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Noah Beery
American actor (1882–1946)
For his son, see Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominent character actor Noah Beery Jr. He was billed as either Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr. depending upon the film.
Early life
Noah Nicholas Beery was born on a farm in Clay County, Missouri, not far from Smithville.[1] The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to nearby Kansas City, Missouri, where the father was employed as a police officer. While still a young boy Beery got his first exposure to theatre, and at the same time showed budding entrepreneurship by selling lemon drops at the Gillis Theater in Kansas City.[2]
Beery's deep, rich voice in his early teens led several actors at the Gillis Theater to encourage him to take singing lessons and consider a career as a performer. A summer of singing at Kansas City's Elect
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January 17th, 1882 — April 1st, 1946
Above: A publicity portrait of Noah Beery Sr., circa 1943.
A major player in silent films, Noah Beery Sr. slid into B-movies in the 1930s, becoming one of the earliest and most memorable villains of the sound serial era. With his stocky build, dark complexion, moustache, and bushy eyebrows, Beery was the picture of a classic melodrama heavy, and he played his scowling, scheming villains with all the gusto of an old-time stage trouper. However, Beery’s villains had another side to them; when he was using his deep bass voice and jovial laugh to make the heroes think he was a fine fellow, he was so appealing that the audiences couldn’t blame the protagonists for being deceived. Indeed, the audiences themselves, even with knowledge of Beery’s true motives, found themselves almost liking his villainous characters; his energy and zest was infectious, whether he was smiling and joking with the hero or casually plotting the hero’s death. Fans never wanted Beery to succeed in his evildoing, but it was hard not to feel a twinge
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Respected character actor of the silent and early sound period, specializing in cruel villains. The son of Kansas City policeman Noah Webster Beery and Frances Margaret Fitzgerald Beery, Noah Nicholas Beery and his younger brother Wallace Beery both left home in their teens, each seeking a career as a performer. Noah made his stage debut at the age of 16 and worked steadily in the theatre until his early 30s. Following his brother into films, he quickly established himself as a competent player and a familiar heavy in all sorts of films, particularly westerns. He never achieved the great fame of his younger brother, but succeeded in carving a memorable niche for himself in the history of film. His son Noah Beery Jr. became equally familiar as a character actor, though usually in more genial roles.
BornJanuary 17, 1882
DiedApril 1, 1946(64)
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