actor Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
You Nazty Spy!
Actor Tom Howland
This Thing Called Love
Actor Governor Dawson
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Actor Capt. McGraw
Before I Hang
Actor Preston
Manhattan Heartbeat
Actor Big Joe Brady
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Actor Police Doctor
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Actor Green Sox Manager
The Heckler
Actor Tug Wilson
Texas Stagecoach
Actor Process Server
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Actor Forsyth
West of Abilene
Actor Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Actor Warden McKay
Beyond the Sacramento
Actor Customer
Cafe Hostess
Actor Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Escape to Glory
Actor Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
Actor Frank Regan
Glamour for Sale
Actor Frank Raymond
Mandrake the Magician
Actor Marty Lewis
Military Academy
Actor Cop
So You Won't Talk?
1939
Actor Marvin Williams
Blondie Meets the Boss
Actor Lieutenant Shane
The Man They Could Not Hang
Actor Borneo
Golden Boy
Actor W. S. Hamilton
Flying G-Men
Actor Drunk (uncredited)
The Awful Goof
Actor Rumsford
Three Sappy People
Actor Chick Keller
Scandal Sheet
Actor Police Inspector Thomas
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Actor Jockey
Those High Grey Walls
Actor Dinky
Outside These Walls
Actor Nick Bruno
Beware Spooks!
Actor Frank Raymond
Mandrake the Magician
Actor Reporter (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Actor Fred Martin
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Actor Detective Deever
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Actor Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
Actor Bartender (uncredited)
Coast Guard
Actor Al Farrow
Missing Daughters
Actor Duke Mason
My Son Is Guilty
Actor Forbes
Romance of the Redwoods
