Noah Beery Jr.

Acting · Born 1913-08-10 in New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Noah Lindsey Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994), known professionally as Noah Beery, Jr. or just Noah Beery, was an American actor specializing in warm, friendly character parts similar to the ones played by his uncle Wallace Beery, although Noah Beery, Jr., unlike his uncle, seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. His father, Noah Nicholas Beery (known professionally as Noah Beery or Noah Beery, Sr.), enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as a supporting actor. Beery was best known as James Garner's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the 1970s television series The Rockford Files. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noah Beery, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Red River as Buster McGee
• Only Angels Have Wings as Joe Souther
• Sergeant York as Buck Lipscomb
• Inherit the Wind as John Stebbins
• Heaven with a Gun as Garvey
• The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
• Walking Tall as Carl Pusser
• The Fastest Gun Alive as Dink Wells
• Beyond Witch Mountain as Uncle Ben
• The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Mart

TV

• Perry Mason as Tony Claus
• Combat! as Hank Davis
• The Rockford Files as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford
• Perry Mason as Lucas W. Tolliver
• Magnum, P.I. as Floyd Lewellen
• Route 66 as Emlyn
• The Streets of San Francisco as Marty Jensen
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Gunsmoke as Nate
• Studio One as M / Sgt. Rich