Born: November 26, 1921 – Died: June 17, 2008
Henry Beckman, the renowned actor known for his compelling performances, was born on November 26, 1921, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Raised in the scenic landscapes of Canada, he was destined for a life in the spotlight. With a career spanning several decades, Henry Beckman made his mark in the entertainment industry through roles in films like "Marnie" (1964), "Blood & Guts" (1978), and "The Brood" (1979).
Henry's journey was not only shaped by his own talent but also by his family life. He was married to Hillary Beckman and Cheryl Maxwell, sharing his life with loved ones both on and off the screen. Sadly, he bid farewell to the world on June 17, 2008, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, leaving behind a legacy that continues to captivate audiences to this day.
Early Life and Career
Henry Beckman's began his journey in the entertainment industry without a formal education in acting, and it was his raw talent and dedication that paved his way to success.
He steadily built his career, taking on various roles in television and film throughout the years. While he may not have had a single role that catapulted him into stardom, his consistent presence in the industry and versatile acting skills earned him recognition and respect.
Henry Beckman's contributions to the entertainment industry are primarily marked by his numerous television appearances, spanning from the 1950s to the 2000s. Although he may not have achieved iconic status, his work left a lasting impact on Hollywood, showcasing his versatility as a character actor.
In terms of personal life, Henry was married to Hillary Beckman and Cheryl Maxwell at different times.
While he may not be considered a Hollywood icon or legend, Henry Beckman's dedication to his craft and his extensive body of work make him a respected figure in the entertainment industry, remembered for his contributions to film and television over the years.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Johnson County War (TV Mini Series) | Gov . Barb |
| 2001 | The Chris Isaak Show (TV Series) | Old Janitor |
| 2001 | Cold Squad (TV Series) | Old Man Douglas |
| 2000 | Lion of Oz | Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Epicenter | Pat |
| 1999–2000 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (TV Series) | Judge |
| 1999 | The Sentinel (TV Series) | Sam Bramley |
| 1998 | My Husband's Secret Life (TV Movie) | Christy Sullivan |
| 1993–1998 | The X-Files (TV Series) | Old Man | Detective Frank Briggs |
| 1997 | Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series) | Sergeant |
| 1995 | Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie) | Judge Mulhern |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV Movie) | James Quinn |
| 1995 | The Marshal (TV Series) | Boxing Trainer |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) | Brad Holland |
| 1994 | While Justice Sleeps (TV Movie) | Ned Stokes |
| 1992 | The Man Upstairs (TV Movie) | Sheriff |
| 1992 | The Commish (TV Series) | Dr. Kranz |
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) | Mr. Merriwell Blythe |
| 1992 | Street Justice (TV Series) | Pine's Father (as Henry Beckerman) |
| 1992 | The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (TV Movie) | Psychiatrist |
| 1991 | Blood River (TV Movie) | Sheriff Peabody |
| 1988–1991 | Street Legal (TV Series) | Lou Staples | Saul Gold |
| 1990 | The Beachcombers (TV Series) | Blackie Bowman |
| 1990 | MacGyver (TV Series) | Judge |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Wendel Carter |
| 1989 | Stuck with Each Other (TV Movie) | Mr. Klopperman |
| 1989 | Booker (TV Series) | Judge Alvarez |
| 1988 | Side Roads | Ed Clayton |
| 1988 | Family Reunion | Leo |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series) | Maj. Gen. McIntyre |
| 1987–1988 | Werewolf (TV Series) | Doc | Gun Salesman |
| 1987 | Throb (TV Series) | Marty |
| 1987 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) | Mr. Benville |
| 1987 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Mr. Brennan |
| 1986 | Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (Short) | Boss (voice) |
| 1985–1986 | Check It Out (TV Series) | Alf Scully |
| 1985 | Fame (TV Series) | William Rosenkrantz |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel (TV Mini Series) | Glen Ricardo |
| 1984 | Partners in Crime (TV Series) | The General |
| 1984 | Jessie (TV Series) | Mr. Stafford |
| 1984 | Matt Houston (TV Series) | Talbot |
| 1984 | Seeing Things (TV Series) | Harper |
| 1983 | The Lost Satellite (TV Series) | Various |
| 1983 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) | Floyd Yaeger |
| 1977–1983 | Quincy M.E. (TV Series) | Sergeant Wendorf | Max | Sheriff Tom Brady ... |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Bill Luce |
| 1981 | Ritter's Cove (TV Series) | Charlie Reynolds |
| 1980 | The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) | Priest |
| 1980 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) | Harry Alfred Teasdale |
| 1980 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) | Sheriff Neal |
| 1979 | Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) | Samson Malone |
| 1979 | The Brood | Barton Kelly |
| 1979 | The Great Detective (TV Series) | Pete Stevens |
| 1978 | This Is the Life (TV Series) | Ben |
| 1978 | Blood & Guts | Red Henkel |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Mr. Weaver (uncredited) |
| 1978 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV Series) | Nathaniel Morgan |
| 1977 | Happy Days (TV Series) | Professor Garrity |
| 1977 | King of Kensington (TV Series) | Teddy Bear |
| 1977 | The Fighting Men (TV Movie) | Coxswain |
| 1977 | Fit to Print (TV Movie) | Clete Fowler |
| 1977 | McMillan & Wife (TV Series) | Harry Court |
| 1976 | Silver Streak | Conventioneer |
| 1975–1976 | Bronk (TV Series) | Harry Mark |
| 1975 | The Canary (TV Movie) | Lou |
| 1975 | The Lost Saucer (TV Series) | Commander Stickler |
| 1975 | The Family Holvak (TV Series) | Skinner |
| 1975 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) | Robert Meyer |
| 1974–1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) | Lyman Cooper | Uncle Charlie Ryan |
| 1975 | Who Is the Black Dahlia? (TV Movie) | Traveling Salesman |
| 1973–1975 | Police Story (TV Series) | Captain Calvelli | Garbash |
| 1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) | Senator Stephens |
| 1967–1974 | Ironside (TV Series) | Ralph 'The Angel' Drexell | Clark Andrews | Durand ... |
| 1974 | Cannon (TV Series) | Billy Burrows |
| 1974 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) | Danny's Manager |
| 1974 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) | Capt. Mike |
| 1962–1974 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) | Dr. Rhodes | Thaddius McKay | Uncle Sunday ... |
| 1974 | Why Rock the Boat? | Philip Butcher |
| 1974 | Peopletoys | Dr. Brown |
| 1974 | Indict and Convict (TV Movie) | Mav Theisen |
| 1974 | Tenafly (TV Series) | Reverend Matthews |
| 1973 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) | Pipe Yard Owner (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Starlost (TV Series) | William |
| 1973 | Shaft (TV Series) | Stanley Hollister |
| 1973 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) | Truck Driver |
| 1973 | Between Friends | Will |
| 1973 | Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (TV Movie) | Hal Cooper (as Harry Beckman) |
| 1973 | Brock's Last Case (TV Movie) | Jake Hinkley |
| 1972 | The Merry Wives of Tobias Rouke | Tobias Rouke |
| 1967–1972 | Mannix (TV Series) | Sheriff Simkins | Leonard Duncan |
| 1971–1972 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) | Sgt. Roy Kessler | Mr. Harlen |
| 1972 | Columbo (TV Series) | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Me and the Chimp (TV Series) | Mr. Pitts |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) | Mr. Bennington |
| 1971 | Funny Face (TV Series) | Pat | Pat Harwell |
| 1971 | The Harness (TV Movie) | Doc Marn |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) | Murphy |
| 1971 | Love, American Style (TV Series) | Jack (segment "Love and the Guilty Conscience") |
| 1971 | Police Surgeon (TV Series) | Marcus |
| 1968–1971 | Bonanza (TV Series) | Doctor Phelps | Charlie Matson |
| 1971 | Night Gallery (TV Series) | The Policeman (segment "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar") |
| 1970 | The Immortal (TV Series) | Dr. Andrew Kinneson |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) | Miller |
| 1970 | Nancy (TV Series) | Marcus |
| 1968–1970 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) | Capt. Roland Frances Clancey | Capt. Roland Francis Clancey |
| 1969 | The Undefeated | Thad Benedict |
| 1960–1969 | Insight (TV Series) | Ward | Brown | Manny Burns ... |
| 1969 | Adam-12 (TV Series) | Charles Levering |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Outsider (TV Series) | Sheriff Damon |
| 1968 | The Stalking Moon | Sgt. Rudabaugh |
| 1968 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) | Policeman |
| 1965–1968 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) | Narrator | Hank Kellogg | Lt. Flaherty ... |
| 1968 | Madigan | Ptl. Philip Downes |
| 1967–1968 | The Monkees (TV Series) | Manager | D. A. |
| 1967–1968 | Bewitched (TV Series) | Bill Walters | Arch Wilkerson |
| 1967 | Iron Horse (TV Series) | Dr. Thompson |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) | Claude Ostler |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series) | Gunther Berger |
| 1967 | The Virginian (TV Series) | Corey |
| 1967 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) | Mr. Gilbert, the Prosecutor |
| 1967 | The Second Hundred Years (TV Series) | Ralph Wilson |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) | Major Overland |
| 1967 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls | Bendell |
| 1960–1967 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) | Howard Franklin | Michael Tarpey | Michael Parpey ... |
| 1967 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) | Lt. Shaeffer |
| 1967 | Rango (TV Series) | Sheriff |
| 1967 | Tarzan (TV Series) | Michael O'Brian |
| 1965–1967 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) | Paul J. Lambert | Governor Bradford | Sam Jameson |
| 1966 | Run Buddy Run (TV Series) | Jake |
| 1960–1966 | Perry Mason (TV Series) | William March | Albert King | Sidney L. Garth ... |
| 1965–1966 | McHale's Navy (TV Series) | Colonel Harrigan | Col. Harrigan | Col. Douglas Harrigan |
| 1966 | Blue Light (TV Series) | Schreiber |
| 1962–1966 | Ben Casey (TV Series) | Curt Bowers |
| 1965 | The Munsters (TV Series) | Ralph, the Husband | 'Leadfoot' Baylor |
| 1965 | Honey West (TV Series) | Fred Cody |
| 1965 | McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force | Col. Platt |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | Salesman |
| 1964–1965 | Peyton Place (TV Series) | George Anderson |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Dr. Baxter |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) | Dr. George Tower |
| 1965 | Combat! (TV Series) | Major Mueller |
| 1964–1965 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) | Commercial Man | Joe - Butcher |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Truck Driver |
| 1964 | My Living Doll (TV Series) | Dr. Carl Miller |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) | Graham MacNamee |
| 1963–1964 | The Fugitive (TV Series) | Keller | Brown | Airplane Passenger |
| 1964 | The Third Man (TV Series) | Steve Garson |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Croupier (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Marnie | First Detective |
| 1963–1964 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) | Major Al Barker | Maj. Adam Butler |
| 1964 | The Greatest Show on Earth (TV Series) | Spike Samson |
| 1963–1964 | My Favorite Martian (TV Series) | Ass't D.A. Ronald Bradley | Lt. Harland |
| 1964 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) | Guard Sergeant |
| 1963 | Dead Ringer | Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) | Mr. Gilmore |
| 1963 | Twilight of Honor | Man Stirring Up Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) | Lee Trella |
| 1962–1963 | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (TV Series) | Mulligan |
| 1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1960–1963 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) | Townsman | Cop |
| 1961–1962 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) | Sam Allen | Security Officer |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) | Mills |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) | Jerry Spangler | Gerald Spangler | Gerald Spanglor |
| 1962 | Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) | Les Horgan |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners (TV Series) | Mike |
| 1961–1962 | Route 66 (TV Series) | Wasson | Nightclub Romeo | Cooper |
| 1962 | The New Breed (TV Series) | Sergeant Rayless |
| 1962 | Shannon (TV Series) | Bob Waters |
| 1961–1962 | Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series) | Gil Dayton |
| 1962 | Father of the Bride (TV Series) | Police Sergeant |
| 1962 | Laramie (TV Series) | Bartender |
| 1962 | Hennesey (TV Series) | Manager |
| 1962 | Hazel (TV Series) | Pitchman |
| 1962 | 13 West Street | Joe Bradford |
| 1961 | Follow the Sun (TV Series) | Lt. Langley |
| 1960–1961 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) | Clerk | Mr. Fleming |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Narcotics Detective Cronberger (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) | Sgt. Kaline |
| 1961 | The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) | J.A. Wethering, D.A. |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) | Dunn (as Henry K. Beckman) |
| 1960–1961 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series) | Officer | Policeman |
| 1960 | Hong Kong (TV Series) | Brody |
| 1960 | Two Faces West (TV Series) | Duvall |
| 1960 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) | Hal |
| 1960 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) | Huey |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush | Bill Watts (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Black Saddle (TV Series) | Richard Talbot |
| 1960 | The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) | Chairman |
| 1959 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) | Jules Burnett |
| 1959 | Police Station (TV Series) | Detective Stan Abramson |
| 1959 | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) | Mexican Girl's Husband (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Naked City (TV Series) | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) | Lt. Rush |
| 1957 | Decoy (TV Series) | Frank Bandiner |
| 1957 | So Lovely... So Deadly | Steve Clark |
| 1955–1957 | Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (TV Series) | Louis | Private Miller |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Prisoner at Arraignment Hearing (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Appointment with Adventure (TV Series) | Policeman |
| 1955 | I Spy (TV Series) | Ashby |
| 1954–1955 | Flash Gordon (TV Series) | Cmdr. Paul Richards | Commander Richards | Commander Paul Richards |
| 1955 | Justice (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1953 | Studio One (TV Series) | Harry |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Niagara | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1951–1952 | The Web (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1952 | Suspense (TV Series) | Reporter | Aide |
| 1951 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1950 | The Clock (TV Series) | Unknown |
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