Frederick Edwin Beir (September 21, 1927[2] – June 3, 1980) was an American film and television actor.

Fred Beir
Beir (left) with Joan Hotchkis, Jack Klugman and Janis Hansen in The Odd Couple, 1971
Born
Frederick Edwin Beir

(1927-09-21)September 21, 1927
DiedJune 3, 1980(1980-06-03) (aged 52)
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1950–1980
Spouse
Sheila Wells
(m. 1967; div. 1969)
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Born in Niagara Falls, New York,[3] Beir began his career in 1950, appearing in the television series The Philco Television Playhouse.[4] He also appeared on Broadway in The Terrible Swift Sword (1955).[5] He continued to star or co-star in films and guest-star in television programs.

TV programs on which Beir appeared included The Odd Couple, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Outer Limits, Wagon Train, The Time Tunnel, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Man From Atlantis, Dallas and The Twilight Zone.[6][7] He also starred and co-starred in films, such as The Violators, Assassination, Fort Courageous, Three Dollars of Lead, M.M.M. 83[8] and The Organization.[9] Beir's last screen appearance was in the TV series Lou Grant in 1980.

Beir died on June 3, 1980, of cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 52.[6][2] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1952 The Secret Vote TV movie
1953 Socrates' Wife TV movie
1954 Border River Tom Doud Uncredited
1957 The Violators Jimmy Coogan
1964 Damned Pistols of Dallas Clay Stone
1964 Three Dollars of Lead Rudy Wallace
1965 Fort Courageous Sgt. Lucas
1965 Convict Stage Benton uncredited
1966 M.M.M. 83 Jack Morris
1967 Assassination Bob
1969 Trial Run Charles Andrews TV movie
1971 The Organization Bob Alford
1971 In Broad Daylight Alex Crawford TV movie
1971 Suddenly Single Ted TV movie
1976 Twin Detectives Dr. Hudson TV movie
1977 The Mask of Alexander Cross Harry Keller TV movie
1978 Love's Dark Ride Dave Ramsey TV movie
1979 A Perfect Couple The Perfect Couple Man

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1950 The Philco Television Playhouse 1 episode
1952 Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode
1953 I Led 3 Lives George Marvin 1 episode
1953 Calvacade of America 1 episode
1954 The Kate Smith Hour 1 episode
1957 Men of Annapolis Senior Midshipman/Randy Duncan 2 episodes
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents 1 episode
1957 Matinee Theatre 1 episode
1958 Harbormaster Fred Larson 1 episode
1959 Sugarfoot Roy Cantwell 1 episode
1959 Markham Michael Rait 1 episode
1959 The Deputy Brad Vantage, DVM 1 episode
1959-1962 Maverick Lee Granger/Sheriff Ed Martin 2 episodes
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond John Morris 1 episode
1959 The Lineup Boyd Kincaid 1 episode
1959 Johnny Staccato Harry Fulton 1 episode
1959-1960 General Electric Theater Henry Martin/Terence 'Terry' Major 2 episodes
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive Merv Bascomb S2 E14
1960 Men Into Space Lt. Art Frey 1 episode
1960 The Betty Hutton Show Doctor Bradley 1 episode
1960 The Man and the Challenge Steve Paley 1 episode
1960 The Rebel Simon Wilson 1 episode
1960 The Detectives Seth Trawler 1 episode
1960-1962 Hawaiian Eye Bill Corbett/Alex Nelson/Justin Wade/Joe Richards 4 episodes
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show Bob Field 1 episode
1960 Bonanza Jason Blaine 1 episode
1960 Michael Shayne Dave Barstow 1 episode
1960 Thriller Alan Dulain 1 episode
1961 Outlaws Adams 1 episode
1961 Perry Mason Tony Osgood 1 episode
1961 Bronco Joe Spain 1 episode
1962 Cain's Hundred George Harding 1 episode
1962-1963 Wagon Train John Cole/Karl Blucher 1 episode
1962 87th Precinct Cotton Hawes 1 episode
1962 The Andy Griffith Show Don, Peggy's Guest 1 episode
1962 Ripcord Ed Sutton 1 episode
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre Don 1 episode
1963 The Twilight Zone Lieutenant Carter 1 episode
1963 Ben Casey Rudolph Kent/Tommy Barker 2 episodes
1963 77 Sunset Strip Joe Carden 1 episode
1963 The Outer Limits Steve Crandon 1 episode
1963 The Eleventh Hour Stanley 1 episode
1964 Dr. Kildare Dr. Tex Mantell 1 episode
1964 The Munsters Chip Jonnson 1 episode
1965 Insight Adam 1 episode
1965 The Fugitive Lieutenang Peterson 1 episode
1965 Burke's Law Tony Scott 1 episode
1966 Honey West Peter Lynch 1 episode
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah Tim O'Rourke 1 episode
1966 The Big Valley Jack Floyd 1 episode
1966 T.H.E. Cat Dr. Arthur Sandley 1 episode
1966 Jericho S.S. Lieutenant 1 episode
1967 The Time Tunnel Tuareg 1 episode
1967 Maya Joe, the Hunter 1 episode
1967 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Lieutenant Barnett 1 episode
1968 Garrison's Gorillas Private Williams 1 episode
1968 The Mod Squad Frank Durrant 1 episode
1969-1973 The F.B.I. Frank Lanner/Scott Rogers/Jack Mattis/Paul Laramie 4 episodes
1969-1973 Ironside Dr. Michael Braven/Terry Bascom/Jimmy Lee Gates 3 episodes
1969-1973 Mannix Bill Chase/J. Lester Vail/Alan Deedrich/Carter Elliot 4 episodes
1969 The Virginian Ord Glover 1 episode
1970 Mission: Impossible Joe Keith 1 episode
1970-1973 Hawaii Five-O Merrill Carson/McBain 2 episodes
1970 The Young Lawyers Dino Hewitt 1 episode
1970 Dan August Harlan Venable 1 episode
1971 The Interns Del Denning 1 episode
1971 Longstreet Tom Hazelton 1 episode
1971 The Odd Couple Raymond Cunningham 1 episode
1972-1973 Medical Center Dr. Belfield 2 episodes
1972 Banyon Kenneth Graves 1 episode
1973 Kung Fu Jim Gallagher 1 episode
1973 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Ross Coleman/Jay Harvey Jones 2 episodes
1973 Room 222 Jon Dawson 1 episode
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Alex Markham 1 episode
1974 Cannon Carl Kingston 1 episode
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man Ted Swenson 1 episode
1974 The Rockford Files Dennis Rains/Steve Nelson 2 episodes
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Ryder Bond 1 episode
1975 Harry O Frank 1 episode
1975 Petrocelli Raymond Walker/John Kelly 2 episodes
1975 Amy Prentiss 1 episode
1975 Barbary Coast Arthur Graham 1 episode
1975 Mobile One Malone 1 episode
1975 Matt Helm Billy Jones 1 episode
1976 Barnaby Jones Jason Purree 1 episode
1976 Another World Keith Morrison unknown episodes
1976 Ellery Queen James Bevin Long 1 episode
1977 Man from Atlantis Captain Bracy 2 episodes
1977-1978 Days of Our Lives Larry Atwood 11 episodes
1977 Kojak Robbie Austin 1 episode
1978-1979 CHiPs Farrell/Evan Whitlock 2 episodes
1978-1979 Dallas Ben Maxwell 3 episodes
1979 Paris 1 episode
1979-1980 Lou Grant Dr. Lester Wyatt/Gig Montgomery 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Maxford, Howard (November 8, 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 852. ISBN 978-1476629148 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 53. ISBN 978-1476625997 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Radio Daily-Television Daily: Volume 78. Radio Daily Corporation. 1957. p. 4 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Rubin, Steven (November 1, 2017). Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago Review Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1613738917 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California - 18". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. November 21, 1955. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. p. 53. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Abbott, Jon (June 14, 2015). Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. McFarland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0786486625 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Lisanti, Tom; Paul, Louis (2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN 9780786411948 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Fred Beir". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
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