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. Beery's father, Noah Nicholas Beery (known professionally as Noah Beery or Noah Beery, Sr.), enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as a major supporting actor.Beery was best known as James Garner's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the NBC television series The Rockford Files (1974-80).
August 10, 1913, New York City, New York, United States
Died
November 1, 1994, Tehachapi, California, United States
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Height
5' 11" (1.8 m)
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Children
Bucklind Beery, Melissa Beery, Muffett Beery
Parents
Marguerite Lindsay, Noah Beery, Sr.
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
1
Was the second actor to play the father of the character 'Jim Rockford' in the series "The Rockford Files." Another actor, Robert Donley, played Jim's father in the pilot for the series.
2
Best known by the public for his role as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford on The Rockford Files (1974).
3
Despite the use of "Jr." and "Sr." to distinguish father and son actors, neither Noah Beery nor Noah Beery Jr., nor their father and grandfather, respectively, had the same middle name. The three generations were: policeman Noah Webster Beery, father of actor Noah Nicholas Beery, and grandfather of actor Noah Lindsey Beery.
4
Once said his favorite of his own movies was Red River (1948).
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford, Beery's character on The Rockford Files (1974), was ranked #45 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hondo
1967
TV Series
Buffalo Baker
Combat!
1967
TV Series
Hank Davis
The Monroes
1966
TV Series
Alkali Tom
Laredo
1966
TV Series
Ezekiel Fry
Gunsmoke
1964-1966
TV Series
John-Two-Bears / Nate Guthrie
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
O'Rourke (as Noah Beery)
Perry Mason
1965
TV Series
Lucas Tolliver / Tony Claus
Branded
1965
TV Series
Maj. Lynch
The Littlest Hobo
1965
TV Series
Sheriff / Miles Winslow
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Tim Mitchell
Wagon Train
1960-1964
TV Series
Stump Beasley / Ruddy Blaine / Jonas Murdock
Postmark: Jim Fletcher
1963
TV Movie
Temple Houston
1963
TV Series
Bailey
The Great Adventure
1963
TV Series
Jervis
Death Valley Days
1963
TV Series
Abel
Wide Country
1962
TV Series
Barney Hamlin
Route 66
1962
TV Series
Emlyn Job
Adventures in Paradise
1961
TV Series
Jon Peterson
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1961
TV Series
Barney Durant / El Gato
The Real McCoys
1961
TV Series
Claude McCoy
Riverboat
1960-1961
TV Series
Bill Blake
The Robert Herridge Theater
1960
TV Series
Carnival Worker
Inherit the Wind
1960
John Stebbins
Guns of the Timberland
1960
Blackie (as Noah Beery)
General Electric Theater
1959
TV Series
Cotton Follard
Rawhide
1959
TV Series
Arkansas
Escort West
1959
Lt. Jamison
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
M / Sgt. Rich
Circus Boy
1956-1957
TV Series
Joey, the Clown
Climax!
1957
TV Series
Rev. Hall / The Sheriff
Decision at Sundown
1957
Sam (as Noah Beery)
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
Dink Wells (as Noah Beery)
Jubal
1956
Sam - Horgan Rider
Crossroads
1956
TV Series
Schlitz Playhouse
1955
TV Series
White Feather
1955
Lt. Ferguson (as Noah Beery)
The Black Dakotas
1954
Gimpy Joe Woods
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Tonio Perez (as Noah Beery)
War Arrow
1953
Sgt. Augustus Wilks (as Noah Beery)
Wings of the Hawk
1953
Pascual Orozco (as Noah Beery)
Your Favorite Story
1953
TV Series
Tropic Zone
1953
Tapachula Sam (as Noah Beery)
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
Wiley Post
Wagons West
1952
Arch Lawrence
The Cimarron Kid
1952
Bob Dalton (as Noah Beery)
The Texas Rangers
1951
Buff Smith
The Last Outpost
1951
Sgt. Calhoun (as Noah Beery)
Two Flags West
1950
Cy Davis (as Noah Beery)
Rocketship X-M
1950
Maj. William Corrigan
The Savage Horde
1950
Glenn Larrabee (as Noah Beery)
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
Tex McGee
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Little Bill
Indian Agent
1948
Chief Red Fox
Red River
1948
Buster McGee
The Cat Creeps
1946
Pidge 'Flash' Laurie
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
Ben Dalton
The Crimson Canary
1945
Danny Brooks
The Beautiful Cheat
1945
Prof. Alexander Haven
See My Lawyer
1945
Arthur Lane
Her Lucky Night
1945
Larry
Under Western Skies
1945
Tod Howell
Hi, Beautiful
1944
Jeff Peters
Allergic to Love
1944
Kip Henderson
Follow the Boys
1944
Noah Beery Jr. (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
1944
Johnny Adams
To the People of the United States
1943
Documentary short
Bomber Ground Crew (uncredited)
'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
1943
Cpl. Kurt Richter
Corvette K-225
1943
Stone
Top Man
1943
Ed Thompson
Frontier Badmen
1943
Jim Cardwell
We've Never Been Licked
1943
Cyanide Jenkins
Prairie Chickens
1943
Pidge
Calaboose
1943
Pidge Crosby
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
Butch
Overland Mail
1942
Sierra Pete
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
Short
Pidge Crosby
Hay Foot
1942
Sgt. Charlie Cobb
All-American Co-Ed
1941
Slinky
Tanks a Million
1941
Charlie Cobb
Two in a Taxi
1941
Sandy Connors
Sergeant York
1941
Buck Lipscomb
Riders of Death Valley
1941
Smokey
The Carson City Kid
1940
Scott 'Arizona' Warren
Passport to Alcatraz
1940
Ray Nolan
20 Mule Team
1940
Mitch
The Light of Western Stars
1940
Poco
Of Mice and Men
1939
Whit
Glove Slingers
1939
Short
Terry 'Spider Lewis' Kelly
Parents on Trial
1939
Jerry Kearns
Flight at Midnight
1939
'Torpy' McDonald
Bad Lands
1939
Chick Lyman
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
Joe Souther
Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
Mart
Girls' School
1938
George
Forbidden Valley
1938
Ring Hazzard
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1937
Bud Mason
Trouble at Midnight
1937
Kirk Cameron
The Road Back
1937
Wessling
The Mighty Treve
1937
Bud McClelland
Ace Drummond
1936
Jerry
Parole!
1936
Bobby Freeman
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
Skeeter Milligan
Stormy
1935
Stormy
The Call of the Savage
1935
Jan Trevor
Devil's Canyon
1935
Five Bad Men
1935
Gene Taggart
Tailspin Tommy
1934
Skeeter Milligan
The Trail Beyond
1934
Wabi
Viva Villa!
1934
scenes deleted
Fighting with Kit Carson
1933
Nakomas
The Three Musketeers
1933
Stubbs [Chs. 1-2, 10]
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
Danny Brand
Jungle Mystery
1932
Fred Oakes
Heroes of the West
1932
Noah Blaine
Renegades
1930
Young Legionnaire (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
Noah Beery Jr. - Cameo Appearance at Premiere (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929
Stage Boy (uncredited)
Penrod
1922
uncredited
The Mark of Zorro
1920
Boy (uncredited)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
1920
Andreas Mellaire
The Love Boat
1980-1986
TV Series
Daryl Wilcox / Gordon Layton
Murder, She Wrote
1985
TV Series
Doc Wallace
Trapper John, M.D.
1985
TV Series
Buckaroo Bob Morgan
Cover Up
1984
TV Series
Graham
Hot Pursuit
1984
TV Series
Henry Brooks
The Yellow Rose
1983-1984
TV Series
Luther Dillard
Waltz Across Texas
1982
Joe Locker
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Edsel (as Noah Beery)
Mysterious Two
1982
TV Movie
Sheriff Virgil Molloy
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
1982
TV Movie
Sheriff Hawkins
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1977-1982
TV Series
Uncle Ben / Doc Manners
The Quest
1982
TV Series
Arthur Henley
Magnum, P.I.
1981
TV Series
Floyd Lewellen
The Big Stuffed Dog
1981
TV Movie
Petey's Grandfather (as Noah Beery)
Vega$
1981
TV Series
Josiah Sparks
Fantasy Island
1981
TV Series
Otis T. Boggs
Revenge of the Gray Gang
1981
TV Movie
Milo Hoots
The Asphalt Cowboy
1980
TV Movie
Sgt. Brown
Gridlock
1980
TV Movie
Barney
The Rockford Files
1974-1980
TV Series
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
ABC Weekend Specials
1979
TV Series
Billy
Eight Is Enough
1979
TV Series
Dutch
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1979
TV Series
Mordechai
The Bastard
1978
TV Movie
Dan O'Brien
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
1977
TV Movie
Doc Manners
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
TV Movie
Oliver Powers
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-1976
TV Series
Officer Banner / Tom Molson
Ellery Queen
1976
TV Series
Lionel Briggs
Walking Tall Part II
1975
Carl Pusser (as Noah Beery)
Savages
1974
TV Movie
George Whiting (as Noah Beery)
The Spikes Gang
1974
Basset (as Noah Beery)
Sidekicks
1974
TV Movie
Tom
The Streets of San Francisco
1974
TV Series
Marty Jensen
The Waltons
1974
TV Series
Charlie Harmon
Police Story
1973
TV Series
Hecker
The Alpha Caper
1973
TV Movie
Harry Balsam
Doc Elliot
1973
TV Series
Barney Weeks
Walking Tall
1973
Grandpa (as Noah Beery)
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
Julie
Me and the Chimp
1972
TV Series
Beetley
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV Series
Sheriff
Lassie
1966-1970
TV Series
Ramsey Harris / Carl Bryan
The Virginian
1966-1970
TV Series
Morgan / Will Baxter / Ed Simpson
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
1970
Seally Fauss (as Noah Beery)
The Murdocks and the McClays
1970
TV Movie
Calvin Murdock (as Noah Beery)
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Eddie
The High Chaparral
1970
TV Series
Hannibal Clay
Heaven with a Gun
1969
Garvey
Lancer
1969
TV Series
Dan Hamlin
Journey to Shiloh
1968
Sgt. Mercer Barnes (as Noah Beery)
Bonanza
1965-1968
TV Series
Johnny Mule / Lothario Larkin
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rockford Files
1979
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Circus Boy
1956-1957
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Calaboose
1943
performer: "West Wind Whistling"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994
TV Movie dedicatee: to the memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 25 Years of Science Fiction
1984
TV Movie documentary
actor 'Rocket Ship X-M'
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1979
TV Special
Himself - Nominee
Adventures of Noah Beery Jr.
1954
TV Series
Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons
1946
Documentary short
Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12
1939
Documentary short
Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9
1939
Documentary short
Himself, Horse Show Attendee
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
2005
TV Movie documentary
Major William Corrigan (uncredited)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Documentary
Himself
The 67th Annual Academy Awards
1995
TV Special
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
TV Movie
Buffalo Baker (as Noah Beery)
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
1966
Maj. Lynch
Savage Fury
1956
Jan of the Jungle
The Indian Raiders
1956
Short
Sierra Pete
Squadron of Doom
1949
TV Movie
Jerry
Desert Command
1946
Stubbs
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1990
Golden Boot
Golden Boot Awards
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 7047 Hollywood Blvd.
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1980
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
The Rockford Files (1974)
1979
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
The Rockford Files (1974)
1977
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series