Don Beddoe

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	Acting
Most Rating	4.491
Birthday	1903-07-01
Place of Birth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As	Donald Beddoe, Donald Theophilus Beddoe, Donald T. Beddoe,

The Night of the Hunter

The Secret Seven

Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie on a Budget

The Boogie Man Will Get You

Don't Bother to Knock

The Talk of the Town

The Narrow Margin

Jack the Giant Killer

Hoodlum Empire

The Man They Could Not Hang

Loophole

The Company She Keeps

They Won't Believe Me

The Enforcer

Buck Privates Come Home

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Our Town

The Face Behind the Mask

Crime, Inc.

The Band Wagon

Flame of Youth

The Lady Gambles

The Phantom Submarine

Warlock

Woman in Hiding

Golden Boy

Behind Green Lights

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Million Dollar Pursuit

The System

Behind the High Wall

Jubilee Trail

Winged Victory

Flying G-Men

Not a Ladies' Man

The Awful Goof

Scandal Sheet

The Unknown Man

The Great Rupert

Hideout

Carson City

The Spook Speaks

Dancing in the Dark

Girls of the Road

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Crime Doctor's Diary

Stop, You're Killing Me

Unholy Partners

O.S.S.

The Iron Mistress

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Island of Doomed Men

Easy Living

The Bogus Green

Bullwhip

The Steel Cage

Welcome Stranger

Three Sappy People

Blue Canadian Rockies

Scandal Sheet

The Big Boss

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Killer Is Loose

Those High Grey Walls

Men Without Souls

Black Bart

Boy Who Caught a Crook

You Nazty Spy!

River of No Return

Outside These Walls

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

Gasoline Alley

Once More, My Darling

This Thing Called Love

Beyond the Purple Hills

Beware Spooks!

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone