Frederick G. Beckner Jr. (March 1, 1916 – September 27, 1970) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Pony Deal in the fifth season of the American
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' is the first Western television series written for adults.
Coby died on September 27, 1970, at the age of 54.
Partial filmography
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The Cross of Lorraine
''The Cross of Lorraine'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film about French Prisoner of war, prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp and joining the French Resistance. Directed by Tay Garnett, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly, ...
'' (1943) - French Soldier (uncredited)
* ''
Girl Crazy
''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Co-leads Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman made their stage debuts in the first production and Rogers became an overnight sta ...
'' (1943) - Radio Man (uncredited)
* '' Lost Angel'' (1943) - Bit Role (uncredited)
* ''
A Guy Named Joe
''A Guy Named Joe'' is a 1943 American supernatural romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin and stars Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Fre ...
'' (1943) - Cadet (uncredited)
* '' Two Girls and a Sailor'' (1944) - Sailor (uncredited)
* ''
Meet the People
''Meet the People'' (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its ...
They Were Expendable
''They Were Expendable'' is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the stor ...
'' (1945) - Officer at Airport (uncredited)
* '' The Scarlet Horseman'' (1946) - Tioga
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Without Reservations
''Without Reservations'' is a 1946 RKO Radio Pictures American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claudette Colbert, John Wayne and Don DeFore. The film was adapted by Andrew P. Solt, Andrew Solt from the novel ''Thanks, God! I'l ...
'' (1946) - French Officer (uncredited)
* '' The Brute Man'' (1946) - Young Hal Moffat
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Don Ricardo Returns
''Don Ricardo Returns'' is a 1946 American western drama film.
Plot
After having been abducted and sent away on a ship in 1835, Don Ricardo escapes and makes his way back to Alta California. He returns to exact revenge on those who kidnapped h ...
The Three Musketeers
''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
Pat and Mike
''Pat and Mike'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and directed by George Cukor. Cukor directed ''The Philadelphia Story (film), The Phil ...
'' (1952) - Trooper (uncredited)
* '' Scarlet Angel'' (1952) - Soldier (uncredited)
* '' My Man and I'' (1952) - Detective (uncredited)
* '' Horizons West'' (1952) - Townsman (uncredited)
* '' Above and Beyond'' (1952) - Guard (uncredited)
* '' The Man from the Alamo'' (1953) - Soldier (uncredited)
* '' Devil's Canyon'' (1953) - Cole Gorman (uncredited)
* '' Crime Wave'' (1954) - Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
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A Bullet for Joey
''A Bullet for Joey'' is a 1955 film noir directed by Lewis Allen and starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft. The picture involves a gangster who sneaks into Canada to kidnap a scientist for the communists. The supporting cast features A ...
'' (1955) - Radio Man (uncredited)
* '' Illegal'' (1955) - Prison Guard (uncredited)
* ''
D-Day the Sixth of June
''D-Day the Sixth of June'' is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope romance war film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Harry Brown, based on the ...
My Man Godfrey
''My Man Godfrey'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film. The screenplay for ''My Man Godfr ...
'' (1957) - Investigator
* '' Jailhouse Rock'' (1957) - Jerry the Bartender (uncredited)
* ''
Death Valley Days
''Death Valley Days'' is an American Western (genre), Western anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was ...
No Time for Sergeants
''No Time for Sergeants'' is a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was adapted into a teleplay on '' The United States Steel Hour'', a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. The book chronic ...
'' (1958) - Sentry (uncredited)
* '' The Law and Jake Wade'' (1958) - Deputy (uncredited)
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Onionhead
''Onionhead'' is a 1958 American comedy drama film set on a U.S. Coast Guard ship during World War II, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, James Gregory, Joey Bishop and Claude Akins. It is dir ...
'' (1958) - Coast Guard Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
* '' Last Train from Gun Hill'' (1959) - Luke (uncredited)
* ''
Platinum High School
''Platinum High School'' is a 1960 American crime drama romance film directed by Charles Haas and starring Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore and Dan Duryea. It was based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Irving Shulman.
Plot
Sailing to a coastal ...
'' (1960) - Officer
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...