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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.
as Santa Claus
as Self (archive footage)
as Doc Cathey
as Constable Warren
as Dr. Littlefield
as Mr. Thatcher(3 eps)
as Gilbert
as Elliot Fish
as G.B. Smith(1 ep)
as Old Man Tolliver(1 ep)
as Ragle(1 ep)
as Mr. Naylor
as Prof. Robey(1 ep)
as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)
as Commissioner
as Dr. Joseph Depew(1 ep)
as Milo
as Mayor Ghio's assistant
as Mr. Barmarche(1 ep)
as Admiral Hornsby(1 ep)
as Imp
as Father Dan Sheridan
as Colonel
as Clem Burgess(1 ep)
as Mr. Walters
as Stan Perkins(1 ep)
as Doctor Wagner
as Doc Simmons(1 ep)
as Hood(1 ep)
as Minister(1 ep)
as Judge Carr
as David Cooper
as Heckler at Copacabana (uncredited)
as Price(1 ep)
as George Norris(1 ep)
as Dr. Blane(1 ep)
as Carter Farraday(1 ep)
as Judge(1 ep)
as Lieutenant Stone(1 ep)
as Mayor Sam Pelley
as McKeever
as Maximillian Jones(1 ep)
as Raisner(1 ep)
as McDuff(1 ep)
as Bob Thompson(1 ep)
as Hornblower(1 ep)
as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor
as Frank Porter
as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
as Mr. Macy
as Mr. Taylor(1 ep)
as Mr. Macy(1 ep)
as Burt(1 ep)
as Halligan(1 ep)
as Walt Spoon
as Johnson
as Dan Larsen(1 ep)
as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"
as Mr. Lydom(1 ep)
as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
as Mr. Wilson
as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
as Ben (uncredited)
as Herman Tate
as Banker Horace Warren
as Uncle Charles(1 ep)
as Nicholas Barton(1 ep)
as Bill Holmes(1 ep)
as Mr. Stacy(1 ep)
as Producer (uncredited)
as Joe Davis
as Jerry Allen
as Dr. Harvey(1 ep)
as Ticket Agent(1 ep)
as Gallagher
as Clyde Post
as Cyrus Higbee
as Dr. Cuny
as Charlie(1 ep)
as Mr. Vickers(1 ep)
as Mr. Thompson(1 ep)
as Mr. Ballew
as Mr. Goodman
as Charles Crocker
as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
as Sen. Blake
as Pete (uncredited)
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
as Love Bidwell (uncredited)
as Fingerprint Man
as Mitchell (uncredited)
as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
as Walt Wallet
as Mr. Richards
as Alonzo
as Bowen
as Thomas O'Hara
as Jamieson
as Walt Wallet
as King Louis XIII
as The Meddler
as Slade
as Forbish - Floorwalker
as Paul(1 ep)
as Judge(1 ep)
as Amos Rayburn
as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)
as Charlie Bryan
as Mr. Haggerty
as Curtis Jellison
as Chicago Man (uncredited)
as Fat Salesman
as Barney Bassett
as Jaeger
as George Briggs
as Judge Fraser
as Mr. Dennis Sutherland
as Councillor
as Phillip Bellem
as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs
as Penniman
as J.T. Hall
as Editor (uncredited)
as Thomason
as Mort Elkins
as Mr. Fell
as Mr. Roberts (State Department)
as Stark (uncredited)
as Jack Collins (uncredited)
as Mr. Cameron
as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
as Mr. Beatley
as Yager (uncredited)
as Stonley
as Clancy
as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley
as Deputy District Attorney Dixon
as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)
as Pringle (uncredited)
as Saginaw Jake
as J. Gilbert Brampton
as Lew Smith
as Ned McLane
as Police Inspector Hanley
as Police Chief
as Mr. Larkin, Husband Who Nominates Dagwood (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson
as Hill
as Hypo McGonigle
as Bennie Blanchard
as Wing Boley
as Mike Reynolds
as Sgt. Burns
as Sheriff
as Don Barlow
as Sheriff Denby
as Second Sailor
as Barber
as Cliff Randall
as Albert Ward
as Phineas Q. Potts
as Sheriff Haggerty
as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
as Bartlett
as Tom Howland
as Warden McKay
as Big Joe Brady
as Forsyth
as Cop
as Frank Regan
as Newlywed husband
as Capt. McGraw
as Process Server
as Maj. Blaine
as Marty Lewis
as Sheriff
as Preston
as Police Doctor
as Tug Wilson
as Brand
as Warden Schafer
as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson
as Frederick Ross
as Governor Dawson
as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)
as Marvin Williams
as Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)
as Inspector Conroy
as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
as Customer
as Frank Raymond
as Duke Mason
as Drunk (uncredited)
as Rumsford
as Detective Deever
as Nick Bruno
as Chick Keller
as Jockey
as Borneo
as Fred Martin
as Lieutenant Shane
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)
as Al Farrow
as Frank Raymond
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Dinky
as Forbes
as Marvin Williams
as W. S. Hamilton
as Police Inspector Thomas
as Johnson
