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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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Filmography (Movies)
A Bewitched Christmas
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:23/06/1994
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/03/1991
Nickel Mountain
Character:Doc Cathey
Release Date:01/01/1984
Our Town
Character:Constable Warren
Release Date:30/05/1977
How Do I Love Thee?
Character:Dr. Littlefield
Release Date:01/10/1970
Generation
Character:Gilbert
Release Date:15/12/1969
The Impossible Years
Character:Dr. Elliot Fish
Release Date:05/12/1968
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Character:Ragle
Release Date:17/10/1967
Texas Across the River
Character:Mr. Naylor
Release Date:26/10/1966
A Very Special Favor
Character:Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1965
Kilroy
Character:Commissioner
Release Date:14/03/1965
For Love or Money
Character:Milo
Release Date:07/08/1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
Character:Mayor Ghio's assistant
Release Date:06/03/1963
Jack the Giant Killer
Character:Imp
Release Date:18/05/1962
Saintly Sinners
Character:Father Dan Sheridan
Release Date:01/02/1962
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Character:Colonel
Release Date:01/10/1961
Pillow Talk
Character:Mr. Walters
Release Date:07/10/1959
Warlock
Character:Doctor Wagner
Release Date:15/05/1959
Bullwhip
Character:Judge Carr
Release Date:25/05/1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Character:David Cooper
Release Date:14/05/1958
The Joker is Wild
Character:Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Character:Mayor Sam Pelley
Release Date:04/05/1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Character:McKeever
Release Date:07/03/1957
Behind the High Wall
Character:Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
Release Date:01/07/1956
The Rawhide Years
Character:Frank Porter
Release Date:01/07/1956
The Killer Is Loose
Character:Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
Release Date:03/02/1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
Character:Mr. Macy
Release Date:14/12/1955
The Night of the Hunter
Character:Walt Spoon
Release Date:26/07/1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Character:Johnson
Release Date:16/02/1955
The Steel Cage
Character:Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
Release Date:01/12/1954
A Star Is Born
Character:Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1954
A Fair Chance
Character:Mr. Wilson
Release Date:04/07/1954
Jubilee Trail
Character:Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1954
River of No Return
Character:Ben (uncredited)
Release Date:30/04/1954
Loophole
Character:Herman Tate
Release Date:28/03/1954
Wyoming Renegades
Character:Banker Horace Warren
Release Date:27/03/1954
The Band Wagon
Character:Producer (uncredited)
Release Date:07/08/1953
Cow Country
Character:Joe Davis
Release Date:25/04/1953
The System
Character:Jerry Allen
Release Date:18/04/1953
The Clown
Character:Gallagher
Release Date:16/01/1953
Stop, You're Killing Me
Character:Clyde Post
Release Date:10/12/1952
Blue Canadian Rockies
Character:Cyrus Higbee
Release Date:30/11/1952
The Iron Mistress
Character:Dr. Cuny
Release Date:19/11/1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Mr. Ballew
Release Date:18/07/1952
Carrie
Character:Mr. Goodman
Release Date:17/07/1952
Carson City
Character:Charles Crocker
Release Date:13/06/1952
The Narrow Margin
Character:Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Release Date:03/05/1952
Hoodlum Empire
Character:Sen. Blake
Release Date:15/04/1952
Scandal Sheet
Character:Pete (uncredited)
Release Date:16/01/1952
Room for One More
Character:Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Release Date:10/01/1952
Man in the Saddle
Character:Love Bidwell (uncredited)
Release Date:02/12/1951
The Unknown Man
Character:Fingerprint Man
Release Date:16/11/1951
The Racket
Character:Mitchell (uncredited)
Release Date:25/10/1951
Behave Yourself!
Character:Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Release Date:22/09/1951
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Character:Walt Wallet
Release Date:17/09/1951
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Character:Mr. Richards
Release Date:15/07/1951
The Bogus Green
Character:Alonzo
Release Date:06/07/1951
Million Dollar Pursuit
Character:Bowen
Release Date:30/05/1951
The Enforcer
Character:Thomas O'Hara
Release Date:24/02/1951
The Company She Keeps
Character:Jamieson
Release Date:06/01/1951
Gasoline Alley
Character:Walt Wallet
Release Date:02/01/1951
Blades of the Musketeers
Character:King Louis XIII
Release Date:24/11/1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
Character:The Meddler
Release Date:16/11/1950
Southside 1-1000
Character:Slade
Release Date:16/11/1950
Emergency Wedding
Character:Forbish - Floorwalker
Release Date:15/11/1950
Beyond the Purple Hills
Character:Amos Rayburn
Release Date:25/07/1950
Caged
Character:Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
Release Date:19/05/1950
Young Daniel Boone
Character:Charlie Bryan
Release Date:05/03/1950
The Great Rupert
Character:Mr. Haggerty
Release Date:01/03/1950
Tarnished
Character:Curtis Jellison
Release Date:28/02/1950
Gun Crazy
Character:Chicago Man (uncredited)
Release Date:20/01/1950
Woman in Hiding
Character:Fat Salesman
Release Date:06/01/1950
Dancing in the Dark
Character:Barney Bassett
Release Date:02/12/1949
Easy Living
Character:Jaeger
Release Date:08/10/1949
Flame of Youth
Character:George Briggs
Release Date:22/09/1949
Once More, My Darling
Character:Judge Fraser
Release Date:10/09/1949
The Lady Gambles
Character:Mr. Dennis Sutherland
Release Date:20/05/1949
Bride of Vengeance
Character:Councillor
Release Date:07/04/1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Character:Phillip Bellem
Release Date:15/03/1949
Hideout
Character:Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
Release Date:08/03/1949
Another Part of the Forest
Character:Penniman
Release Date:18/05/1948
Black Bart
Character:J.T. Hall
Release Date:17/02/1948
If You Knew Susie
Character:Editor (uncredited)
Release Date:07/02/1948
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character:Joey
Release Date:01/09/1947
They Won't Believe Me
Character:Thomason
Release Date:16/07/1947
Welcome Stranger
Character:Mort Elkins
Release Date:13/06/1947
Blaze of Noon
Character:Mr. Fell
Release Date:02/05/1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Character:Mr. Roberts (State Department)
Release Date:04/04/1947
California
Character:Stark (uncredited)
Release Date:21/02/1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Character:Mr. Cameron
Release Date:25/12/1946
Calcutta
Character:Jack Collins (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1946
O.S.S.
Character:Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
Release Date:26/05/1946
The Well Groomed Bride
Character:Mr. Beatley
Release Date:17/05/1946
Behind Green Lights
Character:Yager
Release Date:15/02/1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Character:Stonley
Release Date:14/02/1946
Getting Gertie's Garter
Character:Clancy
Release Date:27/11/1945
Midnight Manhunt
Character:Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
Release Date:27/07/1945
Crime, Inc.
Character:Deputy District Attorney Dixon
Release Date:15/04/1945
Winged Victory
Character:Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
Release Date:22/12/1944
Power of the Press
Character:Pringle (uncredited)
Release Date:29/01/1943
Junior Army
Character:Saginaw Jake
Release Date:26/11/1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Character:J. Gilbert Brampton
Release Date:22/10/1942
Smith of Minnesota
Character:Lew Smith
Release Date:15/10/1942
Lucky Legs
Character:Ned McLane
Release Date:01/10/1942
Sabotage Squad
Character:Police Inspector Hanley
Release Date:27/08/1942
The Talk of the Town
Character:Police Chief
Release Date:20/08/1942
Meet the Stewarts
Character:Taxi Driver
Release Date:28/05/1942
Not a Ladies' Man
Character:'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
Release Date:14/05/1942
Shut My Big Mouth
Character:Hill
Release Date:19/02/1942
Harvard Here I Come
Character:Hypo McGonigle
Release Date:18/12/1941
Honolulu Lu
Character:Bennie Blanchard
Release Date:11/12/1941
Sing for Your Supper
Character:Wing Boley
Release Date:04/12/1941
Unholy Partners
Character:Mike Reynolds
Release Date:01/11/1941
The Blonde from Singapore
Character:Sgt. Burns
Release Date:15/10/1941
Texas
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:09/10/1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
Character:Don Barlow
Release Date:02/10/1941
Sweetheart of the Campus
Character:Sheriff Denby
Release Date:26/06/1941
They Dare Not Love
Character:Second Sailor
Release Date:16/05/1941
She Knew All the Answers
Character:Barber
Release Date:13/05/1941
The Big Boss
Character:Cliff Randall
Release Date:28/04/1941
Under Age
Character:Albert Ward
Release Date:23/04/1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Character:Phineas Q. Potts
Release Date:18/04/1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Character:Sheriff Haggerty
Release Date:06/03/1941
The Face Behind the Mask
Character:Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
Release Date:16/01/1941
The Phantom Submarine
Character:Bartlett
Release Date:20/12/1940
This Thing Called Love
Character:Tom Howland
Release Date:20/12/1940
Beyond the Sacramento
Character:Warden McKay
Release Date:11/11/1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Character:Big Joe Brady
Release Date:02/11/1940
West of Abilene
Character:Forsyth
Release Date:20/10/1940
So You Won't Talk?
Character:Cop
Release Date:02/10/1940
Glamour for Sale
Character:Frank Regan
Release Date:27/09/1940
The Spook Speaks
Character:Newlywed husband
Release Date:20/09/1940
Before I Hang
Character:Capt. McGraw
Release Date:17/09/1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Character:Process Server
Release Date:01/09/1940
The Secret Seven
Character:Maj. Blaine
Release Date:15/08/1940
Military Academy
Character:Marty Lewis
Release Date:06/08/1940
Girls of the Road
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:24/07/1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
Character:Preston
Release Date:11/07/1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Character:Police Doctor
Release Date:30/05/1940
Texas Stagecoach
Character:Tug Wilson
Release Date:23/05/1940
Island of Doomed Men
Character:Brand
Release Date:20/05/1940
Men Without Souls
Character:Warden Schafer
Release Date:20/05/1940
Escape to Glory
Character:Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
Release Date:20/05/1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Character:Frederick Ross
Release Date:02/05/1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Character:Governor Dawson
Release Date:02/05/1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Character:Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/1940
Blondie on a Budget
Character:Marvin Williams
Release Date:29/02/1940
The Heckler
Character:Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:16/02/1940
Convicted Woman
Character:Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:31/01/1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Character:Inspector Conroy
Release Date:26/01/1940
You Nazty Spy!
Character:Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
Release Date:19/01/1940
Cafe Hostess
Character:Customer
Release Date:11/01/1940
Mandrake the Magician
Character:Frank Raymond
Release Date:01/01/1940
My Son Is Guilty
Character:Duke Mason
Release Date:28/12/1939
The Awful Goof
Character:Drunk (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1939
Three Sappy People
Character:Rumsford
Release Date:01/12/1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Character:Detective Deever
Release Date:22/11/1939
Beware Spooks!
Character:Nick Bruno
Release Date:24/10/1939
Scandal Sheet
Character:Chick Keller
Release Date:16/10/1939
Those High Grey Walls
Character:Jockey
Release Date:21/09/1939
Golden Boy
Character:Borneo
Release Date:05/09/1939
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Character:Fred Martin
Release Date:30/08/1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
Character:Lieutenant Shane
Release Date:17/08/1939
Coast Guard
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:04/08/1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
Character:Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
Release Date:20/06/1939
Missing Daughters
Character:Al Farrow
Release Date:22/05/1939
Mandrake the Magician
Character:Frank Raymond
Release Date:06/05/1939
Union Pacific
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1939
Outside These Walls
Character:Dinky
Release Date:04/05/1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Character:Forbes
Release Date:29/03/1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
Character:Marvin Williams
Release Date:08/03/1939
Flying G-Men
Character:W. S. Hamilton
Release Date:28/01/1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Character:Police Inspector Thomas
Release Date:27/01/1939
There's That Woman Again
Character:Johnson
Release Date:24/12/1938
Television Appearances
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Nanny and the Professor
Character:Mr. Thatcher
Mayberry R.F.D.
Character:G.B. Smith
Mannix
Character:
The Second Hundred Years
Character:Old Man Tolliver
CBS Playhouse
Character:
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Character:
The Wild Wild West
Character:Prof. Robey
Laredo
Character:
F Troop
Character:
Bewitched
Character:
Petticoat Junction
Character:Dr. Joseph Depew
Going My Way
Character:
The Lucy Show
Character:Mr. Barmarche
Ensign O'Toole
Character:Admiral Hornsby
Straightaway
Character:
Cain's Hundred
Character:Clem Burgess
Route 66
Character:
The Tom Ewell Show
Character:
Pete and Gladys
Character:
The Alaskans
Character:
One Step Beyond
Character:Doc Simmons
Rawhide
Character:Hood
Rawhide
Character:Minister
Lawman
Character:
The Texan
Character:
Bronco
Character:
Maverick
Character:
Maverick
Character:Price
Perry Mason
Character:George Norris
Perry Mason
Character:Dr. Blane
Perry Mason
Character:Carter Farraday
Wagon Train
Character:Judge
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:Lieutenant Stone
The O. Henry Playhouse
Character:Maximillian Jones
Wire Service
Character:Raisner
Hey, Jeannie!
Character:Hornblower
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Mr. Taylor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Mr. Macy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Burt
Cheyenne
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Halligan
The Millionaire
Character:Dan Larsen
Lassie
Character:
Public Defender
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Uncle Charles
Letter to Loretta
Character:Nicholas Barton
Letter to Loretta
Character:Bill Holmes
General Electric Theater
Character:Dr. Harvey
General Electric Theater
Character:Ticket Agent
Your Jeweler's Showcase
Character:Charlie
Mr. & Mrs. North
Character:
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Mr. Vickers
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Mr. Thompson
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Paul
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Judge
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