Don Beddoe

Jul 1, 1903 — Jan 19, 1991 (87 years) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

161 Movies 24 Series

Don Beddoe has spent over 88 years in front of the camera, with more than 185 film and TV credits. his Walt Spoon in 'The Night of the Hunter' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Drama has been his most frequent territory.

Known for

Saintly Sinners

as Father Dan Sheridan

The Night of the Hunter

as Walt Spoon

Boy Who Caught a Crook

as Colonel

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Burt

87R.I.P.

161Movies

24Series

Known for

Saintly Sinners

as Father Dan Sheridan

The Night of the Hunter

as Walt Spoon

Boy Who Caught a Crook

as Colonel

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Burt

87 R.I.P.

R.I.P.

161

Movies

Series

Movies

⭐ 7.9

The Night of the Hunter

1955

⭐ 7.7

The Best Years of Our Lives

Don't Bother to Knock

Texas Across the River

Those High Grey Walls

1939

⭐ 5.4

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Jack the Giant Killer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Buck Privates Come Home

The Company She Keeps

The Crime Doctor's Diary

This Thing Called Love

1940

⭐ 5.8

The Blonde from Singapore

Papa's Delicate Condition

They Won't Believe Me

Another Part of the Forest

The Phantom Submarine

The Face Behind the Mask

TV Shows

Nanny and the Professor

General Electric Theater

1953

⭐ 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

The O. Henry Playhouse

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

⭐ 6.5

The Second Hundred Years

1967

⭐ 7.0

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Nanny and the Professor

Film

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Ragle

1967

Film

The Second Hundred Years

Old Man Tolliver

1967

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Don Beddoe still alive?

Don Beddoe passed away on January 19, 1991 at age 87.

What are the most famous roles of Don Beddoe?

Don Beddoe is best known for roles in The Night of the Hunter, The Best Years of Our Lives, River of No Return.

How many movies has Don Beddoe been in?

Over a 53-year career (since 1938), Don Beddoe has appeared in 173 movies and 50 TV shows.

What was Don Beddoe's first movie?

The career of Don Beddoe began with There's That Woman Again (1938).

What is Don Beddoe's most recent movie or series?

Don Beddoe's most recent release is A Bewitched Christmas, which premiered on June 23, 1994.

What TV shows has Don Beddoe appeared in?

On television, Don Beddoe has appeared in Little House on the Prairie, Bewitched, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason.

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2 movies, 1 TV show in common

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.

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