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Fred Beir
American film and television actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Edwin Beir (September 21, 1927[2] – June 3, 1980) was an American film and television actor.
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Biography
Born in Niagara Falls, New York,[3] Beir began his career in 1950, appearing in the television series The Philco Television Playhouse.[4] He also appeared on Broadway in The Terrible Swift Sword (1955).[5] He continued to star or co-star in films and guest-star in television programs.
TV programs on which Beir appeared included The Odd Couple, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Outer Limits, Wagon Train, The Time Tunnel, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Man From Atlantis, Dallas and The Twilight Zone.[6][7] He also starred and co-starred in films, such as The Violators, Assassination, Fort Courageous, Three Dollars of Lead, M.M.M. 83[8] and The Organization.[9] Beir's last screen appearance was in the TV series Lou Grant in 1980.
Beir died on June 3, 1980, of cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 52.[6][2] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.[2]
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