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.
Acted in 220
1990s
- 1994
A Bewitched Christmas
Santa Claus
1980s
- 1984
Nickel Mountain
Doc Cathey
1970s
- 1977
Our Town
Constable Warren
- 1974
- 1970
How Do I Love Thee?
Dr. Littlefield
1960s
- 1969
Generation
Gilbert
- 1968
The Impossible Years
Elliot Fish
- 1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Ragle
- 1966
Texas Across the River
Mr. Naylor
- 1965
A Very Special Favor
Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
Kilroy
Commissioner
- 1964
- 1963
For Love or Money
Milo
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mayor Ghio's assistant
- 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Admiral Hornsby · 1 episode
Saintly Sinners
Father Dan Sheridan
- 1961
Straightaway
TV
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Colonel
- 1960
The Tom Ewell Show
TV
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
David Cooper
- 1957
The Joker is Wild
Heckler at Copacabana (uncredited)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
McKeever
The O. Henry Playhouse
Maximillian Jones · 1 episode
- 1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Hornblower · 1 episode
Behind the High Wall
Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
The Rawhide Years
Frank Porter
The Killer Is Loose
Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
- 1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
Mr. Macy
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Johnson
- 1954
The Steel Cage
Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
Jubilee Trail
Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Loophole
Herman Tate
Wyoming Renegades
Banker Horace Warren
- 1953
Cow Country
Joe Davis
The System
Jerry Allen
General Electric Theater
Dr. Harvey, Ticket Agent · 1 episode
The Clown
Gallagher
- 1952
Stop, You're Killing Me
Clyde Post
Blue Canadian Rockies
Cyrus Higbee
Your Jeweler's Showcase
Charlie · 1 episode
Hoodlum Empire
Sen. Blake
Scandal Sheet
Pete (uncredited)
Room for One More
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
- 1951
Man in the Saddle
Love Bidwell (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
Fingerprint Man
Behave Yourself!
Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Walt Wallet
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Mr. Richards
Million Dollar Pursuit
Bowen
- 1950
Blades of the Musketeers
King Louis XIII
Southside 1-1000
Slade
Emergency Wedding
Forbish - Floorwalker
Beyond the Purple Hills
Amos Rayburn
Young Daniel Boone
Charlie Bryan
Tarnished
Curtis Jellison
Woman in Hiding
Fat Salesman
1940s
- 1949
Dancing in the Dark
Barney Bassett
Easy Living
Jaeger
Flame of Youth
George Briggs
Once More, My Darling
Judge Fraser
The Lady Gambles
Mr. Dennis Sutherland
Bride of Vengeance
Councillor
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Phillip Bellem
- 1948
Another Part of the Forest
Penniman
Black Bart
J.T. Hall
If You Knew Susie
Editor (uncredited)
- 1947
Welcome Stranger
Mort Elkins
Blaze of Noon
Mr. Fell
California
Stark (uncredited)
- 1946
Calcutta
Jack Collins (uncredited)
O.S.S.
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
The Well Groomed Bride
Mr. Beatley
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Stonley
- 1945
Getting Gertie's Garter
Clancy
Midnight Manhunt
Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
- 1944
Winged Victory
Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
- 1943
Power of the Press
Pringle (uncredited)
- 1942
Junior Army
Saginaw Jake
The Boogie Man Will Get You
J. Gilbert Brampton
Smith of Minnesota
Lew Smith
Lucky Legs
Ned McLane
Sabotage Squad
Police Inspector Hanley
Blondie for Victory
Mr. Larkin, Husband Who Nominates Dagwood (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Taxi Driver
Not a Ladies' Man
'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
Shut My Big Mouth
Hill
- 1941
Harvard Here I Come
Hypo McGonigle
Honolulu Lu
Bennie Blanchard
Sing for Your Supper
Wing Boley
Unholy Partners
Mike Reynolds
The Blonde from Singapore
Sgt. Burns
Two Latins from Manhattan
Don Barlow
Sweetheart of the Campus
Sheriff Denby
They Dare Not Love
Second Sailor
She Knew All the Answers
Barber
The Big Boss
Cliff Randall
Under Age
Albert Ward
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Sheriff Haggerty
The Face Behind the Mask
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
- 1940
The Phantom Submarine
Bartlett
This Thing Called Love
Tom Howland
Beyond the Sacramento
Warden McKay
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Big Joe Brady
West of Abilene
Forsyth
So You Won't Talk?
Cop
Glamour for Sale
Frank Regan
The Spook Speaks
Newlywed husband
Before I Hang
Capt. McGraw
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Process Server
The Secret Seven
Maj. Blaine
Military Academy
Marty Lewis
Girls of the Road
Sheriff
Manhattan Heartbeat
Preston
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Police Doctor
Texas Stagecoach
Tug Wilson
Island of Doomed Men
Brand
Men Without Souls
Warden Schafer
Escape to Glory
Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Frederick Ross
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Governor Dawson
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
Marvin Williams
The Heckler
Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Inspector Conroy
You Nazty Spy!
Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
Customer
Mandrake the Magician
Frank Raymond
1930s
- 1939
My Son Is Guilty
Duke Mason
The Awful Goof
Drunk (uncredited)
Three Sappy People
Rumsford
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Detective Deever
Scandal Sheet
Chick Keller
Those High Grey Walls
Jockey
Golden Boy
Borneo
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Fred Martin
The Man They Could Not Hang
Lieutenant Shane
Coast Guard
Bartender (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Missing Daughters
Al Farrow
Mandrake the Magician
Frank Raymond
Outside These Walls
Dinky
Romance of the Redwoods
Forbes
Blondie Meets the Boss
Marvin Williams
Flying G-Men
W. S. Hamilton
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Police Inspector Thomas
- 1938
There's That Woman Again
Johnson
Appearances1
1990s
- 1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)