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 bachelors and masters 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 fasttalking 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 ABCWarner 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 Janssens 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 poetrywriting 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 19701971 season of ABCs Nanny and the Professor Beddoe made four appearances three as Mr Thatcher In 1984 he made his final television appearance as Kris in NBCs Highway to Heaven starring Michael Landon and Victor French
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