Don Beddoe
Acting
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.
TV Shows(48)
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Nanny and the Professor
Mr. Thatcher
1970
Mayberry R.F.D.
G.B. Smith
1968
Mannix
1967
The Second Hundred Years
Old Man Tolliver
1967
CBS Playhouse
Ragle
1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Wild Wild West
Prof. Robey
1965
Laredo
1965
F Troop
1965
Bewitched
1964
Petticoat Junction
Dr. Joseph Depew
1963
Going My Way
1962
The Lucy Show
Mr. Barmarche
1962
Ensign O'Toole
Admiral Hornsby
1962
Straightaway
1961
Cain's Hundred
Clem Burgess
1961
Route 66
1960
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Alaskans
1959
One Step Beyond
Doc Simmons
1959
Rawhide
Hood
1959
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
George Norris
1957
Wagon Train
Judge
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lieutenant Stone
1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
Maximillian Jones
1957
Wire Service
Raisner
1956
Conflict
Bob Thompson
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Hornblower
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mr. Taylor
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Burt
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
Halligan
1955
The Millionaire
Dan Larsen
1955
Lassie
1954
Public Defender
1954
Letter to Loretta
Uncle Charles
1953
General Electric Theater
Dr. Harvey
1953
Your Jeweler's Showcase
Charlie
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Vickers
1952
Lux Video Theatre
Paul
1950
Movies(174)
A Bewitched Christmas
Santa Claus
1994
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1991
Nickel Mountain
Doc Cathey
1984
Our Town
Constable Warren
1977
How Do I Love Thee?
Dr. Littlefield
1970
Generation
Gilbert
1969
The Impossible Years
Dr. Elliot Fish
1968
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Ragle
1967
Texas Across the River
Mr. Naylor
1966
A Very Special Favor
Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
1965
Kilroy
Commissioner
1965
For Love or Money
Milo
1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mayor Ghio's assistant
1963
Jack the Giant Killer
Imp
1962
Saintly Sinners
Father Dan Sheridan
1962
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Colonel
1961
Pillow Talk
Mr. Walters
1959
Warlock
Doctor Wagner
1959
Bullwhip
Judge Carr
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
David Cooper
1958
The Joker is Wild
Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Mayor Sam Pelley
1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
McKeever
1957
Behind the High Wall
Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
1956
The Rawhide Years
Frank Porter
1956
The Killer Is Loose
Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
Mr. Macy
1955
The Night of the Hunter
Walt Spoon
1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Johnson
1955
The Steel Cage
Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
1954
A Star Is Born
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
1954
A Fair Chance
Mr. Wilson
1954
Jubilee Trail
Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1954
River of No Return
Ben (uncredited)
1954
Loophole
Herman Tate
1954
Wyoming Renegades
Banker Horace Warren
1954
The Band Wagon
Producer (uncredited)
1953
Cow Country
Joe Davis
1953
The System
Jerry Allen
1953
The Clown
Gallagher
1953
Stop, You're Killing Me
Clyde Post
1952
Blue Canadian Rockies
Cyrus Higbee
1952
The Iron Mistress
Dr. Cuny
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Mr. Ballew
1952
Carrie
Mr. Goodman
1952
Carson City
Charles Crocker
1952
The Narrow Margin
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
1952
Hoodlum Empire
Sen. Blake
1952
Scandal Sheet
Pete (uncredited)
1952
Room for One More
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1952
Man in the Saddle
Love Bidwell (uncredited)
1951
The Unknown Man
Fingerprint Man
1951
The Racket
Mitchell (uncredited)
1951
Behave Yourself!
Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
1951
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Walt Wallet
1951
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Mr. Richards
1951
The Bogus Green
Alonzo
1951
Million Dollar Pursuit
Bowen
1951
The Enforcer
Thomas O'Hara
1951
The Company She Keeps
Jamieson
1951
Gasoline Alley
Walt Wallet
1951
Blades of the Musketeers
King Louis XIII
1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Meddler
1950
Southside 1-1000
Slade
1950
Emergency Wedding
Forbish - Floorwalker
1950
Beyond the Purple Hills
Amos Rayburn
1950
Caged
Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
1950
Young Daniel Boone
Charlie Bryan
1950
The Great Rupert
Mr. Haggerty
1950
Tarnished
Curtis Jellison
1950
Gun Crazy
Chicago Man (uncredited)
1950
Woman in Hiding
Fat Salesman
1950
Dancing in the Dark
Barney Bassett
1949
Easy Living
Jaeger
1949
Flame of Youth
George Briggs
1949
Once More, My Darling
Judge Fraser
1949
The Lady Gambles
Mr. Dennis Sutherland
1949
Bride of Vengeance
Councillor
1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Phillip Bellem
1949
Hideout
Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
1949
Another Part of the Forest
Penniman
1948
Black Bart
J.T. Hall
1948
If You Knew Susie
Editor (uncredited)
1948
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Joey
1947
They Won't Believe Me
Thomason
1947
Welcome Stranger
Mort Elkins
1947
Blaze of Noon
Mr. Fell
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Mr. Roberts (State Department)
1947
California
Stark (uncredited)
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Cameron
1946
Calcutta
Jack Collins (uncredited)
1946
O.S.S.
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
1946
The Well Groomed Bride
Mr. Beatley
1946
Behind Green Lights
Yager
1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Stonley
1946
Getting Gertie's Garter
Clancy
1945
Midnight Manhunt
Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
1945
Crime, Inc.
Deputy District Attorney Dixon
1945
Winged Victory
Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
1944
Power of the Press
Pringle (uncredited)
1943
Junior Army
Saginaw Jake
1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
J. Gilbert Brampton
1942
Smith of Minnesota
Lew Smith
1942
Lucky Legs
Ned McLane
1942
Sabotage Squad
Police Inspector Hanley
1942
The Talk of the Town
Police Chief
1942
Meet the Stewarts
Taxi Driver
1942
Not a Ladies' Man
'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
1942
Shut My Big Mouth
Hill
1942
Harvard Here I Come
Hypo McGonigle
1941
Honolulu Lu
Bennie Blanchard
1941
Sing for Your Supper
Wing Boley
1941
Unholy Partners
Mike Reynolds
1941
The Blonde from Singapore
Sgt. Burns
1941
Texas
Sheriff
1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
Don Barlow
1941
Sweetheart of the Campus
Sheriff Denby
1941
They Dare Not Love
Second Sailor
1941
She Knew All the Answers
Barber
1941
The Big Boss
Cliff Randall
1941
Under Age
Albert Ward
1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Phineas Q. Potts
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Sheriff Haggerty
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
1941
The Phantom Submarine
Bartlett
1940
This Thing Called Love
Tom Howland
1940
Beyond the Sacramento
Warden McKay
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Big Joe Brady
1940
West of Abilene
Forsyth
1940
So You Won't Talk?
Cop
1940
Glamour for Sale
Frank Regan
1940
The Spook Speaks
Newlywed husband
1940
Before I Hang
Capt. McGraw
1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Process Server
1940
The Secret Seven
Maj. Blaine
1940
Military Academy
Marty Lewis
1940
Girls of the Road
Sheriff
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
Preston
1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Police Doctor
1940
Texas Stagecoach
Tug Wilson
1940
Island of Doomed Men
Brand
1940
Men Without Souls
Warden Schafer
1940
Escape to Glory
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Frederick Ross
1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Governor Dawson
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Blondie on a Budget
Marvin Williams
1940
The Heckler
Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
1940
Convicted Woman
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Inspector Conroy
1940
You Nazty Spy!
Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
1940
Cafe Hostess
Customer
1940
Mandrake the Magician
Frank Raymond
1940
My Son Is Guilty
Duke Mason
1939
The Awful Goof
Drunk (uncredited)
1939
Three Sappy People
Rumsford
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Detective Deever
1939
Beware Spooks!
Nick Bruno
1939
Scandal Sheet
Chick Keller
1939
Those High Grey Walls
Jockey
1939
Golden Boy
Borneo
1939
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Fred Martin
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
Lieutenant Shane
1939
Coast Guard
Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
1939
Missing Daughters
Al Farrow
1939
Mandrake the Magician
Frank Raymond
1939
Union Pacific
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Outside These Walls
Dinky
1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Forbes
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
Marvin Williams
1939
Flying G-Men
W. S. Hamilton
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Police Inspector Thomas
1939
There's That Woman Again
Johnson
1938