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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 1, 1903
Died
January 19, 1991
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Donald Beddoe
- Donald Theophilus Beddoe
- Donald T. Beddoe
Don Beddoe
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Santa Claus
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
3.6
Doc Cathey
Nickel Mountain
1984
9.0
Constable Warren
Our Town
1977
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
3.3
Dr. Littlefield
How Do I Love Thee?
1970
6.0
Mr. Thatcher
Nanny and the Professor
1970
4.5
Gilbert
Generation
1969
5.1
Dr. Elliot Fish
The Impossible Years
1968
5.7
G.B. Smith
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
Credits
A Bewitched Christmas
as Santa Claus
1994
0.0
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.5
Nickel Mountain
as Doc Cathey
1984
3.6
Our Town
as Constable Warren
1977
9.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
How Do I Love Thee?
as Dr. Littlefield
1970
3.3
Nanny and the Professor
as Mr. Thatcher
1970
6.0
Generation
as Gilbert
1969
4.5
The Impossible Years
as Dr. Elliot Fish
1968
5.1
Mayberry R.F.D.
as G.B. Smith
1968
5.7
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Ragle
1967
0.0
Mannix
1967
6.7
The Second Hundred Years
as Old Man Tolliver
1967
6.3
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Texas Across the River
as Mr. Naylor
1966
5.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
The Wild Wild West
as Prof. Robey
1965
7.6
Laredo
1965
6.3
F Troop
1965
6.2
A Very Special Favor
as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
1965
5.7
Kilroy
as Commissioner
1965
0.0
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Petticoat Junction
as Dr. Joseph Depew
1963
5.7
For Love or Money
as Milo
1963
5.7
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mayor Ghio's assistant
1963
5.4
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Mr. Barmarche
1962
7.0
Ensign O'Toole
as Admiral Hornsby
1962
6.5
Jack the Giant Killer
as Imp
1962
6.5
Saintly Sinners
as Father Dan Sheridan
1962
3.0
Straightaway
1961
0.0
Boy Who Caught a Crook
as Colonel
1961
5.0
Cain's Hundred
as Clem Burgess
1961
4.7
Route 66
1960
6.3
🎬
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
0.0
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
Pillow Talk
as Mr. Walters
1959
7.1
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
Warlock
as Doctor Wagner
1959
6.7
One Step Beyond
as Doc Simmons
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Hood
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Minister
1959
7.2
Lawman
1958
5.6
The Texan
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
Bullwhip
as Judge Carr
1958
4.4
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as David Cooper
1958
6.0
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
1957
8.0
Maverick
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Price
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as George Norris
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Dr. Blane
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Carter Farraday
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Judge
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Lieutenant Stone
1957
6.2
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Mayor Sam Pelley
1957
5.8
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as McKeever
1957
0.0
The O. Henry Playhouse
as Maximillian Jones
1957
0.0
Wire Service
as Raisner
1956
0.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Hornblower
1956
6.0
The Rawhide Years
as Frank Porter
1956
5.5
Behind the High Wall
as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
1956
5.1
The Killer Is Loose
as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
1956
6.6
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Mr. Macy
1955
5.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mr. Taylor
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mr. Macy
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Burt
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Halligan
1955
6.6
The Night of the Hunter
as Walt Spoon
1955
7.9
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Johnson
1955
4.9
The Millionaire
as Dan Larsen
1955
5.0
The Steel Cage
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
1954
0.0
A Star Is Born
as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Lassie
1954
6.1
🎬
A Fair Chance
as Mr. Wilson
1954
0.0
Jubilee Trail
as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1954
4.8
River of No Return
as Ben (uncredited)
1954
6.7
Loophole
as Herman Tate
1954
6.6
Wyoming Renegades
as Banker Horace Warren
1954
5.8
Public Defender
1954
5.7
Letter to Loretta
as Uncle Charles
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Nicholas Barton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Bill Holmes
1953
6.5
The Band Wagon
as Producer (uncredited)
1953
7.2
Cow Country
as Joe Davis
1953
3.9
The System
as Jerry Allen
1953
4.8
General Electric Theater
as Dr. Harvey
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Ticket Agent
1953
6.4
The Clown
as Gallagher
1953
5.3
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Clyde Post
1952
5.0
Blue Canadian Rockies
as Cyrus Higbee
1952
0.0
The Iron Mistress
as Dr. Cuny
1952
5.0
Your Jeweler's Showcase
as Charlie
1952
7.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Vickers
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Thompson
1952
6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
as Mr. Ballew
1952
6.6
Carrie
as Mr. Goodman
1952
6.4
Carson City
as Charles Crocker
1952
6.1
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
1952
7.3
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. Blake
1952
6.1
Scandal Sheet
as Pete (uncredited)
1952
6.9
Room for One More
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1952
6.5
Man in the Saddle
as Love Bidwell (uncredited)
1951
6.4
The Unknown Man
as Ed--Fingerprint Man
1951
4.8
The Racket
as Mitchell (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Behave Yourself!
as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
1951
6.0
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
1951
0.0
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Mr. Richards
1951
0.0
🎬
The Bogus Green
as Alonzo
1951
0.0
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Bowen
1951
5.8
The Enforcer
as Thomas O'Hara
1951
7.1
The Company She Keeps
as Jamieson
1951
5.9
Gasoline Alley
as Walt Wallet
1951
5.5
Blades of the Musketeers
as King Louis XIII
1950
0.0
Cyrano de Bergerac
as The Meddler
1950
6.8
Southside 1-1000
as Slade
1950
5.9
Emergency Wedding
as Forbish - Floorwalker
1950
5.5
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Paul
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Judge
1950
6.3
Beyond the Purple Hills
as Amos Rayburn
1950
0.0
Caged
as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
1950
7.1
Young Daniel Boone
as Charlie Bryan
1950
0.0
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Haggerty
1950
5.6
Tarnished
as Curtis Jellison
1950
5.8
Gun Crazy
as Chicago Man (uncredited)
1950
7.4
Woman in Hiding
as Fat Salesman
1950
6.2
Dancing in the Dark
as Barney Bassett
1949
5.0
Easy Living
as Jaeger
1949
5.6
Flame of Youth
as George Briggs
1949
0.0
Once More, My Darling
as Judge Fraser
1949
5.7
The Lady Gambles
as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
1949
6.0
Bride of Vengeance
as Councillor
1949
4.5
The Crime Doctor's Diary
as Phillip Bellem
1949
5.7
Hideout
as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
1949
5.7
Another Part of the Forest
as Penniman
1948
7.6
Black Bart
as J.T. Hall
1948
4.5
If You Knew Susie
as Editor (uncredited)
1948
7.5
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Joey
1947
6.9
They Won't Believe Me
as Thomason
1947
6.4
Welcome Stranger
as Mort Elkins
1947
6.6
Blaze of Noon
as Mr. Fell
1947
4.0
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
1947
6.3
California
as Stark (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Cameron
1946
7.8
Calcutta
as Jack Collins (uncredited)
1946
6.3
O.S.S.
as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
1946
6.4
The Well Groomed Bride
as Mr. Beatley
1946
4.0
Behind Green Lights
as Yager
1946
5.5
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Stonley
1946
5.5
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Clancy
1945
3.0
Midnight Manhunt
as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
1945
4.5
Crime, Inc.
as Deputy District Attorney Dixon
1945
4.2
Winged Victory
as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Power of the Press
as Pringle (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Junior Army
as Saginaw Jake
1942
5.7
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as J. Gilbert Brampton
1942
6.1
Smith of Minnesota
as Lew Smith
1942
0.0
Lucky Legs
as Ned McLane
1942
0.0
Sabotage Squad
as Police Inspector Hanley
1942
6.0
The Talk of the Town
as Police Chief
1942
7.3
Meet the Stewarts
as Taxi Driver
1942
4.3
Not a Ladies' Man
as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
1942
6.0
Shut My Big Mouth
as Hill
1942
8.5
Harvard Here I Come
as Hypo McGonigle
1941
5.0
Honolulu Lu
as Bennie Blanchard
1941
4.2
Sing for Your Supper
as Wing Boley
1941
6.0
Unholy Partners
as Mike Reynolds
1941
7.0
The Blonde from Singapore
as Sgt. Burns
1941
5.0
Texas
as Sheriff
1941
6.5
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Don Barlow
1941
5.0
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Sheriff Denby
1941
5.0
They Dare Not Love
as Second Sailor
1941
6.0
She Knew All the Answers
as Barber
1941
6.3
The Big Boss
as Cliff Randall
1941
5.8
Under Age
as Albert Ward
1941
6.0
🎬
Black Eyes and Blues
as Phineas Q. Potts
1941
0.0
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Sheriff Haggerty
1941
6.0
The Face Behind the Mask
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
1941
6.5
This Thing Called Love
as Tom Howland
1940
8.0
The Phantom Submarine
as Bartlett
1940
6.0
Beyond the Sacramento
as Warden McKay
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Big Joe Brady
1940
5.9
West of Abilene
as Forsyth
1940
0.0
So You Won't Talk?
as Cop
1940
5.0
Glamour for Sale
as Frank Regan
1940
4.3
The Spook Speaks
as Newlywed husband
1940
5.2
Before I Hang
as Capt. McGraw
1940
6.2
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Process Server
1940
6.7
The Secret Seven
as Maj. Blaine
1940
0.0
Military Academy
as Marty Lewis
1940
5.5
Girls of the Road
as Sheriff
1940
5.0
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Preston
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Police Doctor
1940
6.3
Texas Stagecoach
as Tug Wilson
1940
0.0
Men Without Souls
as Warden Schafer
1940
6.0
Island of Doomed Men
as Brand
1940
5.4
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
1940
6.0
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Frederick Ross
1940
6.9
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Governor Dawson
1940
3.0
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Blondie on a Budget
as Marvin Williams
1940
6.0
The Heckler
as Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Convicted Woman
as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
1940
3.0
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Inspector Conroy
1940
6.3
You Nazty Spy!
as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
1940
7.2
Cafe Hostess
as Customer
1940
5.3
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
1940
5.0
My Son Is Guilty
as Duke Mason
1939
7.5
The Awful Goof
as Drunk (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Three Sappy People
as Rumsford
1939
6.5
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Detective Deever
1939
5.8
Beware Spooks!
as Nick Bruno
1939
7.0
Scandal Sheet
as Chick Keller
1939
0.0
Those High Grey Walls
as Jockey
1939
6.2
Golden Boy
as Borneo
1939
6.4
Konga, the Wild Stallion
as Fred Martin
1939
0.0
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Lieutenant Shane
1939
6.6
Coast Guard
as Bartender (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Missing Daughters
as Al Farrow
1939
3.0
Mandrake the Magician
as Frank Raymond
1939
5.6
Union Pacific
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Outside These Walls
as Dinky
1939
7.5
Romance of the Redwoods
as Forbes
1939
6.0
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Marvin Williams
1939
5.8
Flying G-Men
as W. S. Hamilton
1939
6.0
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Police Inspector Thomas
1939
6.6
There's That Woman Again
as Johnson
1938
5.8