Don Beddoe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

226

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-07-01

Day of death

1991-01-19 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Don Beddoe

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The Night of the Hunter

    The Night of the Hunter

  • Public Defender

    Public Defender

  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

  • Nickel Mountain

    Nickel Mountain

  • Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

  • Going My Way

    Going My Way

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Beyond the Sacramento

    Beyond the Sacramento

  • Wire Service

    Wire Service

  • Not a Ladies' Man

    Not a Ladies' Man

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • Hey, Jeannie!

    Hey, Jeannie!

  • The Notorious Lone Wolf

    The Notorious Lone Wolf

  • Five Little Peppers in Trouble

    Five Little Peppers in Trouble

  • The Spook Speaks

    The Spook Speaks

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • The Lone Wolf Strikes

    The Lone Wolf Strikes

  • Mandrake the Magician

    Mandrake the Magician

  • Emergency Wedding

    Emergency Wedding

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • Black Bart

    Black Bart

  • Flame of Youth

    Flame of Youth

  • Missing Daughters

    Missing Daughters

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • The Racket

    The Racket

  • Corky of Gasoline Alley

    Corky of Gasoline Alley

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • My Son Is Guilty

    My Son Is Guilty

  • Ensign O'Toole

    Ensign O'Toole

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Winged Victory

    Winged Victory

  • The Joker is Wild

    The Joker is Wild

  • The Impossible Years

    The Impossible Years

  • Caged

    Caged

  • River of No Return

    River of No Return

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • California

    California

  • Hoodlum Empire

    Hoodlum Empire

  • She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

  • Dancing in the Dark

    Dancing in the Dark

  • Island of Doomed Men

    Island of Doomed Men

  • Military Academy

    Military Academy

  • The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

    The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

  • Texas

    Texas

  • Bullwhip

    Bullwhip

  • The Rawhide Years

    The Rawhide Years

  • The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

    The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

  • Gasoline Alley

    Gasoline Alley

  • Gun Crazy

    Gun Crazy

  • Woman in Hiding

    Woman in Hiding

  • The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

  • Those High Grey Walls

    Those High Grey Walls

  • Romance of the Redwoods

    Romance of the Redwoods

  • The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

  • Pillow Talk

    Pillow Talk

  • Jack the Giant Killer

    Jack the Giant Killer

  • Behave Yourself!

    Behave Yourself!

  • Once More, My Darling

    Once More, My Darling

  • Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • Men Without Souls

    Men Without Souls

  • Texas Across the River

    Texas Across the River

  • Wyoming Renegades

    Wyoming Renegades

  • The Company She Keeps

    The Company She Keeps

  • Straightaway

    Straightaway

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Convicted Woman

    Convicted Woman

  • The Man from Tumbleweeds

    The Man from Tumbleweeds

  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

  • Warlock

    Warlock

  • A Very Special Favor

    A Very Special Favor

  • The Heckler

    The Heckler

  • Calcutta

    Calcutta

  • Outside These Walls

    Outside These Walls

  • If You Knew Susie

    If You Knew Susie

  • Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

  • Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock

  • The Secret Seven

    The Secret Seven

  • Carrie

    Carrie

  • Harvard Here I Come

    Harvard Here I Come

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

  • The Well Groomed Bride

    The Well Groomed Bride

  • Midnight Manhunt

    Midnight Manhunt

  • Sweetheart of the Campus

    Sweetheart of the Campus

  • The Bogus Green

    The Bogus Green

  • Room for One More

    Room for One More

  • Manhattan Heartbeat

    Manhattan Heartbeat

  • The Tom Ewell Show

    The Tom Ewell Show

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • Two Latins from Manhattan

    Two Latins from Manhattan

  • They Won't Believe Me

    They Won't Believe Me

  • Blaze of Noon

    Blaze of Noon

  • The Phantom Submarine

    The Phantom Submarine

  • The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

    The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

  • Lucky Legs

    Lucky Legs

  • Loophole

    Loophole

  • Bride of Vengeance

    Bride of Vengeance

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • Escape to Glory

    Escape to Glory

  • The Steel Cage

    The Steel Cage

  • The Clown

    The Clown

  • Cow Country

    Cow Country

  • Glamour for Sale

    Glamour for Sale

  • Under Age

    Under Age

  • Kilroy

    Kilroy

  • The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

    The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

  • Crime, Inc.

    Crime, Inc.

  • O.S.S.

    O.S.S.

  • Stop, You're Killing Me

    Stop, You're Killing Me

  • Smith of Minnesota

    Smith of Minnesota

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Killer Is Loose

    The Killer Is Loose

  • Texas Stagecoach

    Texas Stagecoach

  • The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask

  • Behind Green Lights

    Behind Green Lights

  • Million Dollar Pursuit

    Million Dollar Pursuit

  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Good Girls Go to Paris

  • The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

    The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

  • Cafe Hostess

    Cafe Hostess

  • There's That Woman Again

    There's That Woman Again

  • The Band Wagon

    The Band Wagon

  • The Lady Gambles

    The Lady Gambles

  • Girls of the Road

    Girls of the Road

  • They Dare Not Love

    They Dare Not Love

  • Power of the Press

    Power of the Press

  • Welcome Stranger

    Welcome Stranger

  • Another Part of the Forest

    Another Part of the Forest

  • The System

    The System

  • Young Daniel Boone

    Young Daniel Boone

  • Buck Privates Come Home

    Buck Privates Come Home

  • Shut My Big Mouth

    Shut My Big Mouth

  • The Big Boss

    The Big Boss

  • Getting Gertie's Garter

    Getting Gertie's Garter

  • Unholy Partners

    Unholy Partners

  • You Nazty Spy!

    You Nazty Spy!

  • The Unknown Man

    The Unknown Man

  • Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

  • Boy Who Caught a Crook

    Boy Who Caught a Crook

  • This Thing Called Love

    This Thing Called Love

  • Konga, the Wild Stallion

    Konga, the Wild Stallion

  • Blondie on a Budget

    Blondie on a Budget

  • The Man They Could Not Hang

    The Man They Could Not Hang

  • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

  • Black Eyes and Blues

    Black Eyes and Blues

  • The O. Henry Playhouse

    The O. Henry Playhouse

  • Man in the Saddle

    Man in the Saddle

  • Beware Spooks!

    Beware Spooks!

  • Before I Hang

    Before I Hang

  • The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

  • Blondie Meets the Boss

    Blondie Meets the Boss

  • Rodeo King and the Senorita

    Rodeo King and the Senorita

  • The Iron Mistress

    The Iron Mistress

  • The Awful Goof

    The Awful Goof

  • For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

  • How Do I Love Thee?

    How Do I Love Thee?

  • Blades of the Musketeers

    Blades of the Musketeers

  • So You Won't Talk?

    So You Won't Talk?

  • West of Abilene

    West of Abilene

  • The Narrow Margin

    The Narrow Margin

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • Papa's Delicate Condition

    Papa's Delicate Condition

  • Tarnished

    Tarnished

  • Hideout

    Hideout

  • Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Invitation to a Gunfighter

  • Blue Canadian Rockies

    Blue Canadian Rockies

  • The Blonde from Singapore

    The Blonde from Singapore

  • Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

  • Three Sappy People

    Three Sappy People

  • The Boogie Man Will Get You

    The Boogie Man Will Get You

  • Beyond the Purple Hills

    Beyond the Purple Hills

  • Junior Army

    Junior Army

  • Sabotage Squad

    Sabotage Squad

  • Honolulu Lu

    Honolulu Lu

  • The Crime Doctor's Diary

    The Crime Doctor's Diary

  • Saintly Sinners

    Saintly Sinners

  • Flying G-Men

    Flying G-Men

  • Behind the High Wall

    Behind the High Wall

  • Sing for Your Supper

    Sing for Your Supper

  • Mandrake the Magician

    Mandrake the Magician

  • Generation

    Generation

  • A Fair Chance

    A Fair Chance