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Don Beddoe

February 18, 2023

Donald Theophilus Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor.

Don Beddoe
Beddoe in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Born
Donald Theophilus Beddoe

(1903-07-01)July 1, 1903
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJanuary 19, 1991(1991-01-19) (aged 87)
Laguna Hills, California, U.S
Occupation(s)Film, television and stage actor
Years active1929–1984
Spouse(s)
Evelyn Beddoe
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(m. 1943; died 1974)​

Joyce Mathews
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(m. 1974)​
Parent

Early years

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer,[1] and his wife Mary. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with bachelor's and master's degrees and taught English for three years.[2]

Stage

Beddoe gained much theatrical experience playing in stock theater in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He made his Broadway acting debut in 1929, receiving top billing (over a young Spencer Tracy) in Nigger Rich.[3] His other Broadway credits include Penny Arcade (1930), The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930), Sing High, Sing Low (1931), The Warrior's Husband (1932), Man Bites Dog (1933), The Blue Widow (1933), Birthright (1933), The Sky's the Limit (1934), Nowhere Bound (1935), First Lady (1935), Father Malachy's Miracle (1937), and Winged Victory (1943).[4]

Film

 
Beddoe in Behind Green Lights (1946)

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 Forces, 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.[5]

Television

Beddoe portrayed Mr. Tolliver in the ABC comedy The Second Hundred Years,[6] and he was in the cast of Life with Father on CBS.[7]

He also was seen in dozens of television programs. In the 1950s and 1960s, he made four appearances on Have Gun – Will Travel, three on Lawman, three on Maverick, three on Laramie, three on Lassie, one on Mr. Adams and Eve, and three on Perry Mason including in the 1958 episode 'The Case of the Buried Clock'. He also appeared on the Western aviation series, Sky King, on The Alaskans, on the adventure series, Straightaway, and on the western series, The Tall Man. He appeared too on the sitcoms Pete and Gladys and The Tom Ewell Show, and on the drama series, Going My Way. He guest starred on the crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective and appeared on The Lone Ranger in the 1950s.

Beddoe played the outlaw Black Bart in the 1954 episode "Black Bart The PO8" of the western anthology series Death Valley Days.

In 1965, Beddoe appeared on Gunsmoke as “Mr. Halligan” in the episode “Deputy Festus” (S10E17).

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.

Radio

Beddoe played Pat Grady in the soap opera John's Other Wife.[8]

Other activities

In 1968, Beddoes proposed construction of a "high-rise trailer park" to be built in Capistrano Beach, California.[9] His plan called for making "more efficient use of land in areas where acreage is too expensive for a trailer park" by building an eight-story structure of concrete and steel and using a crane to lift trailers and insert them into their respective spaces.[9]

Personal life

Beddoe was married to Jessie Evelyn Sebring from May 8, 1944, to her death on January 2, 1974. He later married Joyce Mathews, who had been a showgirl, on August 20, 1974. She survived him.[5]

Death

Beddoe died of natural causes on January 19, 1991, at age 87.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Meet the Actors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. March 12, 1932. p. 11. Retrieved May 29, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ "Veteran Screen Actor Now in the Army Here". The Evening Independent. December 31, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  3. ^ ibdb.com
  4. ^ "Don Beddoe". Playbill Vault. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Conway, Ann (March 24, 1988). "The Stars Shine in Irvine to Aid American Cinema Awards Foundation Cause". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 940.
  7. ^ "Life with Father" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 30, 1953. p. 18. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "What Do You Want to Know" (PDF). Radio Mirror. 10 (3): 54. July 1938. Retrieved May 30, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b "High Rise Trailer Park Is Proposed". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. March 11, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2016.

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his wife Mary He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with bachelor s and master s degrees and taught English for three years 2 Stage EditBeddoe gained much theatrical experience playing in stock theater in Boston Massachusetts and Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1 He made his Broadway acting debut in 1929 receiving top billing over a young Spencer Tracy in Nigger Rich 3 His other Broadway credits include Penny Arcade 1930 The Greeks Had a Word for It 1930 Sing High Sing Low 1931 The Warrior s Husband 1932 Man Bites Dog 1933 The Blue Widow 1933 Birthright 1933 The Sky s the Limit 1934 Nowhere Bound 1935 First Lady 1935 Father Malachy s Miracle 1937 and Winged Victory 1943 4 Film Edit Beddoe in Behind Green Lights 1946 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 Forces 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 5 Television EditBeddoe portrayed Mr Tolliver in the ABC comedy The Second Hundred Years 6 and he was in the cast of Life with Father on CBS 7 He also was seen in dozens of television programs In the 1950s and 1960s he made four appearances on Have Gun Will Travel three on Lawman three on Maverick three on Laramie three on Lassie one on Mr Adams and Eve and three on Perry Mason including in the 1958 episode The Case of the Buried Clock He also appeared on the Western aviation series Sky King on The Alaskans on the adventure series Straightaway and on the western series The Tall Man He appeared too on the sitcoms Pete and Gladys and The Tom Ewell Show and on the drama series Going My Way He guest starred on the crime drama Richard Diamond Private Detective and appeared on The Lone Ranger in the 1950s Beddoe played the outlaw Black Bart in the 1954 episode Black Bart The PO8 of the western anthology series Death Valley Days In 1965 Beddoe appeared on Gunsmoke as Mr Halligan in the episode Deputy Festus S10E17 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 Radio EditBeddoe played Pat Grady in the soap opera John s Other Wife 8 Other activities EditIn 1968 Beddoes proposed construction of a high rise trailer park to be built in Capistrano Beach California 9 His plan called for making more efficient use of land in areas where acreage is too expensive for a trailer park by building an eight story structure of concrete and steel and using a crane to lift trailers and insert them into their respective spaces 9 Personal life EditBeddoe was married to Jessie Evelyn Sebring from May 8 1944 to her death on January 2 1974 He later married Joyce Mathews who had been a showgirl on August 20 1974 She survived him 5 Death EditBeddoe died of natural causes on January 19 1991 at age 87 Pennsylvania portal California portal Film portal Television portal World War II portalSelected filmography EditThe 13th Man 1937 District Attorney s Aide uncredited There s That Woman Again 1938 Johnson The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 Inspector Thomas Flying G Men 1939 W S Hamilton Blondie Meets the Boss 1939 Marvin Williams Romance of the Redwoods 1939 Forbes Union Pacific 1939 Reporter uncredited Outside These Walls 1939 Dinky Mandrake the Magician 1939 Serial Frank Raymond Missing Daughters 1939 Al Farrow Good Girls Go to Paris 1939 Attorney Thomas Jamison uncredited Coast Guard 1939 Bartender uncredited The Man They Could Not Hang 1939 Police Lt Shane Konga the Wild Stallion 1939 Fred Martin Golden Boy 1939 Borneo Those High Grey Walls 1939 Jockey Taming of the West 1939 Coleman uncredited Scandal Sheet 1939 Chick Keller Beware Spooks 1939 Nick Bruno The Amazing Mr Williams 1939 Detective Deever My Son Is Guilty 1939 Duke Mason Cafe Hostess 1940 Customer uncredited The Lone Wolf Strikes 1940 Conroy Convicted Woman 1940 Hank a Reporter uncredited Blondie on a Budget 1940 Marvin Williams The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940 Morning Express Reporter uncredited The Man from Tumbleweeds 1940 Governor Dawson Charlie Chan s Murder Cruise 1940 James Ross Escape to Glory 1940 Ship s Chief Engineer Anderson Men Without Souls 1940 Warden Schafer Island of Doomed Men 1940 Brand Texas Stagecoach 1940 Tug Wilson The Lone Wolf Strikes 1940 Police Doctor uncredited Manhattan Heartbeat 1940 Preston Girls of the Road 1940 Sheriff Military Academy 1940 Marty Lewis The Secret Seven 1940 Maj Blinn Five Little Peppers in Trouble 1940 Process Server uncredited Before I Hang 1940 Capt McGraw Glamour for Sale 1940 Frank Regan So You Want to Talk 1940 Cop West of Abilene 1940 Forsyth Beyond the Sacramento 1940 Warden McKay The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 1940 Big Joe Brady The Phantom Submarine 1940 Bartlett This Thing Called Love 1940 Tom Howland The Face Behind the Mask 1941 Lt James Jim O Hara Outlaws of the Panhandle 1941 Sheriff uncredited The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 1941 Sheriff Haggerty Under Age 1941 Albert Ward The Big Boss 1941 Cliff Randall She Knew All the Answers 1941 Barber They Dare Not Love 1941 Second Sailor uncredited Sweetheart of the Campus 1941 Sheriff Denby Two Latins from Manhattan 1941 Don Barlow Texas 1941 Sheriff The Blonde from Singapore 1941 Sgt Burns Unholy Partners 1941 Michael Z Mike Reynolds Sing for Your Supper 1941 Wing Boley Honolulu Lu 1941 Bennie Blanchard Harvard Here I Come 1941 Hypo McGonigle Shut My Big Mouth 1942 Hill Not a Ladies Man 1942 Professor Bigfoot Johnson Meet the Stewarts 1942 Taxi Driver Blondie for Victory 1942 Mr Larkin Husband Who Nominates Dagwood uncredited Sabotage Squad 1942 Chief Hanley The Talk of the Town 1942 Police Chief Lucky Legs 1942 Ned McLane Smith of Minnesota 1942 Lew Smith The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942 J Gilbert Brampton uncredited Stand By All Networks 1942 Enemy Agent uncredited Junior Army 1942 Saginaw Jake Power of the Press 1943 Pringle uncredited Winged Victory 1944 Chaplain on Beach uncredited Crime Inc 1945 District Attorney Dixon Midnight Manhunt 1945 Detective Lt Max Hurley Getting Gertie s Garter 1945 Clancy uncredited The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946 Stonley Behind Green Lights 1946 Dr G F Yager Medical Examiner uncredited The Well Groomed Bride 1946 Hotel Clerk uncredited O S S 1946 Gates Rodney Parrish The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 Mr Cameron California 1947 Stark uncredited The Farmer s Daughter 1947 Einar Campaign Reporter Buck Privates Come Home 1947 Mr Roberts Calcutta 1947 Jack Collins uncredited Blaze of Noon 1947 Mr Fell uncredited Welcome Stranger 1947 Mort Elkins They Won t Believe Me 1947 Thomason The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer 1947 Joey If You Knew Susie 1948 Editor uncredited Black Bart 1948 J T Hall Another Part of the Forest 1948 Penniman An Act of Murder 1948 Pearson Hideout 1949 Dr Hamilton Gibbs The Crime Doctor s Diary 1949 Phillip Bellem Bride of Vengeance 1949 Councillor The Lady Gambles 1949 Mr Dennis Sutherland Easy Living 1949 Jaeger Once More My Darling 1949 Judge Fraser Flame of Youth 1949 George Briggs Dear Wife 1949 Metcalfe Dancing in the Dark 1949 Barney Bassett The Great Rupert 1950 Mr Haggerty Gun Crazy 1950 Man from Chicago uncredited Woman in Hiding 1950 Fat Salesman Tarnished 1950 Curtis Jellison Young Daniel Boone 1950 Charlie Bryan Caged 1950 Commissioner Sam Walker uncredited Beyond the Purple Hills 1950 Amos Rayburn Emergency Wedding 1950 Forbish Floorwalker Southside 1 1000 1950 Slade Knight Lawyer Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 The Meddler Gasoline Alley 1951 Walt Wallet The Enforcer 1951 Thomas O Hara Belle Le Grand 1951 Smith uncredited The Company She Keeps 1951 Jamieson Three Guys Named Mike 1951 Mr Haymes First Wolf on Plane uncredited Francis Goes to the Races 1951 Dr Quimby uncredited Million Dollar Pursuit 1951 Bowen As Young as You Feel 1951 Head of Sales uncredited Rodeo King and the Senorita 1951 Mr Richards Behave Yourself 1951 Police Sgt O Neill uncredited Corky of Gasoline Alley 1951 Walt Wallet The Racket 1951 Mitchell Member of Craig s Office uncredited The Unknown Man 1951 Ed Man in the Saddle 1951 Love Bidwell uncredited Starlift 1951 Bob Wayne uncredited Room for One More 1952 Mr Taylor uncredited Scandal Sheet 1952 Pete uncredited Hoodlum Empire 1952 Senator Blake The Narrow Margin 1952 Det Sgt Gus Forbes Carson City 1952 Zeke Mitchell Three for Bedroom C 1952 Well Wisher at Station uncredited Washington Story 1952 Congressman Reciting Post Office History uncredited Carrie 1952 Mr Goodman Don t Bother to Knock 1952 Mr Ballew The Big Sky 1952 Horse Trader uncredited The Iron Mistress 1952 Dr Cuny Blue Canadian Rockies 1952 Cyrus Higbee uncredited Stop You re Killing Me 1952 Clyde Post The Clown 1953 Gallagher The System 1953 Jerry Allen Cow Country 1953 Joe Davis The Band Wagon 1953 Producer uncredited Jubilee Trail 1954 Maury Hotel Manager uncredited Loophole 1954 Herman Tate River of No Return 1954 Ben uncredited A Star Is Born 1954 Studio Executive at Premiere uncredited The Steel Cage 1954 Prison Board Member Alan Ferness segment The Hostages Tarzan s Hidden Jungle 1955 Mr Johnson uncredited Wyoming Renegades 1955 Horace Warren The Night of the Hunter 1955 Walt Spoon The Killer Is Loose 1956 Mr Freeman uncredited The Rawhide Years 1956 Frank Porter Behind the High Wall 1956 Todd Mac MacGregor Shootout at Medicine Bend 1957 Mayor Sam Pelley The Joker Is Wild 1957 Heckler at the Copacabana uncredited Toughest Gun in Tombstone 1958 David Cooper Assayer The Restless Gun 1958 as Henry Peabody in The Suffragette Bullwhip 1958 Judge Carr Warlock 1959 Dr Wagner Pillow Talk 1959 Mr Walters scenes deleted The Wizard of Baghdad 1960 Caliph Raschid uncredited Boy Who Caught a Crook 1961 Colonel Saintly Sinners 1962 Father Dan Sheridan Jack the Giant Killer 1962 Imp Papa s Delicate Condition 1963 Mayor Ghio s Assistant Cattle King 1963 John Cheyenne Club Drunk uncredited For Love or Money 1963 Milo uncredited A Very Special Favor 1965 Mr Calvin Ruthledge uncredited Texas Across the River 1966 Mr Naylor The Impossible Years 1968 Dr Elliot Fish Generation 1969 Gilbert How Do I Love Thee 1970 Dr Littlefield Nickel Mountain 1984 Doc Cathey final film role References Edit a b Meet the Actors The Brooklyn Daily Eagle New York Brooklyn March 12 1932 p 11 Retrieved May 29 2016 via Newspapers com Veteran Screen Actor Now in the Army Here The Evening Independent December 31 1942 p 6 Retrieved May 30 2016 ibdb com Don Beddoe Playbill Vault Retrieved May 30 2016 a b Conway Ann March 24 1988 The Stars Shine in Irvine to Aid American Cinema Awards Foundation Cause Los Angeles Times Retrieved May 30 2016 Terrace Vincent 2011 Encyclopedia of Television Shows 1925 through 2010 McFarland amp Company Inc ISBN 978 0 7864 6477 7 P 940 Life with Father PDF Broadcasting November 30 1953 p 18 Retrieved May 30 2016 What Do You Want to Know PDF Radio Mirror 10 3 54 July 1938 Retrieved May 30 2016 permanent dead link a b High Rise Trailer Park Is Proposed The Spokesman Review Associated Press March 11 1968 p 14 Retrieved May 30 2016 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Don Beddoe Don Beddoe at IMDb Don Beddoe at the Internet Broadway Database Don Beddoe at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Beddoe amp oldid 1124211729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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