Frederick G. Beckner Jr. (March 1, 1916 – September 27, 1970) was an American character actor born in

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. He was known for playing Pony Deal in 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, premiering four days before ''Gunsmoke'' on September 6, 1955. Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western ''Cheyenne''. The series is loosely bas ...

'', which starred

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. Coby was also known for playing Cady in the 1951 serial film '' Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion''. He played as Tony Montgomery in the

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'' episode, "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather".

Partial filmography

* ''

The Cross of Lorraine ''The Cross of Lorraine'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film about French prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp and joining the French Resistance. Directed by Tay Garnett, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly, was partly based ...

'' (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. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. Rich in son ...

'' (1943) - Radio Man (uncredited) * '' Lost Angel'' (1943) - Bit Role (uncredited) * ''

A Guy Named Joe ''A Guy Named Joe'' is a 1943 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin, and starred Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Frederi ...

'' (1943) - Cadet (uncredited) * ''

Two Girls and a Sailor ''Two Girls and a Sailor'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Van Johnson, June Allyson and Gloria DeHaven. Set on the American homefront during World War II, it's about two singing sisters who create a lavis ...

'' (1944) - Sailor (uncredited) * '' Meet the People'' (1944) - Marine (uncredited) * '' Marriage Is a Private Affair'' (1944) - Roger Poole (uncredited) * ''

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 st ...

'' (1945) - Officer at Airport (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Horseman'' (1946) - Tioga * '' Without Reservations'' (1946) - French Officer (uncredited) * '' The Brute Man'' (1946) - Young Hal Moffat * '' Don Ricardo Returns'' (1946) - Don Ricardo * '' Sweethearts of Sigma Chi'' (1946) - Bill Ryan * '' Lady Chaser'' (1946) - Role (uncredited) * '' Unconquered'' (1947) - Royal American Soldier (uncredited) * ''

The Prairie ''The Prairie: A Tale'' (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as "the trapper" or "the old m ...

'' (1947) - Abner Bush * '' Devil's Cargo'' (1948) - Fred * '' The Counterfeiters'' (1948) - Piper * '' Jungle Goddess'' (1948) - Pilot * ''

Walk a Crooked Mile ''Walk a Crooked Mile'' is a 1948 America anti-communist, Cold War film noir crime film, directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Louis Hayward. Plot Soon after solid leads come to light about a Communist spy ring infiltrating t ...

'' (1948) - Fred (FBI Chemist) (uncredited) * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (1948) - Musketeer (uncredited) * ''

The Man from Colorado ''The Man from Colorado'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Henry Levin, produced by Jules Schermer for Columbia Pictures, and starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing during the American Civil War, Willi ...

'' (1948) - Veteran (uncredited) * ''

Ride, Ryder, Ride! ''Ride, Ryder, Ride!'' is a 1949 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds and Emmett Lynn. It is based on the '' Red Ryder'' series by Fred Harman, one of four films made by Eagle-Li ...

'' (1949) - Henry W. Iverson * '' State Department: File 649'' (1949) - Vice Consul (uncredited) * ''

White Heat ''White Heat'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, ''White Heat'' is based on a story by ...

'' (1949) - Happy Taylor (uncredited) * '' The Great Jewel Robber'' (1950) - Tom Colt (Convict) (uncredited) * '' Halls of Montezuma'' (1951) - Capt. McCreavy (uncredited) * '' Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion'' (1951) - Cady * '' The Mob'' (1951) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) * '' Bronco Buster'' (1952) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) with H ...

'' (1952) - Trooper (uncredited) * '' Scarlet Angel'' (1952) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

My Man and I ''My Man and I'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by William Wellman, about an ambitious Mexican immigrant farm laborer (Ricardo Montalban), who falls in love with an alcoholic waitress (Shelley Winters) despite being pursued by the beautifu ...

'' (1952) - Detective (uncredited) * ''

Horizons West ''Horizons West'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Robert Ryan, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One ...

'' (1952) - Townsman (uncredited) * '' Above and Beyond'' (1952) - Guard (uncredited) * ''

The Man from the Alamo ''The Man from the Alamo'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Glenn Ford, Julie Adams and Chill Wills.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, ...

'' (1953) - Soldier (uncredited) * '' Devil's Canyon'' (1953) - Cole Gorman (uncredited) * '' Crime Wave'' (1954) - Cop in Squad Car (uncredited) * ''

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) * ''

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'' (1955) - Prison Guard (uncredited) * '' D-Day the Sixth of June'' (1956) - Medic (uncredited) * '' Dakota Incident'' (1956) - Townsman (uncredited) * ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

'' (1956) - Tackmaster/Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) * ''

The Great American Pastime ''The Great American Pastime'' is a 1956 American comedy film about Little League baseball, directed by Herman Hoffman and starring Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, and Ann Miller. It was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot In a small New York town calle ...

'' (1956) - Man in Stands (uncredited) * ''

The Night the World Exploded ''The Night the World Exploded'' is a 1957 science fiction, disaster film. The film was written by Jack Natteford and Luci Ward, and directed by Fred F. Sears for producer Sam Katzman. Both Katzman and Sears were great exponents of the low-b ...

'' (1957) - Ranger Brown * ''

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 old-time radio and television 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 progra ...

'' (1957) - Captain Absalom Austin Townsend (episode "Rough and Ready") * '' No Time for Sergeants'' (1958) - Sentry (uncredited) * '' The Law and Jake Wade'' (1958) - Deputy (uncredited) * ''

Onionhead ''Onionhead'' is a 1958 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 was directed by ...

'' (1958) - Coast Guard Recruiting Officer (uncredited) * ''

Last Train from Gun Hill ''Last Train from Gun Hill'' is a 1959 Western in VistaVision and Technicolor, directed by John Sturges. It stars Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn and Earl Holliman. Douglas and Holliman had previously appeared together in Sturges' '' Gunfight at ...

'' (1959) - Luke (uncredited) * '' Platinum High School'' (1960) - Officer (uncredited) * ''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United St ...

'' (1960) - Sheriff (uncredited) * '' Key Witness'' (1960) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' Cimarron'' (1960) - Oil Worker (uncredited) * '' Ada'' (1961) - Reporter (uncredited) * ''

Experiment in Terror ''Experiment in Terror'' is a 1962 American neo-noir thriller film released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based on their 1961 novel ''Operation Terror''. The film stars G ...

'' (1962) - FBI Agent (uncredited) * '' Billy Rose's Jumbo'' (1962) - Andy (uncredited)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coby, Fred 1916 births 1970 deaths Place of death missing Male actors from California American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Western (genre) television actors