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.
Movie | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | 1991-03-10 |
Movie | Nickel Mountain | Doc Cathey | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Our Town | Constable Warren | 1977-05-30 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | How Do I Love Thee? | Dr. Littlefield | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Generation | Gilbert | 1969-12-15 |
Movie | The Impossible Years | Dr. Elliot Fish | 1968-12-05 |
Movie | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Ragle | 1967-10-17 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | Texas Across the River | Mr. Naylor | 1966-10-26 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | A Very Special Favor | Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited) | 1965-08-02 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Prof. Robey | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Movie | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mayor Ghio's assistant | 1963-03-06 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | For Love or Money | Milo | 1963-08-07 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Killer | Imp | 1962-05-18 |
Movie | Saintly Sinners | Father Dan Sheridan | 1962-02-01 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Movie | Boy Who Caught a Crook | Colonel | 1961-10-01 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Series | Straightaway | Unknown | 1961-10-06 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | The Tom Ewell Show | Unknown | 1960-09-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | Warlock | Doctor Wagner | 1959-05-15 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Pillow Talk | Mr. Walters | 1959-10-07 |
Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | David Cooper | 1958-05-14 |
Movie | Bullwhip | Judge Carr | 1958-05-25 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Mayor Sam Pelley | 1957-05-04 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Movie | The Joker is Wild | Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited) | 1957-09-26 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | The Killer Is Loose | Mr. Freeman (uncredited) | 1956-02-03 |
Movie | The Rawhide Years | Frank Porter | 1956-07-01 |
Movie | Behind the High Wall | Todd 'Mac' MacGregor | 1956-07-01 |
Series | Wire Service | Unknown | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Johnson | 1955-02-16 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Walt Spoon | 1955-08-26 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | Wyoming Renegades | Banker Horace Warren | 1954-03-27 |
Series | Public Defender | Unknown | 1954-03-11 |
Movie | River of No Return | Ben (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
Movie | Loophole | Herman Tate | 1954-03-28 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Movie | Jubilee Trail | Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Movie | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Clown | Gallagher | 1953-01-16 |
Movie | The System | Jerry Allen | 1953-04-18 |
Movie | Cow Country | Joe Davis | 1953-04-25 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | The Band Wagon | Producer (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
Movie | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes | 1952-05-03 |
Movie | Hoodlum Empire | Sen. Blake | 1952-04-15 |
Movie | Carson City | Charles Crocker | 1952-06-13 |
Movie | Room for One More | Mr. Taylor (uncredited) | 1952-01-10 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Pete (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
Movie | Blue Canadian Rockies | Cyrus Higbee | 1952-11-30 |
Movie | Carrie | Mr. Goodman | 1952-07-17 |
Movie | The Iron Mistress | Dr. Cuny | 1952-11-19 |
Movie | Stop, You're Killing Me | Clyde Post | 1952-12-10 |
Series | Mr. & Mrs. North | Unknown | 1952-10-03 |
Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Mr. Ballew | 1952-07-18 |
Movie | The Enforcer | Thomas O'Hara | 1951-02-24 |
Movie | Million Dollar Pursuit | Bowen | 1951-05-30 |
Movie | The Company She Keeps | Detective Jamieson | 1951-01-27 |
Movie | Rodeo King and the Senorita | Mr. Richards | 1951-07-15 |
Movie | Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-01-02 |
Movie | Corky of Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-09-17 |
Movie | Behave Yourself! | Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited) | 1951-09-22 |
Movie | Man in the Saddle | Love Bidwell (uncredited) | 1951-12-02 |
Movie | The Unknown Man | Ed--Fingerprint Man | 1951-11-09 |
Movie | The Racket | Mitchell (uncredited) | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | Young Daniel Boone | Charlie Bryan | 1950-03-05 |
Movie | The Great Rupert | Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe) | 1950-03-01 |
Movie | Woman in Hiding | Fat Salesman | 1950-01-06 |
Movie | Caged | Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | Tarnished | Curtis Jellison | 1950-02-28 |
Movie | Gun Crazy | Chicago Man (uncredited) | 1950-01-20 |
Movie | Beyond the Purple Hills | Amos Rayburn | 1950-07-25 |
Movie | Blades of the Musketeers | King Louis XIII | 1950-11-24 |
Movie | Cyrano de Bergerac | The Meddler | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Emergency Wedding | Forbish - Floorwalker | 1950-11-15 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Bride of Vengeance | Councillor | 1949-04-07 |
Movie | The Crime Doctor's Diary | Phillip Bellem | 1949-03-15 |
Movie | The Lady Gambles | Mr. Dennis Sutherland | 1949-05-20 |
Movie | Hideout | Dr. Hamilton Gibbs | 1949-03-08 |
Movie | Once More, My Darling | Judge Fraser | 1949-09-10 |
Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Barney Bassett | 1949-12-02 |
Movie | Easy Living | Jaeger | 1949-10-08 |
Movie | Flame of Youth | George Briggs | 1949-09-22 |
Movie | If You Knew Susie | Editor (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | Another Part of the Forest | Penniman | 1948-05-18 |
Movie | Black Bart | J.T. Hall | 1948-02-17 |
Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | Mr. Roberts (State Department) | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | Blaze of Noon | Mr. Fell | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | California | Stark (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Joey | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Welcome Stranger | Mort Elkins | 1947-06-13 |
Movie | They Won't Believe Me | Thomason | 1947-07-16 |
Movie | Behind Green Lights | Yager | 1946-02-15 |
Movie | The Well Groomed Bride | Mr. Beatley | 1946-05-17 |
Movie | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Stonley | 1946-02-14 |
Movie | O.S.S. | Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Cameron | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | Calcutta | Jack Collins (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Crime, Inc. | Deputy District Attorney Dixon | 1945-04-15 |
Movie | Getting Gertie's Garter | Clancy | 1945-11-27 |
Movie | Midnight Manhunt | Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley | 1945-07-27 |
Movie | Winged Victory | Chaplain on Beach (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
Movie | Power of the Press | Pringle (uncredited) | 1943-01-29 |
Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Taxi Driver | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | Not a Ladies' Man | 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson | 1942-05-14 |
Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Hill | 1942-02-19 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Police Chief | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | Sabotage Squad | Police Inspector Hanley | 1942-08-27 |
Movie | Junior Army | Saginaw Jake | 1942-11-26 |
Movie | Smith of Minnesota | Lew Smith | 1942-10-15 |
Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | J. Gilbert Brampton | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | Lucky Legs | Ned McLane | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | The Big Boss | Cliff Randall | 1941-04-28 |
Movie | They Dare Not Love | Second Sailor | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | She Knew All the Answers | Barber | 1941-05-13 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Sheriff Haggerty | 1941-03-06 |
Movie | The Face Behind the Mask | Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara | 1941-01-16 |
Movie | Sweetheart of the Campus | Sheriff Denby | 1941-06-26 |
Movie | Black Eyes and Blues | Phineas Q. Potts | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | Under Age | Albert Ward | 1941-04-23 |
Movie | Honolulu Lu | Bennie Blanchard | 1941-12-11 |
Movie | Two Latins from Manhattan | Don Barlow | 1941-10-02 |
Movie | Sing for Your Supper | Wing Boley | 1941-12-04 |
Movie | Harvard Here I Come | Hypo McGonigle | 1941-12-18 |
Movie | Unholy Partners | Mike Reynolds | 1941-11-01 |
Movie | Texas | Sheriff | 1941-10-09 |
Movie | The Blonde from Singapore | Sgt. Burns | 1941-10-15 |
Movie | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Frederick Ross | 1940-05-02 |
Movie | The Man from Tumbleweeds | Governor Dawson | 1940-05-02 |
Movie | Escape to Glory | Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | Island of Doomed Men | Brand | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | Texas Stagecoach | Tug Wilson | 1940-05-23 |
Movie | Men Without Souls | Warden Schafer | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Inspector Conroy | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | Cafe Hostess | Customer | 1940-01-11 |
Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1940-01-01 |
Movie | You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Amscray (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Police Doctor | 1940-05-30 |
Movie | The Heckler | Green Sox Manager | 1940-02-16 |
Movie | Convicted Woman | Hank, a Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-01-31 |
Movie | Blondie on a Budget | Marvin Williams | 1940-02-29 |
Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Morning Express Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
Movie | West of Abilene | Forsyth | 1940-10-20 |
Movie | So You Won't Talk? | Cop | 1940-10-02 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Big Joe Brady | 1940-11-02 |
Movie | The Phantom Submarine | Bartlett | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Manhattan Heartbeat | Preston | 1940-07-11 |
Movie | This Thing Called Love | Tom Howland | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Glamour for Sale | Frank Regan | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Beyond the Sacramento | Warden McKay | 1940-11-11 |
Movie | The Spook Speaks | Newlywed husband | 1940-09-20 |
Movie | Girls of the Road | Sheriff | 1940-07-24 |
Movie | The Secret Seven | Maj. Blaine | 1940-08-15 |
Movie | Military Academy | Marty Lewis | 1940-08-06 |
Movie | Before I Hang | Capt. McGraw | 1940-09-17 |
Movie | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Process Server | 1940-09-01 |
Movie | Union Pacific | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | Outside These Walls | Dinky | 1939-05-04 |
Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1939-05-06 |
Movie | Good Girls Go to Paris | Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited) | 1939-06-20 |
Movie | Missing Daughters | Al Farrow | 1939-05-22 |
Movie | Flying G-Men | W. S. Hamilton | 1939-01-28 |
Movie | Coast Guard | Bartender (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Police Inspector Thomas | 1939-01-27 |
Movie | Blondie Meets the Boss | Marvin Williams | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Forbes | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Detective Deever | 1939-11-22 |
Movie | Three Sappy People | Rumsford | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Awful Goof | Drunk (uncredited) | 1939-12-20 |
Movie | My Son Is Guilty | Duke Mason | 1939-12-28 |
Movie | Beware Spooks! | Nick Bruno | 1939-10-24 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Chick Keller | 1939-10-16 |
Movie | Konga, the Wild Stallion | Fred Martin | 1939-08-30 |
Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Lieutenant Shane | 1939-08-17 |
Movie | Golden Boy | Borneo | 1939-09-05 |
Movie | Those High Grey Walls | Jockey | 1939-09-21 |
Movie | There's That Woman Again | Johnson | 1938-12-24 |