Don Beddoe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 1, 1903
- Died
- Jan 19, 1991 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 225
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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.
Known for
Filmography
A Bewitched Christmas
1994Movie
Santa Claus
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nickel Mountain
1984Movie
Doc Cathey
Our Town
1977Movie
Constable Warren
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
How Do I Love Thee?
1970Movie
Dr. Littlefield
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Mr. Thatcher
Generation
1969Movie
Gilbert
The Impossible Years
1968Movie
Elliot Fish
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968TV
G.B. Smith
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967Movie
Ragle
Mannix
1967TV
The Second Hundred Years
1967TV
Old Man Tolliver
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Ragle
Texas Across the River
1966Movie
Mr. Naylor
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966TV
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Prof. Robey
Laredo
1965TV
F Troop
1965TV
A Very Special Favor
1965Movie
Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
Kilroy
1965Movie
Commissioner
Bewitched
1964TV
Petticoat Junction
1963TV
Dr. Joseph Depew
For Love or Money
1963Movie
Milo
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963Movie
Mayor Ghio's assistant
Going My Way
1962TV
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Mr. Barmarche
Ensign O'Toole
1962TV
Admiral Hornsby
Jack the Giant Killer
1962Movie
Imp
Saintly Sinners
1962Movie
Father Dan Sheridan
Straightaway
1961TV
Boy Who Caught a Crook
1961Movie
Colonel
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Clem Burgess
Route 66
1960TV
The Tom Ewell Show
1960TV
Pete and Gladys
1960TV
Pillow Talk
1959Movie
Mr. Walters
The Alaskans
1959TV
Bonanza
1959TV
Stan Perkins
Warlock
1959Movie
Doctor Wagner
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Doc Simmons
Rawhide
1959TV
Hood, Minister
Lawman
1958TV
The Texan
1958TV
Bronco
1958TV
Bullwhip
1958Movie
Judge Carr
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958Movie
David Cooper
The Joker is Wild
1957Movie
Heckler at Copacabana (uncredited)
Maverick
1957TV
Price
Perry Mason
1957TV
George Norris, Dr. Blane, Carter Farraday
Wagon Train
1957TV
Judge
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Lieutenant Stone
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957Movie
Mayor Sam Pelley
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957Movie
McKeever
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957TV
Maximillian Jones
Wire Service
1956TV
Raisner
The Gale Storm Show
1956TV
McDuff
Conflict
1956TV
Bob Thompson
Hey, Jeannie!
1956TV
Hornblower
Behind the High Wall
1956Movie
Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
The Rawhide Years
1956Movie
Frank Porter
The Killer Is Loose
1956Movie
Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955Movie
Mr. Macy
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Mr. Taylor, Mr. Macy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Burt
Cheyenne
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Halligan
The Night of the Hunter
1955Movie
Walt Spoon
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955Movie
Johnson
The Millionaire
1955TV
Dan Larsen
The Steel Cage
1954Movie
Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
Father Knows Best
1954TV
Mr. Lydom
A Star Is Born
1954Movie
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Lassie
1954TV
A Fair Chance
1954Movie
Mr. Wilson
Jubilee Trail
1954Movie
Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
River of No Return
1954Movie
Ben (uncredited)
Loophole
1954Movie
Herman Tate
Wyoming Renegades
1954Movie
Banker Horace Warren
Public Defender
1954TV
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Uncle Charles, Nicholas Barton, Bill Holmes, Mr. Stacy
The Band Wagon
1953Movie
Producer (uncredited)
Cow Country
1953Movie
Joe Davis
The System
1953Movie
Jerry Allen
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Dr. Harvey, Ticket Agent
The Clown
1953Movie
Gallagher
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952Movie
Clyde Post
Blue Canadian Rockies
1952Movie
Cyrus Higbee
The Iron Mistress
1952Movie
Dr. Cuny
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952TV
Charlie
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
Four Star Playhouse
1952TV
Mr. Vickers, Mr. Thompson
Don't Bother to Knock
1952Movie
Mr. Ballew
Carrie
1952Movie
Mr. Goodman
Carson City
1952Movie
Charles Crocker
The Narrow Margin
1952Movie
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Hoodlum Empire
1952Movie
Sen. Blake
Scandal Sheet
1952Movie
Pete (uncredited)
Room for One More
1952Movie
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Man in the Saddle
1951Movie
Love Bidwell (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951Movie
Fingerprint Man
The Racket
1951Movie
Mitchell (uncredited)
Behave Yourself!
1951Movie
Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951Movie
Walt Wallet
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951Movie
Mr. Richards
The Bogus Green
1951Movie
Alonzo
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951Movie
Bowen
The Enforcer
1951Movie
Thomas O'Hara
The Company She Keeps
1951Movie
Jamieson
Gasoline Alley
1951Movie
Walt Wallet
Blades of the Musketeers
1950Movie
King Louis XIII
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950Movie
The Meddler
Southside 1-1000
1950Movie
Slade
Emergency Wedding
1950Movie
Forbish - Floorwalker
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Paul, Judge
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950Movie
Amos Rayburn
Caged
1950Movie
Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Young Daniel Boone
1950Movie
Charlie Bryan
The Great Rupert
1950Movie
Mr. Haggerty
Tarnished
1950Movie
Curtis Jellison
Gun Crazy
1950Movie
Chicago Man (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
1950Movie
Fat Salesman
Dancing in the Dark
1949Movie
Barney Bassett
Easy Living
1949Movie
Jaeger
Flame of Youth
1949Movie
George Briggs
Once More, My Darling
1949Movie
Judge Fraser
The Lady Gambles
1949Movie
Mr. Dennis Sutherland
Bride of Vengeance
1949Movie
Councillor
The Crime Doctor's Diary
1949Movie
Phillip Bellem
Hideout
1949Movie
Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
Another Part of the Forest
1948Movie
Penniman
Black Bart
1948Movie
J.T. Hall
If You Knew Susie
1948Movie
Editor (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947Movie
Joey
They Won't Believe Me
1947Movie
Thomason
Welcome Stranger
1947Movie
Mort Elkins
Blaze of Noon
1947Movie
Mr. Fell
Buck Privates Come Home
1947Movie
Mr. Roberts (State Department)
California
1947Movie
Stark (uncredited)
Calcutta
1946Movie
Jack Collins (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Movie
Mr. Cameron
O.S.S.
1946Movie
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
The Well Groomed Bride
1946Movie
Mr. Beatley
Behind Green Lights
1946Movie
Yager (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946Movie
Stonley
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945Movie
Clancy
Midnight Manhunt
1945Movie
Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
Crime, Inc.
1945Movie
Deputy District Attorney Dixon
Winged Victory
1944Movie
Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
Power of the Press
1943Movie
Pringle (uncredited)
Junior Army
1942Movie
Saginaw Jake
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942Movie
J. Gilbert Brampton
Smith of Minnesota
1942Movie
Lew Smith
Lucky Legs
1942Movie
Ned McLane
Sabotage Squad
1942Movie
Police Inspector Hanley
The Talk of the Town
1942Movie
Police Chief
Meet the Stewarts
1942Movie
Taxi Driver
Not a Ladies' Man
1942Movie
'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
Shut My Big Mouth
1942Movie
Hill
Harvard Here I Come
1941Movie
Hypo McGonigle
Honolulu Lu
1941Movie
Bennie Blanchard
Sing for Your Supper
1941Movie
Wing Boley
Unholy Partners
1941Movie
Mike Reynolds
The Blonde from Singapore
1941Movie
Sgt. Burns
Texas
1941Movie
Sheriff
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941Movie
Don Barlow
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941Movie
Sheriff Denby
They Dare Not Love
1941Movie
Second Sailor
She Knew All the Answers
1941Movie
Barber
The Big Boss
1941Movie
Cliff Randall
Under Age
1941Movie
Albert Ward
Black Eyes and Blues
1941Movie
Phineas Q. Potts
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941Movie
Sheriff Haggerty
The Face Behind the Mask
1941Movie
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
The Phantom Submarine
1940Movie
Bartlett
This Thing Called Love
1940Movie
Tom Howland
Beyond the Sacramento
1940Movie
Warden McKay
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940Movie
Big Joe Brady
West of Abilene
1940Movie
Forsyth
So You Won't Talk?
1940Movie
Cop
Glamour for Sale
1940Movie
Frank Regan
The Spook Speaks
1940Movie
Newlywed husband
Before I Hang
1940Movie
Capt. McGraw
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940Movie
Process Server
The Secret Seven
1940Movie
Maj. Blaine
Military Academy
1940Movie
Marty Lewis
Girls of the Road
1940Movie
Sheriff
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940Movie
Preston
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940Movie
Police Doctor
Texas Stagecoach
1940Movie
Tug Wilson
Island of Doomed Men
1940Movie
Brand
Men Without Souls
1940Movie
Warden Schafer
Escape to Glory
1940Movie
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940Movie
Frederick Ross
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940Movie
Governor Dawson
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940Movie
Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
1940Movie
Marvin Williams
The Heckler
1940Movie
Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
1940Movie
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940Movie
Inspector Conroy
You Nazty Spy!
1940Movie
Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940Movie
Customer
Mandrake the Magician
1940Movie
Frank Raymond
My Son Is Guilty
1939Movie
Duke Mason
The Awful Goof
1939Movie
Drunk (uncredited)
Three Sappy People
1939Movie
Rumsford
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939Movie
Detective Deever
Beware Spooks!
1939Movie
Nick Bruno
Scandal Sheet
1939Movie
Chick Keller
Those High Grey Walls
1939Movie
Jockey
Golden Boy
1939Movie
Borneo
Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939Movie
Fred Martin
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939Movie
Lieutenant Shane
Coast Guard
1939Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939Movie
Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Missing Daughters
1939Movie
Al Farrow
Mandrake the Magician
1939Movie
Frank Raymond
Union Pacific
1939Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Outside These Walls
1939Movie
Dinky
Romance of the Redwoods
1939Movie
Forbes
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939Movie
Marvin Williams
Flying G-Men
1939Movie
W. S. Hamilton
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939Movie
Police Inspector Thomas
There's That Woman Again
1938Movie
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