1903-07-01 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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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | 1991-03-10 |
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Nickel Mountain | Doc Cathey | 1984-01-01 |
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Our Town | Constable Warren | 1977-05-30 |
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How Do I Love Thee? | Dr. Littlefield | 1970-10-01 |
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Generation | Gilbert | 1969-12-15 |
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The Impossible Years | Dr. Elliot Fish | 1968-12-05 |
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Ragle | 1967-10-17 |
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Texas Across the River | Mr. Naylor | 1966-10-26 |
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Kilroy | Commissioner | 1965-03-14 |
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A Very Special Favor | Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited) | 1965-08-02 |
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For Love or Money | Milo | 1963-08-07 |
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Papa's Delicate Condition | Mayor Ghio's assistant | 1963-03-06 |
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Jack the Giant Killer | Imp | 1962-05-18 |
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Saintly Sinners | Father Dan Sheridan | 1962-02-01 |
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Boy Who Caught a Crook | Colonel | 1961-10-01 |
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Warlock | Doctor Wagner | 1959-05-15 |
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Pillow Talk | Mr. Walters | 1959-10-07 |
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Bullwhip | Judge Carr | 1958-05-25 |
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The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | David Cooper | 1958-05-14 |
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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Mayor Sam Pelley | 1957-05-04 |
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The Joker is Wild | Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited) | 1957-09-26 |
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Invitation to a Gunfighter | McKeever | 1957-03-07 |
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The Rawhide Years | Frank Porter | 1956-07-01 |
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Behind the High Wall | Todd 'Mac' MacGregor | 1956-07-01 |
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The Killer Is Loose | Mr. Freeman (uncredited) | 1956-02-03 |
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Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Johnson | 1955-02-16 |
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The Night of the Hunter | Walt Spoon | 1955-07-27 |
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River of No Return | Ben (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
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The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
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Jubilee Trail | Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
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A Star Is Born | Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
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A Fair Chance | Mr. Wilson | 1954-07-04 |
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Loophole | Herman Tate | 1954-03-28 |
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Wyoming Renegades | Banker Horace Warren | 1954-03-27 |
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The System | Jerry Allen | 1953-04-18 |
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Cow Country | Joe Davis | 1953-04-25 |
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The Clown | Gallagher | 1953-01-16 |
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The Band Wagon | Producer (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
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Hoodlum Empire | Sen. Blake | 1952-04-15 |
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Stop, You're Killing Me | Clyde Post | 1952-12-10 |
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The Iron Mistress | Dr. Cuny | 1952-11-19 |
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Carrie | Mr. Goodman | 1952-07-17 |
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Blue Canadian Rockies | Cyrus Higbee | 1952-11-30 |
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Carson City | Charles Crocker | 1952-06-13 |
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Don't Bother to Knock | Mr. Ballew | 1952-07-18 |
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Room for One More | Mr. Taylor (uncredited) | 1952-01-10 |
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Scandal Sheet | Pete (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
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The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes | 1952-05-03 |
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Rodeo King and the Senorita | Mr. Richards | 1951-07-15 |
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Corky of Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-09-17 |
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The Bogus Green | Alonzo | 1951-07-06 |
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Man in the Saddle | Love Bidwell (uncredited) | 1951-12-02 |
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Behave Yourself! | Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited) | 1951-09-22 |
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Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-01-02 |
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The Racket | Mitchell (uncredited) | 1951-10-25 |
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Million Dollar Pursuit | Bowen | 1951-05-30 |
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The Enforcer | Thomas O'Hara | 1951-02-24 |
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The Unknown Man | Ed--Fingerprint Man | 1951-11-09 |
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The Company She Keeps | Jamieson | 1951-01-06 |
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Tarnished | Curtis Jellison | 1950-02-28 |
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Emergency Wedding | Forbish - Floorwalker | 1950-11-15 |
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Beyond the Purple Hills | Amos Rayburn | 1950-07-25 |
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Gun Crazy | Chicago Man (uncredited) | 1950-01-20 |
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The Great Rupert | Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe) | 1950-03-01 |
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Woman in Hiding | Fat Salesman | 1950-01-06 |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | The Meddler | 1950-11-16 |
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Young Daniel Boone | Charlie Bryan | 1950-03-05 |
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Caged | Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
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Blades of the Musketeers | King Louis XIII | 1950-11-24 |
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Once More, My Darling | Judge Fraser | 1949-09-10 |
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Bride of Vengeance | Councillor | 1949-04-07 |
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The Lady Gambles | Mr. Dennis Sutherland | 1949-05-20 |
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Hideout | Dr. Hamilton Gibbs | 1949-03-08 |
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Flame of Youth | George Briggs | 1949-09-22 |
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The Crime Doctor's Diary | Phillip Bellem | 1949-03-15 |
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Dancing in the Dark | Barney Bassett | 1949-12-02 |
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Easy Living | Jaeger | 1949-10-08 |
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Black Bart | J.T. Hall | 1948-02-17 |
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Another Part of the Forest | Penniman | 1948-05-18 |
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If You Knew Susie | Editor (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
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Buck Privates Come Home | Mr. Roberts (State Department) | 1947-04-04 |
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Joey | 1947-09-01 |
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They Won't Believe Me | Thomason | 1947-07-16 |
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California | Stark (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
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Welcome Stranger | Mort Elkins | 1947-06-13 |
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Blaze of Noon | Mr. Fell | 1947-05-02 |
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Calcutta | Jack Collins (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
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The Well Groomed Bride | Mr. Beatley | 1946-05-17 |
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O.S.S. | Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse | 1946-05-26 |
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The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Cameron | 1946-12-25 |
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Behind Green Lights | Yager | 1946-02-15 |
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The Notorious Lone Wolf | Stonley | 1946-02-14 |
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Crime, Inc. | Deputy District Attorney Dixon | 1945-04-15 |
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Midnight Manhunt | Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley | 1945-07-27 |
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Getting Gertie's Garter | Clancy | 1945-11-27 |
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Winged Victory | Chaplain on Beach (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
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Power of the Press | Pringle (uncredited) | 1943-01-29 |
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Sabotage Squad | Police Inspector Hanley | 1942-08-27 |
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The Talk of the Town | Police Chief | 1942-08-20 |
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Junior Army | Saginaw Jake | 1942-11-26 |
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Not a Ladies' Man | 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson | 1942-05-14 |
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Meet the Stewarts | Taxi Driver | 1942-05-28 |
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The Boogie Man Will Get You | J. Gilbert Brampton | 1942-10-22 |
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Shut My Big Mouth | Hill | 1942-02-19 |
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Lucky Legs | Ned McLane | 1942-10-01 |
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Smith of Minnesota | Lew Smith | 1942-10-15 |
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Black Eyes and Blues | Phineas Q. Potts | 1941-04-18 |
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Unholy Partners | Mike Reynolds | 1941-11-01 |
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The Big Boss | Cliff Randall | 1941-04-28 |
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Under Age | Albert Ward | 1941-04-23 |
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The Blonde from Singapore | Sgt. Burns | 1941-10-15 |
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Honolulu Lu | Bennie Blanchard | 1941-12-11 |
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Two Latins from Manhattan | Don Barlow | 1941-10-02 |
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They Dare Not Love | Second Sailor | 1941-05-16 |
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Sweetheart of the Campus | Sheriff Denby | 1941-06-26 |
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Harvard Here I Come | Hypo McGonigle | 1941-12-18 |
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The Face Behind the Mask | Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara | 1941-01-16 |
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Texas | Sheriff | 1941-10-09 |
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Sing for Your Supper | Wing Boley | 1941-12-04 |
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Sheriff Haggerty | 1941-03-06 |
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She Knew All the Answers | Barber | 1941-05-13 |
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The Doctor Takes a Wife | Morning Express Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
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The Secret Seven | Maj. Blaine | 1940-08-15 |
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Convicted Woman | Hank, a Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-01-31 |
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Escape to Glory | Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson | 1940-05-20 |
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Blondie on a Budget | Marvin Williams | 1940-02-29 |
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Beyond the Sacramento | Warden McKay | 1940-11-11 |
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Cafe Hostess | Customer | 1940-01-11 |
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West of Abilene | Forsyth | 1940-10-20 |
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Police Doctor | 1940-05-30 |
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Men Without Souls | Warden Schafer | 1940-05-20 |
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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Frederick Ross | 1940-05-02 |
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Girls of the Road | Sheriff | 1940-07-24 |
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Before I Hang | Capt. McGraw | 1940-09-17 |
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The Man from Tumbleweeds | Governor Dawson | 1940-05-02 |
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Military Academy | Marty Lewis | 1940-08-06 |
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The Spook Speaks | Newlywed husband | 1940-09-20 |
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This Thing Called Love | Tom Howland | 1940-12-20 |
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You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Amscray (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
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The Phantom Submarine | Bartlett | 1940-12-20 |
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The Lone Wolf Strikes | Inspector Conroy | 1940-01-26 |
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Texas Stagecoach | Tug Wilson | 1940-05-23 |
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So You Won't Talk? | Cop | 1940-10-02 |
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Process Server | 1940-09-01 |
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The Heckler | Green Sox Manager | 1940-02-16 |
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Big Joe Brady | 1940-11-02 |
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Island of Doomed Men | Brand | 1940-05-20 |
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Manhattan Heartbeat | Preston | 1940-07-11 |
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Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1940-01-01 |
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Glamour for Sale | Frank Regan | 1940-09-27 |
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Union Pacific | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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Three Sappy People | Rumsford | 1939-12-01 |
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Scandal Sheet | Chick Keller | 1939-10-16 |
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Police Inspector Thomas | 1939-01-27 |
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Those High Grey Walls | Jockey | 1939-09-21 |
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The Awful Goof | Drunk (uncredited) | 1939-12-20 |
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Flying G-Men | W. S. Hamilton | 1939-01-28 |
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Blondie Meets the Boss | Marvin Williams | 1939-03-08 |
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The Man They Could Not Hang | Lieutenant Shane | 1939-08-17 |
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Golden Boy | Borneo | 1939-09-05 |
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Outside These Walls | Dinky | 1939-05-04 |
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Beware Spooks! | Nick Bruno | 1939-10-24 |
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Good Girls Go to Paris | Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited) | 1939-06-20 |
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Coast Guard | Bartender (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
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Missing Daughters | Al Farrow | 1939-05-22 |
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Romance of the Redwoods | Forbes | 1939-03-29 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Detective Deever | 1939-11-22 |
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Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1939-05-06 |
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Konga, the Wild Stallion | Fred Martin | 1939-08-30 |
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My Son Is Guilty | Duke Mason | 1939-12-28 |
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There's That Woman Again | Johnson | 1938-12-24 |
