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Noah Beery

Acting Born Jan 16, 1882 Died Apr 1, 1946 Clay County, Missouri, USA 196 credits
196
Total Credits
1978
59 Years Career Span
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Key Co-Stars

Biography

Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor born in Clay County, Missouri. Sources cite his birth date as either January 16, 1882, or January 17, 1882, and note that he died on April 1, 1946, at the age of sixty-four. He appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946, accumulating 195 known acting credits. He was a major player in silent films before moving into B-movies in the 1930s, establishing himself as an early and memorable villain. He was also known professionally by the alternate name Noah Beer. His brother, Wallace Beery, was a successful film actor, and his son was actor Noah Beery, Jr., also known as Noah Lindsey Beery.

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Career

Career overview

Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor born in Clay County, Missouri, whose career in film spanned from 1913 until his death in 1946. Sources note his birth date as either January 16, 1882, or January 17, 1882, and his death occurred on April 1, 1946, at the age of sixty-four. Throughout his active years in the motion picture industry, he amassed 195 known acting credits and was also known by the alternative name Noah Beer.

As his career progressed, Noah Beery Sr. established himself as a major player in silent films before transitioning into B-movies during the 1930s. In this later period, he became recognized as one of the earliest and most memorable villains of that era.

Within his family, Noah Beery had personal connections to other figures in the entertainment industry. His brother, Wallace Beery, was also a successful film actor, and his son was the actor Noah Berry, Jr., who was also known professionally as Noah Beery, Jr. or Noah Beery.

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Known for

Film

Blue Sunshine

as Noah Beery
Film

Blue Sunshine

as J. A. Marsden

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

as The General

You and Idol Precure

as Marshal Blake

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts

as Longshoreman

Frequent co-stars

Helen Christian 1 shared title
Reed Howes 1 shared title
John Carroll 1 shared title
John Wayne 1 shared title
Bob Kortman 1 shared title
Edmund Cobb 1 shared title
Brooks Benedict 1 shared title
Duncan Renaldo 1 shared title
Richard Alexander 1 shared title
Roy Rogers 1 shared title

Career timeline

Western von gesternWestern von gestern
The Great Chase
This Man's NavySing Me a Song of Texas
Gentle AnnieBarbary Coast GentBlock BustersMillion Dollar Kid
Salute to the MarinesMr. Muggs Steps OutClancy Street BoysCarson City Cyclone
Tennessee JohnsonOutlaws of Pine RidgeOverland MailThe Devil's TrailPardon My Gun
A Missouri Outlaw
Adventures of Red RyderGrandpa Goes To TownPioneers of the WestThe Tulsa Kid
Land of LibertyMutiny on the BlackhawkMexicali Rose
The Girl of the Golden WestPanamint's Bad Man
Our Fighting NavyZorro Rides AgainThe FrogThe Bad Man of Brimstone
The Crimson CircleStrangers on HoneymoonSomeone at the DoorThe Avenging HandThe Marriage of Corbal
King of the Damned
Cockeyed CavaliersThe Trail BeyondCaravanKentucky KernelsDavid Harum
Buffalo StampedeShe Done Him WrongMan of the ForestLaughing at LifeTo the Last Man
No Living WitnessCorneredThe Big StampedeThe Kid from SpainRunning Hollywood
The MillionaireHomicide SquadStranger in TownRiders of the Purple SageShanghaied Love
Show Girl in HollywoodGolden DawnThe Song of the FlameOh, Sailor, Behave!The Way of All Men
The Show of ShowsCareersDreary HouseLindaGlorifying the American Girl
Hellship BronsonThe Godless GirlNoah's ArkBeau SabreurTwo Lovers
The Love MartThe DoveThe Rough RidersEvening Clothes
Beau GestePadlockedThe Enchanted HillParadiseThe Crown of Lies
The SpaniardThe Vanishing AmericanOld ShoesContrabandThe Thundering Herd
Welcome StrangerThe Fighting CowardThe Heritage of the DesertWanderer of the WastelandThe Female
StormsweptDesireTipped OffHollywoodWandering Daughters
Omar the TentmakerYouth to YouthBelle of AlaskaI Am the LawGood Men and True
Bob Hampton of PlacerBits of LifeLotus BlossomThe Call of the North
The Mark of ZorroThe Mutiny of the ElsinoreGo and Get ItThe Sea WolfDinty
LouisianaIn MizzouraA Very Good Young ManThe Red LanternThe Valley of the Giants
Believe Me, XantippeToo Many MillionsThe Squaw ManHis Robe of HonorOld Wives for New

Full Filmography

196 titles
  • Western von gestern (1978) as Noah Beery
  • Western von gestern (1978) as J. A. Marsden
  • The Great Chase (1962)
  • This Man's Navy (1945) as Joe Hodum
  • Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945) as Charley Bronson
  • Gentle Annie (1944) as Hansen (Noah Berry Sr.)
  • Barbary Coast Gent (1944) as Pete Hanibal (as Noah Beery Sr.)
  • Block Busters (1944) as Judge
  • Million Dollar Kid (1944) as Captain Mathews
  • Salute to the Marines (1943) as Adjutant
  • Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
  • Clancy Street Boys (1943) as Pete Monahan
  • Carson City Cyclone (1943) as Benjamin Phalen
  • Tennessee Johnson (1942) as Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
  • Outlaws of Pine Ridge (1942) as Honest John Hollister
  • Overland Mail (1942) as Frank Chadwick (as Noah Beery Sr.)
  • The Devil's Trail (1942) as Bull McQuade
  • Pardon My Gun (1942) as Judge W. B. Hackett (uncredited)
  • A Missouri Outlaw (1941) as Sheriff Ben Dixon
  • Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) as Ace Hanlon
  • Grandpa Goes To Town (1940) as Sam
  • Pioneers of the West (1940) as Judge Platt
  • The Tulsa Kid (1940) as Montana Smith
  • Land of Liberty (1939) as (archive footage)
  • Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) as Captain of the 'Blackhawk'
  • Mexicali Rose (1939) as Valdez
  • The Girl of the Golden West (1938) as The General
  • Panamint's Bad Man (1938) as King Gorman
  • Our Fighting Navy (1937) as The Presidente of Bianco
  • Zorro Rides Again (1937) as J.A. Marsden
  • The Frog (1937) as Joshua Broad
  • The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) as Ambrose Crocker
  • The Crimson Circle (1936) as Felix Marl
  • Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) as Redbeard
  • Someone at the Door (1936) as Harry Capel
  • The Avenging Hand (1936) as Lee Barwell
  • The Marriage of Corbal (1936) as The Sergeant
  • King of the Damned (1935) as Mooche
  • Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) as The Baron
  • The Trail Beyond (1934) as George Newsome
  • Caravan (1934) as Innkeeper
  • Kentucky Kernels (1934) as Colonel Wakefield
  • David Harum (1934) as Woolsey
  • Klondike Gold (1934) as George
  • Mystery Liner (1934) as Capt. John Holling
  • Madame Spy (1934) as Gen. Philipow
  • Happy Landing (1934) as Capt. Terris
  • Buffalo Stampede (1933) as Randall Jett
  • She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Gus Jordan
  • Man of the Forest (1933) as Clint Beasley
  • Laughing at Life (1933) as Hauseman
  • To the Last Man (1933) as Jed Colby
  • Sunset Pass (1933) as Marshal Blake
  • The Woman I Stole (1933) as General Rayon
  • Fighting With Kit Carson (1933) as Cyrus Kraft (as Noah Berry Sr.)
  • The Flaming Signal (1933) as Otto Von Krantz
  • No Living Witness (1932) as Clyde Corbin
  • Cornered (1932) as Laughing Red Slavens
  • The Big Stampede (1932) as Sam Crew
  • The Kid from Spain (1932) as Alonzo Gomez
  • Running Hollywood (1932) as Justice of the Peace
  • The Stoker (1932) as Santini
  • The Devil Horse (1932) as Canfield
  • The Drifter (1932) as John McNary
  • Out of Singapore (1932) as 1st Mate Woolf Barstow
  • The Millionaire (1931) as Peterson
  • Homicide Squad (1931) as Captain Buckley
  • Stranger in Town (1931) as Constable Hilliker
  • Riders of the Purple Sage (1931) as Judge Dyer
  • Shanghaied Love (1931) as Capt. "Black Yankee" Angus Swope
  • Honeymoon Lane (1931) as Tom Baggott
  • In Line of Duty (1931) as Jean Duchene
  • Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) as Noah Beery
  • Golden Dawn (1930) as Shep Keyes
  • The Song of the Flame (1930) as Konstantin
  • Oh, Sailor, Behave! (1930) as Romanian General
  • The Way of All Men (1930) as Stratton
  • Under a Texas Moon (1930) as Jed Parker
  • Tol'able David (1930) as Luke
  • Renegades (1930) as Thurman Machwurth
  • Isle of Escape (1930) as Shane
  • A Soldier's Plaything (1930) as Capt. Plover
  • Bright Lights (1930) as Miguel Parada
  • The Love Trader (1930) as Captain Morton
  • Murder Will Out (1930) as Lt. Concon
  • Big Boy (1930) as Bagby
  • The Show of Shows (1929) as Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
  • Careers (1929) as The President
  • Dreary House (1929) as Robert Wheeler
  • Linda (1929) as Armstrong Decker
  • Glorifying the American Girl (1929) as Self (uncredited)
  • Love In The Desert (1929) as Abdullah
  • The Four Feathers (1929) as Slave Trader
  • The Isle of Lost Ships (1929) as Captain Peter Forbes
  • Hellship Bronson (1928) as Capt. Ira Bronson
  • The Godless Girl (1928) as The Brute
  • Noah's Ark (1928) as Nickoloff / King Nephilim
  • Beau Sabreur (1928) as Sheikh El Hammel
  • Two Lovers (1928) as The Duke of Azar
  • The Love Mart (1927) as Capt. Remy
  • The Dove (1927) as Don José María y Sandoval
  • The Rough Riders (1927) as Hell's Bells
  • Evening Clothes (1927) as Lazarre
  • Beau Geste (1926) as Sgt. Lejaune
  • Padlocked (1926) as Henry Gilbert
  • The Enchanted Hill (1926) as Jake Dort
  • Paradise (1926) as Quex
  • The Crown of Lies (1926) as Count Mirko
  • North of 36 (1926) as Slim Rudabaugh
  • The Spaniard (1925) as Gómez
  • The Vanishing American (1925) as Booker
  • Old Shoes (1925) as Joseph-The Stepfather
  • Contraband (1925) as Deputy Jenney
  • The Thundering Herd (1925) as Randall Jett
  • Wild Horse Mesa (1925) as Bud McPherson
  • East of Suez (1925) as British Consul
  • Folly of Youth (1925) as Lee Haynes
  • The Light of Western Stars (1925) as Brand
  • Lord Jim (1925) as Captain Brown
  • The Coming of Amos (1925) as Ramón Garcia
  • Welcome Stranger (1924) as Icahod Whitson
  • The Fighting Coward (1924) as Capt. Blackie
  • The Heritage of the Desert (1924) as Holderness
  • Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) as Dismukes
  • The Female (1924) as Barend de Beer
  • Lily of the Dust (1924) as Col. Mertzbach
  • Stormswept (1923) as Shark Moran
  • Desire (1923) as Hop Lee
  • Tipped Off (1923) as Chang Wo
  • Hollywood (1923) as Noah Beery
  • Wandering Daughters (1923) as Charle Horton
  • The Forbidden Lover (1923) as Don Almada
  • To the Last Man (1923) as Colter
  • Main Street (1923) as Adolph Valborg
  • Quicksands (1923) as 'Silent' Krupz
  • The Destroying Angel (1923) as Curtis Drummond
  • Stephen Steps Out (1923) as Muley Pasha
  • Soul of the Beast (1923) as Caesar Durand
  • The Call of the Canyon (1923) as Haze Ruff
  • The Spoilers (1923) as Alex McNamara
  • The Spider and the Rose (1923) as Maître Renaud
  • His Last Race (1923)
  • Dangerous Trails (1923) as Insp. Criswell
  • Omar the Tentmaker (1922) as The shah of shahs
  • Youth to Youth (1922) as Brutus Tawney
  • Belle of Alaska (1922) as Wade Harkin
  • I Am the Law (1922) as Sgt. Georges Mordeaux
  • Good Men and True (1922) as S.S. Thorpe
  • Flesh and Blood (1922) as Li Fang
  • Wild Honey (1922) as Henry Porthen
  • Ebb Tide (1922) as Richard Attwater
  • Tillie (1922) as Jacob Getz
  • The Heart Specialist (1922) as Dr. Thomas Fitch
  • The Crossroads of New York (1922) as James Flint
  • The Power of Love (1922) as Don Almeda
  • Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) as Red Slavin
  • Bits of Life (1921) as Hindoo
  • Lotus Blossom (1921)
  • The Call of the North (1921) as Galen Albret
  • The Mark of Zorro (1920) as Sgt. Pedro Gonzales
  • The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920) as Andreas Mellzire
  • Go and Get It (1920) as Dr. Ord
  • The Sea Wolf (1920) as 'Wolf' Larsen
  • Dinty (1920) as Wong Tai
  • The Scoffer (1920) as Boorman
  • The Sagebrusher (1920) as Sim Gage
  • The Fighting Shepherdess (1920) as Mormon Joe
  • Love Madness (1920) as Jack Frost
  • Louisiana (1919) as Lem Rogers
  • In Mizzoura (1919) as Jo Vernon
  • A Very Good Young Man (1919) as Blood
  • The Red Lantern (1919) as Dr. Sam Wang
  • The Valley of the Giants (1919) as Black Minorca
  • Under the Top (1919) as Prof. De Como
  • Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) as Town Marshal
  • Everywoman (1919) as Bluff
  • Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) as Sheriff Kamman
  • Too Many Millions (1918) as R.A. Bass
  • The Squaw Man (1918) as Tabywana
  • His Robe of Honor (1918) as 'Boss' Nordhoff
  • Old Wives for New (1918) as Doctor (uncredited)
  • The Whispering Chorus (1918) as Longshoreman
  • Hidden Pearls (1918) as Teariki
  • The Goat (1918) as Cowboy
  • The Source (1918) as John Nord
  • The White Man's Law (1918) as Dr. Robinson
  • Less Than Kin (1918) as Senor Cortez
  • Social Ambition (1918) as Big Dan Johnson
  • The Sacrifice (1917) as Count Wenzel
  • A Mormon Maid (1917) as Darius Burr
  • The Spirit of '76 (1917) as George Washington
  • The Hostage (1917) as Boyadi
  • The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917) as Adrian Graw
  • The Social Highwayman (1916) as Hugh Jaffray
  • The Purple Night (1915) as Billy Clark - the Gangster
  • Desert Command as Stubbs

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Noah Beery best known for?

Noah Beery is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Blue Sunshine (1977), Blue Sunshine (1977), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1991), You and Idol Precure (2025).

When and where was Noah Beery born?

Noah Beery was born on January 16, 1882 in Clay County, Missouri, USA. They passed away on April 1, 1946.

How many credits does Noah Beery have?

Noah Beery has accumulated over 196 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1978.

What is Noah Beery's background in cinema and television?

Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor born in Clay County, Missouri. Sources cite his birth date as either January 16, 1882, or January 17, 1882, and note that he died on April 1, 1946, at the age of sixty-four. He appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946, accumulating 195 known acting credits. He was a ...