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Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
87 years (Jul 1, 1903 – Jan 19, 1991)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
160 Movies
27 TV Shows

Don Beddoe

After decades in the business, Don Beddoe is the kind of actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'The Night of the Hunter' is the longest-standing point of contact with the audience. 'The Best Years of Our Lives' is a second title with real reach. 1938 is the year the filmography opens. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either.
After decades in the business, Don Beddoe is the kind of actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'The Night of the Hunter' is the longest-standing point of contact with the audience. 'The Best Years of Our Lives' is a second title with real reach. 1938 is the year the filmography opens. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either.
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Nickel Mountain
Doc Cathey
★ 4.2
1984
Film
How Do I Love Thee?
Dr. Littlefield
★ 4.2
1970
Film
Nanny and the Professor
Mr. Thatcher · 3 episodes
★ 6.7
1970–
TV
Generation
Gilbert
★ 5.5
1969
Film
The Impossible Years
Elliot Fish
★ 5.6
1968
Film
Mayberry R.F.D.
G.B. Smith · 1 episode
★ 6.2
1968–
TV
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Ragle
★ 10.0
1967
Film
The Second Hundred Years
Old Man Tolliver · 1 episode
★ 6.5
1967–
TV
Texas Across the River
Mr. Naylor
★ 5.6
1966
Film
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 160 movies and 27 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, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
1903-07-01 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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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