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Henry Beckman

Highest Rated: 81% The Brood (1979)

Lowest Rated: 17% Death Hunt (1981)

Birthday: Nov 26, 1921

Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

A veteran character actor and seasoned stage performer, Henry Beckman enjoyed a half-century run of memorable performances on film and TV. After serving in the Canadian military during World War II, Beckman returned to the United States and caught a major break when he was cast as heroic Commander Paul Richards on the popular sci-fi serial "Flash Gordon." By the '60s Beckman had established himself as a versatile supporting player; he played a trash-talking construction worker in the sitcom "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" and a scheming Army colonel in the military comedy "McHale's Navy," and appeared in many of the popular Western shows of the time, like "The Virginian" and "Have Gun--Will Travel." He landed a recurring role as abusive husband George Anderson on the soap opera "Peyton Place," based on the 1956 novel about a seemingly perfect New England town. He left the show after just one season and worked steadily for several years before landing a lead role opposite Jack Palance in the cop drama "Bronk"; he played Harry Mark, a retired policeman with a second career as a junkyard dealer. One of his most memorable film roles, as distraught father Barton Kelly, came in David Cronenberg's "The Brood," a gruesome bio-horror film about a psychotherapist who treats his patients with unorthodox techniques.

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Highest rated movies

81% 68% The Brood
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40% 61% The Stalking Moon
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17% 70% Death Hunt
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
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Indict and Convict
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Bronk
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While Justice Sleeps
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Brock's Last Case
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The Harness
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Family Reunion
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 47% Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage Narrator (Voice) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet While Justice Sleeps Ned Stokes (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Upstairs Sheriff (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Reunion Leo (Character) - 1988
17% 70% Death Hunt Bill Luce (Character) - 1981
81% 68% The Brood Barton Kelly (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 40% Blood & Guts Red Henkel (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Harry Mark (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indict and Convict Mav Theisen (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Why Rock the Boat? Philip Butcher (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brock's Last Case Jake Hinkley (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Between Friends Will (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beg, Borrow... or Steal Hal Cooper (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Merry Wives of Tobias Rouke Tobias Rouke (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Harness Doc Marn (Character) - 1971
40% 61% The Stalking Moon Sgt. Rudabaugh (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Caper of the Golden Bulls Bendell (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 53% McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force Col. Platt (Character) - 1965

TV

Credit
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Townsperson (Character) 1960 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Brad Holland (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Marshal Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
74% 86% The X-Files Detective Frank Briggs (Guest Star) 1993-1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Dr. Kranz (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Mr. Merriwell Blythe (Character) 1992
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Partners in Crime The General (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Sheriff Neal (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Back, Kotter Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Nathaniel Morgan (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Professor Garrity (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Harry Mark (Character) 1975-1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Six Million Dollar Man Robert Meyer (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barney Miller Lyman Cooper (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Billy Burrows (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Danny's Manager (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Duff (Guest Star) 1962 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Garbash (Character) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shaft Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here's Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Leonard Duncan (Guest Star) 1967 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Me and the Chimp Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funny Face Pat (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Life Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1968 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Interns Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here Come the Brides Captain Roland Frances Clancey (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adam-12 Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet 58% I Dream of Jeannie Policeman (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet 48% Bewitched Arch Wilkerson (Guest Star) 1967-1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Garrison's Gorillas Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 88% The Andy Griffith Show Mr. Gilbert, the prosecutor (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Nun Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Michael O'Brian (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Albert King (Guest Star) 1960 1962 1965-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Curt Bowers (Guest Star) 1962 1966
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
83% 92% The Munsters Ralph (Guest Star) 1965
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Brown (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lieutenant Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Favorite Martian Unknown (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'm Dickens ... He's Fenster Mulligan (Character) 1962-1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Father of the Bride Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Bartender (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Lucky Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suspense Unknown (Character) 1952