Bio of noah beery actor
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Noah Beery Jr
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| Start/Birth date: | 1913 |
| Death/End date: | 1994 |
Probably best known as the affable father of James Garner on the Rockford Files, Noah Beery, Jr. was a familiar and well-liked character actor of very different persona than either his father Noah Beery or his uncle efternamn Beery. At age 19 he began playing amicable second leads and sporadisk leading roles, primarily Westerns, before settling into what would be the pattern for much of his career, of good-natured supporting roles, usually as a pal of a hero. He kept these likeable roles well into his late seventies, transforming slowly into warm rustic sages. He also kept the Beery tradition of acting alive for another generation by marrying the daughter of cowboy star Buck Jones.
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Beery was born in New York City where his father was working as a stage actor. The family moved to California in 19
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Noah Beery Jr.
American actor (1913–1994)
Noah Beery Jr. | |
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Beery Jr. in The Rockford Files (1974) | |
| Born | Noah Lindsey Beery (1913-08-10)August 10, 1913 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1994(1994-11-01) (aged 81) Tehachapi, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1920–1986 |
| Spouses | Maxine Jones (m. 1940; div. 1966)Lisa Thorman (m. 1968) |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Noah Beery Sr. |
| Relatives | Wallace Beery (uncle) |
Noah Lindsey Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Beery Jr. seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. Active as an actor in films or television for well over half a century, he was best known for playing James Garner's chara
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Full name: Noah Nicholas Beery
1882 - 1946
Noah Beery (Senior) is one of the most remembered villains in silent and sound films. He was large on the screen and sizable in real life, weighing well over 200 pounds and about 6 feet, 1 inches in height. Though he personified evil on the screen, he was kind and gentle to family and friends, and never jealous about younger brother Wallace Beery having bigger roles and more recognition. Wallace was one of many stars at MGM, and won an Oscar for his starring role as a boxer and devoted father to youngster Jackie Cooper in THE CHAMP (MGM, 1931).
The book Dictionary of Missouri Biography (University of Missouri Press, 1999) by Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn notes that Noah Beery Sr. "... was born on a Clay County, Missouri farm several miles northwest of Smithville on January 17, 1884." However, Noah's draft re