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Noah Beery Jr.
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Noah Beery Jr.

1913 – 1994 · New York City, New York, USA · Active 1920–1997

Born in 1913, Noah Beery Jr. carved a niche in American cinema with his warm, approachable character roles. He is best remembered for his performances in Walking Tall (1973) and its sequel, Walking Tall Part II (1975), where he brought depth to the supporting cast alongside the film's gritty narrative. Beery's career spanned decades, but his contributions to cult cinema, particularly in the 1970s, reveal a unique charm that resonates with fans of exploitation and grindhouse films. He also appeared in Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), further solidifying his presence in the genre.

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Walking Tall Part II

Walking Tall Part II

1975 ★ 5.6
as Carl Pusser

Tennessee sheriff, Buford Pusser, carries on his one man vigilante campaign against vice and corruption which starts after he is badly injured in an ambush in which his wife is killed.

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Filmography

173 credits
1990s 1 credit
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.1
1980s 15 credits
1986
Movie ★ 9.0
1984
TV ★ 6.9
1984
Hot Pursuit as H.L. "Henry" Brooks
TV ★ 5.8
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Doc Wallace
TV ★ 7.5
1983
The Yellow Rose as Luther Dillard
TV ★ 7.6
1982
Movie ★ 7.2
1982
Waltz Across Texas as Joe Locker
Movie ★ 10.0
1982
Mysterious Two as Sheriff Virgil Molloy
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
Movie ★ 4.5
1982
Movie ★ 6.3
1982
TV ★ 10.0
1981
The Big Stuffed Dog as Petey's Grandfather
Movie ★ 5.5
1980
Gridlock as Barney
Movie ★ 7.5
1980
The Asphalt Cowboy as Sgt. Brown
Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Floyd Lewellen
TV ★ 7.3
1970s 27 credits
1978
Vega$ as Josiah Sparks
TV ★ 7.0
1978
The Bastard as Dan O'Brien
TV ★ 7.0
1977
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
TV ★ 6.2
1977
TV ★ 7.5
1977
The Love Boat as Gordon Layton
TV ★ 6.3
1975
Movie ★ 5.4
1975
Ellery Queen as Lionel Briggs
TV ★ 7.5
1974
Movie ★ 6.7
1974
Movie ★ 6.5
1974
Savages as George Whiting
Movie ★ 6.5
1974
The Rockford Files as Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
TV ★ 7.6
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1973
Walking Tall as Carl Pusser
Movie ★ 6.6
1973
The Alpha Caper as Harry Balsam
Movie ★ 6.0
1973
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Doc Elliot as Barney Weeks
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Movie ★ 6.7
1972
TV ★ 7.0
1972
TV ★ 6.7
1972
The Waltons as Charlie Harmon
TV ★ 7.2
1971
TV ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 6.7
1970
Movie ★ 6.1
1970
Movie ★ 6.8
1960s 21 credits
1969
Movie ★ 5.5
1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1968
Journey to Shiloh as Sgt. Mercer Barnes
Movie ★ 5.4
1968
TV ★ 5.6
1967
Hondo and the Apaches as Buffalo Baker
Movie ★ 7.4
1967
The High Chaparral as Hannibal Clay
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Hondo as Buffalo Baker
TV ★ 6.9
1966
Incident at Phantom Hill as O'Rourke (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 6.1
1966
TV ★ 6.8
1965
TV ★ 6.4
1965
Branded as Maj. Lynch
TV ★ 6.8
1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Tim Mitchell
Movie ★ 6.9
1963
TV ★ 10.0
1963
TV ★ 6.0
1962
Combat! as Hank Davis
TV ★ 7.8
1962
The Virginian as Ed Simpson
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Will Baxter
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Morgan
TV ★ 6.5
1960
Inherit the Wind as John Stebbins
Movie ★ 7.7
1960
Movie ★ 6.2
1960
Route 66 as Emlyn
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 39 credits
1959
Escort West as Lt. Jamison
Movie ★ 6.2
1959
Rawhide as Arkansas
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Adventures in Paradise as Jon Peterson
TV ★ 6.1
1959
Riverboat as Bill Blake
TV ★ 6.5
1959
Bonanza as Johnny Mule
TV ★ 7.5
1959
Bonanza as Lothario Larkin
TV ★ 7.5
1958
TV ★ 7.0
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Barney Durant
TV ★ 7.0
1957
Movie ★ 6.3
1957
Perry Mason as Tony Claus
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Wagon Train as Stump Beasley
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Perry Mason as Lucas W. Tolliver
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
Jubal as Sam
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
Savage Fury as Jan of the Jungle (born Jan Trevor)
Movie ★ 7.0
1956
TV ★ 6.0
1955
White Feather as Lt. Ferguson
Movie ★ 6.8
1955
Gunsmoke as Nate
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as John-Two-Bears
TV ★ 6.7
1954
The Black Dakotas as 'Gimpy' Joe Woods
Movie ★ 5.5
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk as Tonio (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 6.6
1954
TV ★ 6.2
1954
Climax! as The Sheriff
TV ★ 3.8
1954
TV ★ 7.9
1954
Climax! as Rev. Hall
TV ★ 3.8
1953
War Arrow as Sgt. Augustus Wilks (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 5.8
1953
Tropic Zone as Tapachula Sam
Movie ★ 4.8
1953
Wings of the Hawk as Orozco (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 5.9
1953
General Electric Theater as Cotton Follard
TV ★ 6.8
1952
The Cimarron Kid as Bob Dalton (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 6.1
1952
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Wagons West as Arch Lawrence
Movie ★ 7.3
1951
The Last Outpost as Sgt. Calhoun
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
The Texas Rangers as Buff Smith
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Trainer Bradley Taylor
TV ★ 7.2
1950
Rocketship X-M as Major William Corrigan
Movie ★ 4.9
1950
Two Flags West as Cy Davis (as Noah Beery)
Movie ★ 6.3
1950
The Savage Horde as Glenn Larrabee
Movie ★ 6.2
1950
Movie ★ 5.2
1940s 38 credits
1949
Movie ★ 10.0
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Little Bill / Joe Smith
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
Red River as Buster McGee
Movie ★ 7.4
1948
Indian Agent as Red Fox
Movie ★ 5.9
1948
Studio One as M / Sgt. Rich
TV ★ 5.4
1946
Movie ★ 4.2
1946
The Cat Creeps as Pidge 'Flash' Laurie
Movie ★ 5.0
1945
The Crimson Canary as Danny Brooks
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Under Western Skies as Tod Howell
Movie ★ 5.9
1945
The Beautiful Cheat as Prof. Alexander Haven
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
Movie ★ 6.3
1945
Movie ★ 5.0
1945
See My Lawyer as Arthur Lane
Movie ★ 7.3
1944
Week-End Pass as Johnny Adams
Movie ★ 10.0
1944
Allergic to Love as Kip Henderson
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
Hi, Beautiful as Jeff Peters
Movie ★ 9.8
1944
To the People of the United States as Bomber Ground Crew (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
Follow the Boys as Noah Beery Jr. (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
Gung Ho! as Cpl. Kurt Richter
Movie ★ 5.5
1943
Calaboose as Pidge Crosby
Movie ★ 8.0
1943
We've Never Been Licked as Cyanide Jenkins
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Top Man as Ed Thompson
Movie ★ 9.0
1943
Movie ★ 8.0
1943
Frontier Badmen as Jim Caldwell
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Movie ★ 6.2
1942
Hay Foot as Sgt. Charlie Cobb
Movie ★ 6.3
1942
Movie ★ 6.3
1942
Movie ★ 8.0
1942
Overland Mail as Sierra Pete
Movie ★ 10.0
1941
Sergeant York as Buck Lipscomb
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
Movie ★ 4.4
1941
Movie ★ 6.8
1941
Tanks a Million as Charlie Cobb
Movie ★ 5.7
1941
Two in a Taxi as Sandy Connors
Movie ★ 8.0
1940
The Carson City Kid as Scott Warren
Movie ★ 6.2
1940
Movie ★ 6.6
1940
Movie ★ 5.0
1940
Movie ★ 8.0
1930s 29 credits
1939
Movie ★ 7.3
1939
Movie ★ 7.3
1939
Bad Lands as Chick Lyman
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Glove Slingers as Terry 'Spider Lewis' Kelly
Movie ★ 5.7
1939
Flight at Midnight as Torpy' McDonald
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Parents on Trial as Jerry Kearns
Movie ★ 8.0
1938
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Girls' School as George Booth
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Forbidden Valley as Ring Hazzard
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Movie ★ 4.0
1937
Trouble at Midnight as Kirk Cameron
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
The Mighty Treve as Bud McClelland
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
The Road Back as Wessling
Movie ★ 6.7
1936
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Parole! as Bobby Freeman
Movie ★ 7.0
1935
Movie ★ 6.0
1935
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
Stormy as Stormy
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Movie ★ 4.8
1934
Tailspin Tommy as Peter 'Skeeter' Milligan
Movie ★ 7.5
1934
Klondike Gold as Wabbie
Movie
1933
Movie ★ 9.0
1933
Fighting With Kit Carson as Nakomas, son of Dark Eagle
Movie ★ 6.5
1933
The Three Musketeers as Noah Stubbs
Movie ★ 5.7
1932
Jungle Mystery as Fred Oakes
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Heroes of the West as Noah Blaine
Movie ★ 6.3
1930
Show Girl in Hollywood as Noah Beery Jr.
Movie ★ 5.8
1930
The Big House as Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1930
Renegades as Young Legionnaire (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.0
1920s 3 credits
1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway as Stage Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1920
The Mark of Zorro as Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1920
The Mutiny of the Elsinore as Seven Year Old Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0