His film credits include: "Heroes of the West" (1932) as Noah Blaine; "Tailspin Tommy" (1934) as Peter 'Skeeter' Milligan; "Stormy" (1935) as Stormy; "Ace Drummond" (1936) as Jerry; "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939) as Joe Souther; "Of Mice and Men" (1939) with Lon Chaney Jr., as Whit; "20 Mule Team" (1940) as Mitch; "Sergeant York" (1941) with Gary Cooper, as Buck Lipscomb; "'Neath the Brooklyn Bridge" (1942) as Butch; "The Daltons Ride Again" (1945) as Ben Dalton; "Red River" (1948) with John Wayne, as Buster McGee; "Two Flags West" (1950) as Cy Davis; "Rocketship X-M (1950) as Maj. William Corrigan; Disney's "Davey Crockett, Indian Scout" (1950) as Tex; "The Cimmaron Kid" (1951) as Bob Dalton; "War Arrow" (1953) as Sgt. Augustus Wilks; "Seven Faces of Dr. Lao" (1964) as Tim Mitchell; "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (1970) as Seally Fauss; "Walking Tall" (1973) as Grandpa; "The Spikes Gang" (1974) as Jack Basset, one of my favorite films and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1980) as Edsel, his last film. He became quite popular on TV as a regular on: "The Adventures of Noah Beery Jr." (1954) an adventure series; "Circus Boy" (1956-58) with Mickey Braddock (later Dolenz), as Joey, the clown; "Riverboat" (1960-61) as Bill Blake; "Hondo" (1967) as Buffalo Baker; "Doc Elliot" (1973-74) as Barney Weeks; "The Rockford Files" (1974-80) as Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford, probably his best known role; "The Quest" (1982) as Art Henley and "The Yellow Rose" (1983-84) as Luther Dillard. He also starred in TV movies and guested on such series as: "Gunsmoke"; "Lassie"; "Wagon Train"; "Perry Mason"; "Magnum P.I." and "Murder She Wrote. He died on November 1, 1994 in Tehachapi, California, at his ranch, of complications of brain surgery at age 81.
I would like any information about Noah Beery. I'm a big fan. I know he passed away in 1994. He was in many westerns like Red Wagon with John Wayne and "Rocky" in the Rockford Files.
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 legendary 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 uptight and concerned father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford on the 1970s television series The Rockford Files.
Beery was born in New York City, New York where his father was working as a stage actor. The family moved to California in 1915 when his father began acting in motion pictures. After attending school in Los Angeles, they moved to a ranch in the San Fernando Valley, a style of living he would maintain for the rest of his life.
At the age of seven, he appeared with his father in The Mark of Zorro and like his father, who immediately began billing himself as "Noah Beery, Sr.," he went on to become a respected character actor. His uncle, Oscar-winning screen phenomenon Wallace Beery, became the world's highest-paid actor by 1932, and while neither Noah nor his father ever approached that level, both had extremely long and memorable film careers. All three acting Beerys physically resembled each other rather closely, but Noah, Jr. lacked a thrillingly powerful voice like his father's and uncle's (which is ironic, since both older Beerys made major careers as supporting actors in silent movies).
Noah Beery, Jr. appeared in dozens of films, including a large early role as John Wayne's action partner in 1934's The Trail Beyond (Wayne was 27 years old and Beery was 21), 20 Mule Team with his uncle, and Red River with Wayne, but is best known for his role as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, the father of Jim Rockford, James Garner's character on the popular television series The Rockford Files (1974-1980). Beery's television work also included a weekly stint as a clown in Circus Boy with Mickey Dolenz in the mid-1950s.
Noah Beery, Jr. died in 1994 in Tehachapi, California of a cerebral thrombosis and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery with his father and mother, Margarite Lindsey. His uncle, Wallace Beery is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. His first wife was Maxine Jones, only child of Western star Buck Jones, until 1966. His second wife was Lisa, until his death. His television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
I loved him in Hondo with Ralph Traeger. It was a TV series based on the famous John Wayne movie. Noah played a cavalry scout and sidekick to Hondo.
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Mary
Didn't much care for his acting skills in his earlier work but he really hit his stride with the Rockford Files and I enjoyed him immensely. I remember watching James Garner get all choked up when speaking of him on the Tonight Show. Although he played Jame's dad they were only 15 years apart in age.
Noah Beery was a GREAT CHARACTER ACTOR! Thank-God he didn't take after his PIECE OF DOG DOO Uncle-Wallace. Here's a little info. regarding Wallace Beery. I read in Gloria Swasnon's Autobiography that she married Wallace Beery-(her first husband) when she and her mother had come to California. I can't remember if Gloria had been in anything prior to marrying Beery. It's been awhile since I read her autobiography, but she stated that one night she began to have a SEVERE stomach ailment. Wallace went to the pharmacy and obtained some kind of liquid. Gloria took the so-called medication, and then became VIOLENTLY ILL. When she had gone to the bathroom to throw up, she also did a few other things that she left up to our imagination to figure out. The next day she looked at the ingredients on the bottle, and to her OUTRAGE it became crystal clear that it was some kind of abortificant. Gloria marched up to the pharmacy and showing the Pharmacist the liquid, said-"I would like a refill." the Pharmacist couldn't even look at her.
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