Don Beddoe
American character actor. raised in New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio, Beddoe was the son of a professor at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music who happened also to be the world-famous Welsh tenor, Dan Beddoe. Although Don Beddoe intended a career in journalism, he took an interest in theatre and became involved first with amateur companies and then with professional theatre troupes. He debuted on Broadway in 1929 and kept up a decade-long career on the stage. Although said to have made some minor appearances in silent films, Beddoe made his real transfer to film work in 1938. He appeared in a wide range of supporting roles in literally scores of films, often as either a fast-talking reporter or as a mousey sort. He became one of the most readily familiar faces in Hollywood movies, despite remaining almost unknown by name outside the industry. Following service in the Army Air Corps during the Second World War, he continued to work steadily in small roles, complementing them with television work. Despite advancing (and very ripe old) age, he remained quite active, supplementing his acting work with a second career in real estate. He died 19 January 1991, in Laguna Hills, California, of natural causes.
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- Born:
- Jul 1, 1903 In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 187
- First Appeared:
- In the movie There's That Woman Again 1938-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991-03-10
Known For
Filmography
| 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 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Movie | Texas Across the River | Mr. Naylor | 1966-10-26 |
| Movie | A Very Special Favor | Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited) | 1965-08-02 |
| Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| 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 | Saintly Sinners | Father Dan Sheridan | 1962-02-01 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Killer | Imp | 1962-05-18 |
| Movie | Boy Who Caught a Crook | Colonel | 1961-10-01 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Movie | Pillow Talk | Mr. Walters | 1959-10-07 |
| Movie | Warlock | Doctor Wagner | 1959-05-15 |
| Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | David Cooper | 1958-05-14 |
| Movie | Bullwhip | Judge Carr | 1958-05-25 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Johnson | 1955-02-16 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Walt Spoon | 1955-08-26 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Movie | Loophole | Herman Tate | 1954-03-28 |
| Movie | River of No Return | Ben (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
| Movie | Wyoming Renegades | Banker Horace Warren | 1954-03-27 |
| Movie | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
| Movie | Jubilee Trail | Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | The Clown | Gallagher | 1953-01-16 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | The System | Jerry Allen | 1953-04-18 |
| Movie | The Band Wagon | Producer (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | Cow Country | Joe Davis | 1953-04-25 |
| Movie | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes | 1952-05-03 |
| Movie | Hoodlum Empire | Sen. Blake | 1952-04-15 |
| Movie | Room for One More | Mr. Taylor (uncredited) | 1952-01-10 |
| Movie | Carson City | Charles Crocker | 1952-06-13 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Pete (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
| Movie | The Iron Mistress | Dr. Cuny | 1952-11-19 |
| Movie | Blue Canadian Rockies | Cyrus Higbee | 1952-11-30 |
| Movie | Stop, You're Killing Me | Clyde Post | 1952-12-10 |
| Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Mr. Ballew | 1952-07-18 |
| Movie | Carrie | Mr. Goodman | 1952-07-17 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Pursuit | Bowen | 1951-05-30 |
| Movie | The Enforcer | Thomas O'Hara | 1951-02-24 |
| Movie | Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-01-02 |
| Movie | Rodeo King and the Senorita | Mr. Richards | 1951-07-15 |
| Movie | The Company She Keeps | Detective Jamieson | 1951-01-27 |
| Movie | The Unknown Man | Ed--Fingerprint Man | 1951-11-09 |
| Movie | Corky of Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-09-17 |
| Movie | Man in the Saddle | Love Bidwell (uncredited) | 1951-12-02 |
| Movie | The Racket | Mitchell (uncredited) | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Behave Yourself! | Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited) | 1951-09-22 |
| Movie | The Great Rupert | Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe) | 1950-03-01 |
| Movie | Tarnished | Curtis Jellison | 1950-02-28 |
| Movie | Woman in Hiding | Fat Salesman | 1950-01-06 |
| Movie | Young Daniel Boone | Charlie Bryan | 1950-03-05 |
| Movie | Gun Crazy | Chicago Man (uncredited) | 1950-01-20 |
| Movie | Caged | Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
| Movie | Beyond the Purple Hills | Amos Rayburn | 1950-07-25 |
| Movie | Cyrano de Bergerac | The Meddler | 1950-11-16 |
| Movie | Blades of the Musketeers | King Louis XIII | 1950-11-24 |
| Movie | Emergency Wedding | Forbish - Floorwalker | 1950-11-15 |
| Movie | The Lady Gambles | Mr. Dennis Sutherland | 1949-05-20 |
| Movie | Hideout | Dr. Hamilton Gibbs | 1949-03-08 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor's Diary | Phillip Bellem | 1949-03-15 |
| Movie | Bride of Vengeance | Councillor | 1949-04-07 |
| 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 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Cameron | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | O.S.S. | Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse | 1946-05-26 |
| 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 | The Talk of the Town | Police Chief | 1942-08-20 |
| Movie | Not a Ladies' Man | 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson | 1942-05-14 |
| Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Hill | 1942-02-19 |
| Movie | Sabotage Squad | Police Inspector Hanley | 1942-08-27 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Taxi Driver | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | Lucky Legs | Ned McLane | 1942-10-01 |
| Movie | Smith of Minnesota | Lew Smith | 1942-10-15 |
| Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | J. Gilbert Brampton | 1942-10-22 |
| Movie | Junior Army | Saginaw Jake | 1942-11-26 |
| Movie | She Knew All the Answers | Barber | 1941-05-13 |
| Movie | They Dare Not Love | Second Sailor | 1941-05-16 |
| Movie | The Big Boss | Cliff Randall | 1941-04-28 |
| 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 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Sheriff Haggerty | 1941-03-06 |
| 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 | Texas | Sheriff | 1941-10-09 |
| Movie | The Blonde from Singapore | Sgt. Burns | 1941-10-15 |
| Movie | Unholy Partners | Mike Reynolds | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | The Man from Tumbleweeds | Governor Dawson | 1940-05-02 |
| Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Morning Express Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Frederick Ross | 1940-05-02 |
| Movie | Escape to Glory | Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | Blondie on a Budget | Marvin Williams | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | Men Without Souls | Warden Schafer | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | Island of Doomed Men | Brand | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Amscray (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1940-01-01 |
| Movie | Texas Stagecoach | Tug Wilson | 1940-05-23 |
| Movie | Cafe Hostess | Customer | 1940-01-11 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Inspector Conroy | 1940-01-26 |
| Movie | Convicted Woman | Hank, a Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-01-31 |
| Movie | The Heckler | Green Sox Manager | 1940-02-16 |
| Movie | This Thing Called Love | Tom Howland | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | West of Abilene | Forsyth | 1940-10-20 |
| Movie | So You Won't Talk? | Cop | 1940-10-02 |
| Movie | Beyond the Sacramento | Warden McKay | 1940-11-11 |
| Movie | The Phantom Submarine | Bartlett | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Police Doctor | 1940-05-30 |
| Movie | Glamour for Sale | Frank Regan | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Big Joe Brady | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | The Spook Speaks | Newlywed husband | 1940-09-20 |
| Movie | Manhattan Heartbeat | Preston | 1940-07-11 |
| Movie | Girls of the Road | Sheriff | 1940-07-24 |
| Movie | The Secret Seven | Maj. Blaine | 1940-08-15 |
| Movie | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Process Server | 1940-09-01 |
| Movie | Before I Hang | Capt. McGraw | 1940-09-17 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1939-05-06 |
| Movie | Missing Daughters | Al Farrow | 1939-05-22 |
| Movie | Outside These Walls | Dinky | 1939-05-04 |
| Movie | Flying G-Men | W. S. Hamilton | 1939-01-28 |
| Movie | Good Girls Go to Paris | Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited) | 1939-06-20 |
| 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 | Beware Spooks! | Nick Bruno | 1939-10-24 |
| Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Detective Deever | 1939-11-22 |
| Movie | Three Sappy People | Rumsford | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | My Son Is Guilty | Duke Mason | 1939-12-28 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Chick Keller | 1939-10-16 |
| Movie | Those High Grey Walls | Jockey | 1939-09-21 |
| Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Lieutenant Shane | 1939-08-17 |
| Movie | Coast Guard | Bartender (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
| Movie | Konga, the Wild Stallion | Fred Martin | 1939-08-30 |
| Movie | Golden Boy | Borneo | 1939-09-05 |
| Movie | There's That Woman Again | Johnson | 1938-12-24 |