Don Beddoe

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-07-01 (88 years old)

Deathday

1991-01-19

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Don Beddoe

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...

Acting

1955

1940

The Secret Seven

as Maj. Blaine

1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

as Marvin Williams

1940

Blondie on a Budget

as Marvin Williams

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as J. Gilbert Brampton

1952

1942

The Talk of the Town

as Police Chief

1952

The Narrow Margin

as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes

1952

Hoodlum Empire

as Sen. Blake

1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

as Lieutenant Shane

1954

Loophole

as Herman Tate

1951

The Company She Keeps

as Detective Jamieson

1947

1951

The Enforcer

as Thomas O'Hara

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Mr. Roberts (State Department)

1977

Our Town

as Constable Warren

1941

The Face Behind the Mask

as Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara

1945

Crime, Inc.

as Deputy District Attorney Dixon

1953

The Band Wagon

as Producer (uncredited)

1949

Flame of Youth

as George Briggs

1949

The Lady Gambles

as Mr. Dennis Sutherland

1940

1959

Warlock

as Doctor Wagner

1950

Woman in Hiding

as Fat Salesman

1939

Golden Boy

as Borneo

1940

1953

The System

as Jerry Allen

1956

Behind the High Wall

as Todd 'Mac' MacGregor

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1944

Winged Victory

as Chaplain on Beach (uncredited)

1939

Flying G-Men

as W. S. Hamilton

1942

Not a Ladies' Man

as 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson

1939

The Awful Goof

as Drunk (uncredited)

1952

Scandal Sheet

as Pete (uncredited)

1951

The Unknown Man

as Ed--Fingerprint Man

1950

The Great Rupert

as Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe)

1949

Hideout

as Dr. Hamilton Gibbs

1952

Carson City

as Charles Crocker

1940

The Spook Speaks

as Newlywed husband

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Barney Bassett

1940

1941

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Sheriff Haggerty

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Inspector Conroy

1949

The Crime Doctor's Diary

as Phillip Bellem

1952

1941

Unholy Partners

as Mike Reynolds

1946

O.S.S.

as Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse

1952

1949

Easy Living

as Jaeger

1951

1958

Bullwhip

as Judge Carr

1954

The Steel Cage

as Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages"

1947

Welcome Stranger

as Mort Elkins

1939

1952

Blue Canadian Rockies

as Cyrus Higbee

1939

Scandal Sheet

as Chick Keller

1941

The Big Boss

as Cliff Randall

1939

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Police Inspector Thomas

1956

The Killer Is Loose

as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)

1940

Men Without Souls

as Warden Schafer

1948

Black Bart

as J.T. Hall

1940

You Nazty Spy!

as Mr. Amscray (uncredited)

1954

River of No Return

as Ben (uncredited)

1957

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

as Mayor Sam Pelley

1951

Gasoline Alley

as Walt Wallet

1949

Once More, My Darling

as Judge Fraser

1940

1950

1939

Beware Spooks!

as Nick Bruno

1947

Blaze of Noon

as Mr. Fell

1939

Mandrake the Magician

as Frank Raymond

1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds

as Governor Dawson

1962

Saintly Sinners

as Father Dan Sheridan

1939

Union Pacific

as Reporter (uncredited)

1951

1966

1950

Emergency Wedding

as Forbish - Floorwalker

1953

Cow Country

as Joe Davis

1941

Sweetheart of the Campus

as Sheriff Denby

1940

Before I Hang

as Capt. McGraw

1963

Papa's Delicate Condition

as Mayor Ghio's assistant

1939

1946

Calcutta

as Jack Collins (uncredited)

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Detective Deever

1941

Texas

as Sheriff

1965

A Very Special Favor

as Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited)

1954

A Star Is Born

as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)

1965

Kilroy

as Commissioner

1950

Caged

as Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited)

1940

1951

Man in the Saddle

as Love Bidwell (uncredited)

1952

Carrie

as Mr. Goodman

1939

Good Girls Go to Paris

as Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited)

1954

Wyoming Renegades

as Banker Horace Warren

1939

Coast Guard

as Bartender (uncredited)

1991

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)

1940

1940

1940

The Heckler

as Green Sox Manager

1940

Texas Stagecoach

as Tug Wilson

1949

Bride of Vengeance

as Councillor

1957

The Joker is Wild

as Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited)

1942

Meet the Stewarts

as Taxi Driver

1940

1942

Junior Army

as Saginaw Jake

1968

The Impossible Years

as Dr. Elliot Fish

1943

Power of the Press

as Pringle (uncredited)

1941

Harvard Here I Come

as Hypo McGonigle

1942

Smith of Minnesota

as Lew Smith

1939

Missing Daughters

as Al Farrow

1941

1941

Under Age

as Albert Ward

1939

My Son Is Guilty

as Duke Mason

1940

West of Abilene

as Forsyth

1941

Honolulu Lu

as Bennie Blanchard

1942

Sabotage Squad

as Police Inspector Hanley

1951

1945

Midnight Manhunt

as Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley

1952

Room for One More

as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

1953

The Clown

as Gallagher

1948

If You Knew Susie

as Editor (uncredited)

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Morning Express Reporter (uncredited)

1940

Beyond the Sacramento

as Warden McKay

1947

California

as Stark (uncredited)

1940

Cafe Hostess

as Customer

1969

Generation

as Gilbert

1942

Lucky Legs

as Ned McLane

1950

Young Daniel Boone

as Charlie Bryan

1940

Escape to Glory

as Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson

1950

Blades of the Musketeers

as King Louis XIII

1956

The Rawhide Years

as Frank Porter

1940

Convicted Woman

as Hank, a Reporter (uncredited)

1941

They Dare Not Love

as Second Sailor

1984

Nickel Mountain

as Doc Cathey

1950

Cyrano de Bergerac

as The Meddler

1941

1940

Glamour for Sale

as Frank Regan

1940

Mandrake the Magician

as Frank Raymond

1946

1946

1941

1940

Military Academy

as Marty Lewis

1941

Black Eyes and Blues

as Phineas Q. Potts

1959

Pillow Talk

as Mr. Walters

1950

Gun Crazy

as Chicago Man (uncredited)

1951

Behave Yourself!

as Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)

1970

How Do I Love Thee?

as Dr. Littlefield

1951

The Racket

as Mitchell (uncredited)

1950

Tarnished

as Curtis Jellison

1954

A Fair Chance

as Mr. Wilson

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