Personal Info
Birth date
1903-07-01 (122 Years)
Day of death
1991-01-19
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Donald Beddoe
Donald Theophilus Beddoe
Donald T. Beddoe
Don Beddoe
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.
Filmography
Perry Mason
7.719
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Maverick
6.782
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.Bewitched
7.864
Overview:
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.Little House on the Prairie
7.933
Overview:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.Four Star Playhouse
6.3
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.Have Gun, Will Travel
7.427
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.Petticoat Junction
5.803
Overview:
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.The Lucy Show
7
Overview:
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.Mannix
6.686
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The Wild Wild West
7.5
Overview:
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.Rawhide
7.13
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Lawman
5.6
Overview:
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.Gunsmoke
6.558
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.429
Overview:
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.The Texan
5.5
Overview:
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.One Step Beyond
5.6
Overview:
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.Mayberry R.F.D.
5.7
Overview:
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.Laredo
6.3
Overview:
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to April 7, 1967. Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border about Laredo, Texas. The program was produced by Universal Television. The pilot episode of Laredo aired on NBC's The Virginian under the title, "We've Lost a Train". It was released theatrically in 1969 under the title Backtrack. Three episodes from the first season of the series were edited into the 1968 feature film Three Guns for Texas.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Nanny and the Professor
6
Overview:
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Bronco
5.2
Overview:
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.CBS Playhouse
7
Overview:
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.Wire Service
NYR
Overview:
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Acting
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
1984Nickel Mountain as Doc Cathey
1977Our Town as Constable Warren
1974Little House on the Prairie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970How Do I Love Thee? as Dr. Littlefield
1970Nanny and the Professor (3 Episodes) as Mr. Thatcher
1969Generation as Gilbert
1968The Impossible Years as Dr. Elliot Fish
1968Mayberry R.F.D. (1 Episode) as G.B. Smith
1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Ragle
1967Mannix (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966CBS Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Texas Across the River as Mr. Naylor
1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The Wild Wild West (1 Episode) as Prof. Robey
1965Laredo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965F Troop (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965A Very Special Favor as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
1965Kilroy as Commissioner
1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Dr. Joseph Depew
1963For Love or Money as Milo
1963Papa's Delicate Condition as Mayor Ghio's assistant
1962Going My Way (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Lucy Show (1 Episode) as Mr. Barmarche
1962Ensign O'Toole (1 Episode) as Admiral Hornsby
1962Jack the Giant Killer as Imp
1962Saintly Sinners as Father Dan Sheridan
1961Straightaway (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Boy Who Caught a Crook as Colonel
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as Clem Burgess
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Tom Ewell Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Pete and Gladys (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Pillow Talk as Mr. Walters
1959The Alaskans (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Warlock as Doctor Wagner
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Doc Simmons
1959Rawhide (1, 1 Episode) as Hood, Minister
1958Lawman (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bronco (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bullwhip as Judge Carr
1958The Toughest Gun in Tombstone as David Cooper
1957The Joker is Wild as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
1957Maverick (2, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Price
1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1 Episode) as George Norris, Dr. Blane, Carter Farraday
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 Episode) as Lieutenant Stone
1957Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Mayor Sam Pelley
1957The O. Henry Playhouse (1 Episode) as Maximillian Jones
1956Wire Service (1 Episode) as Raisner
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1 Episode) as Hornblower
1956Behind the High Wall as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
1956The Rawhide Years as Frank Porter
1956The Killer Is Loose as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Mr. Taylor
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Burt
1955Cheyenne (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Halligan
1955The Night of the Hunter as Walt Spoon
1955Tarzan's Hidden Jungle as Johnson
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Dan Larsen
1954The Steel Cage as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
1954A Star Is Born as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
1954Lassie (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1954A Fair Chance as Mr. Wilson
1954Jubilee Trail as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1954River of No Return as Ben (uncredited)
1954Loophole as Herman Tate
1954Wyoming Renegades as Banker Horace Warren
1954Public Defender (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953Letter to Loretta (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Uncle Charles, Nicholas Barton, Bill Holmes
1953The Band Wagon as Producer (uncredited)
1953Cow Country as Joe Davis
1953The System as Jerry Allen
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Harvey, Ticket Agent
1953The Clown as Gallagher
1952Stop, You're Killing Me as Clyde Post
1952Blue Canadian Rockies as Cyrus Higbee
1952The Iron Mistress as Dr. Cuny
1952Mr. & Mrs. North (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Four Star Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Vickers, Mr. Thompson
1952Don't Bother to Knock as Mr. Ballew
1952Carrie as Mr. Goodman
1952Carson City as Charles Crocker
1952The Narrow Margin as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
1952Hoodlum Empire as Sen. Blake
1952Scandal Sheet as Pete (uncredited)
1952Room for One More as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1951Man in the Saddle as Love Bidwell (uncredited)
1951The Unknown Man as Ed--Fingerprint Man
1951The Racket as Mitchell (uncredited)
1951Behave Yourself! as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
1951Corky of Gasoline Alley as Walt Wallet
1951Rodeo King and the Senorita as Mr. Richards
1951The Bogus Green as Alonzo
1951Million Dollar Pursuit as Bowen
1951The Enforcer as Thomas O'Hara
1951The Company She Keeps as Jamieson
1951Gasoline Alley as Walt Wallet
1950Blades of the Musketeers as King Louis XIII
1950Cyrano de Bergerac as The Meddler
1950Emergency Wedding as Forbish - Floorwalker
1950Lux Video Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Paul, Judge
1950Beyond the Purple Hills as Amos Rayburn
1950Caged as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
1950Young Daniel Boone as Charlie Bryan
1950The Great Rupert as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)
1950Tarnished as Curtis Jellison
1950Gun Crazy as Chicago Man (uncredited)
1950Woman in Hiding as Fat Salesman
1949Dancing in the Dark as Barney Bassett
1949Easy Living as Jaeger
1949Flame of Youth as George Briggs
1949Once More, My Darling as Judge Fraser
1949The Lady Gambles as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
1949Bride of Vengeance as Councillor
1949The Crime Doctor's Diary as Phillip Bellem
1949Hideout as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
1948Another Part of the Forest as Penniman
1948Black Bart as J.T. Hall
1948If You Knew Susie as Editor (uncredited)
1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Joey
1947They Won't Believe Me as Thomason
1947Welcome Stranger as Mort Elkins
1947Blaze of Noon as Mr. Fell
1947Buck Privates Come Home as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
1947California as Stark (uncredited)
1946The Best Years of Our Lives as Mr. Cameron
1946Calcutta as Jack Collins (uncredited)
1946O.S.S. as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
1946The Well Groomed Bride as Mr. Beatley
1946Behind Green Lights as Yager
1946The Notorious Lone Wolf as Stonley
1945Getting Gertie's Garter as Clancy
1945Midnight Manhunt as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
1945Crime, Inc. as Deputy District Attorney Dixon
1944Winged Victory as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
1943Power of the Press as Pringle (uncredited)
1942Junior Army as Saginaw Jake
1942The Boogie Man Will Get You as J. Gilbert Brampton
1942Smith of Minnesota as Lew Smith
1942Lucky Legs as Ned McLane
1942Sabotage Squad as Police Inspector Hanley
1942The Talk of the Town as Police Chief
1942Meet the Stewarts as Taxi Driver
1942Not a Ladies' Man as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
1942Shut My Big Mouth as Hill
1941Harvard Here I Come as Hypo McGonigle
1941Honolulu Lu as Bennie Blanchard
1941Sing for Your Supper as Wing Boley
1941Unholy Partners as Mike Reynolds
1941The Blonde from Singapore as Sgt. Burns
1941Texas as Sheriff
1941Two Latins from Manhattan as Don Barlow
1941Sweetheart of the Campus as Sheriff Denby
1941They Dare Not Love as Second Sailor
1941She Knew All the Answers as Barber
1941The Big Boss as Cliff Randall
1941Under Age as Albert Ward
1941Black Eyes and Blues as Phineas Q. Potts
1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Sheriff Haggerty
1941The Face Behind the Mask as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
1940The Phantom Submarine as Bartlett
1940This Thing Called Love as Tom Howland
1940Beyond the Sacramento as Warden McKay
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Big Joe Brady
1940West of Abilene as Forsyth
1940So You Won't Talk? as Cop
1940Glamour for Sale as Frank Regan
1940The Spook Speaks as Newlywed husband
1940Before I Hang as Capt. McGraw
1940Five Little Peppers in Trouble as Process Server
1940The Secret Seven as Maj. Blaine
1940Military Academy as Marty Lewis
1940Girls of the Road as Sheriff
1940Manhattan Heartbeat as Preston
1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Police Doctor
1940Texas Stagecoach as Tug Wilson
1940Island of Doomed Men as Brand
1940Men Without Souls as Warden Schafer
1940Escape to Glory as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
1940Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Frederick Ross
1940The Man from Tumbleweeds as Governor Dawson
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
1940Blondie on a Budget as Marvin Williams
1940The Heckler as Green Sox Manager
1940Convicted Woman as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
1940The Lone Wolf Strikes as Inspector Conroy
1940You Nazty Spy! as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
1940Cafe Hostess as Customer
1940Mandrake the Magician as Frank Raymond
1939My Son Is Guilty as Duke Mason
1939The Awful Goof as Drunk (uncredited)
1939Three Sappy People as Rumsford
1939The Amazing Mr. Williams as Detective Deever
1939Beware Spooks! as Nick Bruno
1939Scandal Sheet as Chick Keller
1939Those High Grey Walls as Jockey
1939Golden Boy as Borneo
1939Konga, the Wild Stallion as Fred Martin
1939The Man They Could Not Hang as Lieutenant Shane
1939Coast Guard as Bartender (uncredited)
1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
1939Missing Daughters as Al Farrow
1939Mandrake the Magician as Frank Raymond
1939Union Pacific as Reporter (uncredited)
1939Outside These Walls as Dinky
1939Romance of the Redwoods as Forbes
1939Blondie Meets the Boss as Marvin Williams
1939Flying G-Men as W. S. Hamilton
1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Police Inspector Thomas
1938There's That Woman Again as Johnson