American character actor. raised in New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio, Beddoe was the son of a professor at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music who happened also to be the world-famous Welsh tenor, Dan Beddoe. Although Don Beddoe intended a career in journalism, he took an interest in theatre and became involved first with amateur companies and then with professional theatre troupes. He debuted on Broadway in 1929 and kept up a decade-long career on the stage. Although said to have made some minor appearances in silent films, Beddoe made his real transfer to film work in 1938. He appeared in a wide range of supporting roles in literally scores of films, often as either a fast-talking reporter or as a mousey sort. He became one of the most readily familiar faces in Hollywood movies, despite remaining almost unknown by name outside the industry. Following service in the Army Air Corps during the Second World War, he continued to work steadily in small roles, complementing them with television work. Despite advancing (and very ripe old) age, he remained quite active, supplementing his acting work with a second career in real estate. He died 19 January 1991, in Laguna Hills, California, of natural causes.
Movie | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | 1991-03-10 |
Movie | Nickel Mountain | Doc Cathey | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Our Town | Constable Warren | 1977-05-30 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | How Do I Love Thee? | Dr. Littlefield | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Generation | Gilbert | 1969-12-15 |
Movie | The Impossible Years | Dr. Elliot Fish | 1968-12-05 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Texas Across the River | Mr. Naylor | 1966-10-26 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | A Very Special Favor | Mr. Calvin Ruthledge (uncredited) | 1965-08-02 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Prof. Robey | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Movie | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mayor Ghio's assistant | 1963-03-06 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | For Love or Money | Milo | 1963-08-07 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Killer | Imp | 1962-05-18 |
Movie | Saintly Sinners | Father Dan Sheridan | 1962-02-01 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Movie | Boy Who Caught a Crook | Colonel | 1961-10-01 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Series | Straightaway | Unknown | 1961-10-06 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | The Tom Ewell Show | Unknown | 1960-09-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | Warlock | Doctor Wagner | 1959-05-15 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Pillow Talk | Mr. Walters | 1959-10-07 |
Movie | Bullwhip | Judge Carr | 1958-05-25 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | David Cooper | 1958-05-14 |
Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Mayor Sam Pelley | 1957-05-04 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | The Joker Is Wild | Heckler at the Copacabana (uncredited) | 1957-09-26 |
Movie | The Killer is Loose | Mr. Freeman (uncredited) | 1956-02-03 |
Movie | The Rawhide Years | Frank Porter | 1956-07-01 |
Movie | Behind the High Wall | Todd 'Mac' MacGregor | 1956-07-01 |
Series | Wire Service | Unknown | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Johnson | 1955-02-16 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Walt Spoon | 1955-08-26 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | Wyoming Renegades | Banker Horace Warren | 1954-03-27 |
Series | Public Defender | Unknown | 1954-03-11 |
Movie | Loophole | Herman Tate | 1954-03-28 |
Movie | River of No Return | Ben (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
Movie | The Steel Cage | Prison Board Member Alan Ferness, segment "The Hostages" | 1954-12-01 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Movie | Jubilee Trail | Maury - Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
Movie | The Clown | Gallagher | 1953-01-16 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The System | Jerry Allen | 1953-04-18 |
Movie | The Band Wagon | Producer (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | Cow Country | Joe Davis | 1953-04-25 |
Movie | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes | 1952-05-03 |
Movie | Hoodlum Empire | Sen. Blake | 1952-04-15 |
Movie | Room for One More | Mr. Taylor (uncredited) | 1952-01-10 |
Movie | Carson City | Charles Crocker | 1952-06-13 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Pete (uncredited) | 1952-01-16 |
Movie | Blue Canadian Rockies | Cyrus Higbee | 1952-11-30 |
Movie | Carrie | Mr. Goodman | 1952-07-17 |
Movie | The Iron Mistress | Dr. Cuny | 1952-11-19 |
Movie | Stop, You're Killing Me | Clyde Post | 1952-12-10 |
Series | Mr. & Mrs. North | Unknown | 1952-10-03 |
Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Mr. Ballew | 1952-07-18 |
Movie | The Enforcer | Thomas O'Hara | 1951-02-24 |
Movie | Million Dollar Pursuit | Bowen | 1951-05-30 |
Movie | The Company She Keeps | Detective Jamieson | 1951-01-27 |
Movie | Rodeo King and the Senorita | Mr. Richards | 1951-07-15 |
Movie | Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-01-02 |
Movie | Corky of Gasoline Alley | Walt Wallet | 1951-09-17 |
Movie | Behave Yourself! | Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited) | 1951-09-22 |
Movie | Man in the Saddle | Love Bidwell (uncredited) | 1951-12-02 |
Movie | The Unknown Man | Ed--Fingerprint Man | 1951-11-09 |
Movie | The Racket | Mitchell (uncredited) | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | Young Daniel Boone | Charlie Bryan | 1950-03-05 |
Movie | The Great Rupert | Mr. Haggerty (as Donald T. Beddoe) | 1950-03-01 |
Movie | Woman in Hiding | Fat Salesman | 1950-01-06 |
Movie | Gun Crazy | Chicago Man (uncredited) | 1950-01-20 |
Movie | Caged | Commissioner Sam Walker (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | Tarnished | Curtis Jellison | 1950-02-28 |
Movie | Beyond the Purple Hills | Amos Rayburn | 1950-07-25 |
Movie | Blades of the Musketeers | King Louis XIII | 1950-11-24 |
Movie | Cyrano de Bergerac | The Meddler | 1950-11-16 |
Movie | Emergency Wedding | Forbish - Floorwalker | 1950-11-15 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Bride of Vengeance | Councillor | 1949-04-07 |
Movie | The Crime Doctor's Diary | Phillip Bellem | 1949-03-15 |
Movie | The Lady Gambles | Mr. Dennis Sutherland | 1949-05-20 |
Movie | Hideout | Dr. Hamilton Gibbs | 1949-03-08 |
Movie | Once More, My Darling | Judge Fraser | 1949-09-10 |
Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Barney Bassett | 1949-12-02 |
Movie | Easy Living | Jaeger | 1949-10-08 |
Movie | If You Knew Susie | Editor (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | Black Bart | J.T. Hall | 1948-02-17 |
Movie | Another Part of the Forest | Penniman | 1948-05-18 |
Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | Mr. Roberts (State Department) | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | California | Stark (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
Movie | Blaze of Noon | Mr. Fell | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | They Won't Believe Me | Thomason | 1947-07-16 |
Movie | Welcome Stranger | Mort Elkins | 1947-06-13 |
Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Joey | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Behind Green Lights | Yager | 1946-02-15 |
Movie | The Well Groomed Bride | Mr. Beatley | 1946-05-17 |
Movie | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Stonley | 1946-02-14 |
Movie | O.S.S. | Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Cameron | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | Calcutta | Jack Collins (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Crime, Inc. | Deputy District Attorney Dixon | 1945-04-15 |
Movie | Getting Gertie's Garter | Clancy | 1945-11-27 |
Movie | Midnight Manhunt | Detective Lieutenant Max Hurley | 1945-07-27 |
Movie | Winged Victory | Chaplain on Beach (uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
Movie | Power of the Press | Pringle (uncredited) | 1943-01-29 |
Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Taxi Driver | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | Not a Ladies' Man | 'Professor Bigfoot' Johnson | 1942-05-14 |
Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Hill | 1942-02-19 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Police Chief | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | Sabotage Squad | Police Inspector Hanley | 1942-08-27 |
Movie | Junior Army | Saginaw Jake | 1942-11-26 |
Movie | Smith of Minnesota | Lew Smith | 1942-10-15 |
Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | J. Gilbert Brampton | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | Lucky Legs | Ned McLane | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | She Knew All the Answers | Barber | 1941-05-13 |
Movie | They Dare Not Love | Second Sailor | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | Under Age | Albert Ward | 1941-04-23 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Sheriff Haggerty | 1941-03-06 |
Movie | The Face Behind the Mask | Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara | 1941-01-16 |
Movie | Sweetheart of the Campus | Sheriff Denby | 1941-06-26 |
Movie | Black Eyes and Blues | Phineas Q. Potts | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | The Big Boss | Cliff Randall | 1941-04-28 |
Movie | Honolulu Lu | Bennie Blanchard | 1941-12-11 |
Movie | Two Latins from Manhattan | Don Barlow | 1941-10-02 |
Movie | Sing for Your Supper | Wing Boley | 1941-12-04 |
Movie | Harvard Here I Come | Hypo McGonigle | 1941-12-18 |
Movie | Unholy Partners | Mike Reynolds | 1941-11-01 |
Movie | Texas | Sheriff | 1941-10-09 |
Movie | The Blonde from Singapore | Sgt. Burns | 1941-10-15 |
Movie | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Frederick Ross | 1940-05-02 |
Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Morning Express Reporter | 1940-04-25 |
Movie | The Man from Tumbleweeds | Governor Dawson | 1940-05-02 |
Movie | Escape to Glory | Ship's Chief Engineer Anderson | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | Men Without Souls | Warden Schafer | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | Island of Doomed Men | Brand | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | You Nazty Spy! | Mr. Amscray (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
Movie | Cafe Hostess | Customer | 1940-01-11 |
Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1940-01-01 |
Movie | Texas Stagecoach | Tug Wilson | 1940-05-23 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Inspector Conroy | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | Convicted Woman | Hank, a Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-01-31 |
Movie | The Heckler | Green Sox Manager | 1940-02-16 |
Movie | Blondie on a Budget | Marvin Williams | 1940-02-29 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Big Joe Brady | 1940-11-02 |
Movie | West of Abilene | Forsyth | 1940-10-20 |
Movie | Beyond the Sacramento | Warden McKay | 1940-11-11 |
Movie | This Thing Called Love | Tom Howland | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Police Doctor | 1940-05-30 |
Movie | So You Won't Talk? | Cop | 1940-10-02 |
Movie | The Phantom Submarine | Bartlett | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Glamour for Sale | Frank Regan | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Manhattan Heartbeat | Preston | 1940-07-11 |
Movie | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Process Server | 1940-09-01 |
Movie | Girls of the Road | Sheriff | 1940-07-24 |
Movie | The Spook Speaks | Newlywed husband | 1940-09-20 |
Movie | Before I Hang | Capt. McGraw | 1940-09-17 |
Movie | Union Pacific | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | Outside These Walls | Dinky | 1939-05-04 |
Movie | Mandrake the Magician | Frank Raymond | 1939-05-06 |
Movie | Good Girls Go to Paris | Attorney Thomas Jamison (uncredited) | 1939-06-20 |
Movie | Missing Daughters | Al Farrow | 1939-05-22 |
Movie | Flying G-Men | W. S. Hamilton | 1939-01-28 |
Movie | Coast Guard | Bartender (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Police Inspector Thomas | 1939-01-27 |
Movie | Blondie Meets the Boss | Marvin Williams | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Forbes | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Detective Deever | 1939-11-22 |
Movie | Three Sappy People | Rumsford | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Awful Goof | Drunk (uncredited) | 1939-12-20 |
Movie | My Son is Guilty | Duke Mason | 1939-12-28 |
Movie | Beware Spooks! | Nick Bruno | 1939-10-24 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Chick Keller | 1939-10-16 |
Movie | Konga, the Wild Stallion | Fred Martin | 1939-08-30 |
Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Lieutenant Shane | 1939-08-17 |
Movie | Golden Boy | Borneo | 1939-09-05 |
Movie | Those High Grey Walls | Jockey | 1939-09-21 |
Movie | There's That Woman Again | Johnson | 1938-12-24 |