# Fred Beir

Frederick Edwin Beir (September 21, 1927 – June 3, 1980) was an American film and television actor.

## Biography

Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Beir began his career in 1950, appearing in the television series The Philco Television Playhouse. He also appeared on Broadway in The Terrible Swift Sword (1955). 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. He also starred and co-starred in films, such as The Violators, Assassination, Fort Courageous, Three Dollars of Lead, M.M.M. 83 and The Organization. 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. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | The Secret Vote | | TV movie |
| 1953 | Socrates' Wife | | TV movie |
| 1954 | Border River | Tom Doud | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Violators | Jimmy Coogan | |
| 1964 | Damned Pistols of Dallas | Clay Stone | |
| 1964 | Three Dollars of Lead | Rudy Wallace | |
| 1965 | Fort Courageous | Sgt. Lucas | |
| 1965 | Convict Stage | Benton | uncredited |
| 1966 | M.M.M. 83 | Jack Morris | |
| 1967 | Assassination | Bob | |
| 1969 | Trial Run | Charles Andrews | TV movie |
| 1971 | The Organization | Bob Alford | |
| 1971 | In Broad Daylight | Alex Crawford | TV movie |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single | Ted | TV movie |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Dr. Hudson | TV movie |
| 1977 | The Mask of Alexander Cross | Harry Keller | TV movie |
| 1978 | Love's Dark Ride | Dave Ramsey | TV movie |
| 1979 | A Perfect Couple | The Perfect Couple Man | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950 | The Philco Television Playhouse | | 1 episode |
| 1952 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | | 1 episode |
| 1953 | I Led 3 Lives | George Marvin | 1 episode |
| 1953 | Calvacade of America | | 1 episode |
| 1954 | The Kate Smith Hour | | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Men of Annapolis | Senior Midshipman/Randy Duncan | 2 episodes |
| 1957 | Robert Montgomery Presents | | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Matinee Theatre | | 1 episode |
| 1958 | Harbormaster | Fred Larson | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Sugarfoot | Roy Cantwell | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Markham | Michael Rait | 1 episode |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Brad Vantage, DVM | 1 episode |
| 1959-1962 | Maverick | Lee Granger/Sheriff Ed Martin | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | John Morris | 1 episode |
| 1959 | The Lineup | Boyd Kincaid | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | Harry Fulton | 1 episode |
| 1959-1960 | General Electric Theater | Henry Martin/Terence 'Terry' Major | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Merv Bascomb | S2 E14 |
| 1960 | Men Into Space | Lt. Art Frey | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The Betty Hutton Show | Doctor Bradley | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The Man and the Challenge | Steve Paley | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The Rebel | Simon Wilson | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The Detectives | Seth Trawler | 1 episode |
| 1960-1962 | Hawaiian Eye | Bill Corbett/Alex Nelson/Justin Wade/Joe Richards | 4 episodes |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Bob Field | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Bonanza | Jason Blaine | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne | Dave Barstow | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Thriller | Alan Dulain | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Outlaws | Adams | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Perry Mason | Tony Osgood | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Bronco | Joe Spain | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | George Harding | 1 episode |
| 1962-1963 | Wagon Train | John Cole/Karl Blucher | 1 episode |
| 1962 | 87th Precinct | Cotton Hawes | 1 episode |
| 1962 | The Andy Griffith Show | Don, Peggy's Guest | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Ripcord | Ed Sutton | 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Dick Powell Theatre | Don | 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Lieutenant Carter | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Ben Casey | Rudolph Kent/Tommy Barker | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Joe Carden | 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Steve Crandon | 1 episode |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Stanley | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Tex Mantell | 1 episode |
| 1964 | The Munsters | Chip Jonnson | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Insight | Adam | 1 episode |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Lieutenang Peterson | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Burke's Law | Tony Scott | 1 episode |
| 1966 | Honey West | Peter Lynch | 1 episode |
| 1966 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Tim O'Rourke | 1 episode |
| 1966 | The Big Valley | Jack Floyd | 1 episode |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Dr. Arthur Sandley | 1 episode |
| 1966 | Jericho | S.S. Lieutenant | 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Time Tunnel | Tuareg | 1 episode |
| 1967 | Maya | Joe, the Hunter | 1 episode |
| 1967 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Lieutenant Barnett | 1 episode |
| 1968 | Garrison's Gorillas | Private Williams | 1 episode |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Frank Durrant | 1 episode |
| 1969-1973 | The F.B.I. | Frank Lanner/Scott Rogers/Jack Mattis/Paul Laramie | 4 episodes |
| 1969-1973 | Ironside | Dr. Michael Braven/Terry Bascom/Jimmy Lee Gates | 3 episodes |
| 1969-1973 | Mannix | Bill Chase/J. Lester Vail/Alan Deedrich/Carter Elliot | 4 episodes |
| 1969 | The Virginian | Ord Glover | 1 episode |
| 1970 | Mission: Impossible | Joe Keith | 1 episode |
| 1970-1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Merrill Carson/McBain | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The Young Lawyers | Dino Hewitt | 1 episode |
| 1970 | Dan August | Harlan Venable | 1 episode |
| 1971 | The Interns | Del Denning | 1 episode |
| 1971 | Longstreet | Tom Hazelton | 1 episode |
| 1971 | The Odd Couple | Raymond Cunningham | 1 episode |
| 1972-1973 | Medical Center | Dr. Belfield | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Banyon | Kenneth Graves | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | Jim Gallagher | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Ross Coleman/Jay Harvey Jones | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | Room 222 | Jon Dawson | 1 episode |
| 1974 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Alex Markham | 1 episode |
| 1974 | Cannon | Carl Kingston | 1 episode |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Ted Swenson | 1 episode |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Dennis Rains/Steve Nelson | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Ryder Bond | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Harry O | Frank | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Raymond Walker/John Kelly | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Amy Prentiss | | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Arthur Graham | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Mobile One | Malone | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Billy Jones | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Barnaby Jones | Jason Purree | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Another World | Keith Morrison | unknown episodes |
| 1976 | Ellery Queen | James Bevin Long | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Captain Bracy | 2 episodes |
| 1977-1978 | Days of Our Lives | Larry Atwood | 11 episodes |
| 1977 | Kojak | Robbie Austin | 1 episode |
| 1978-1979 | CHiPs | Farrell/Evan Whitlock | 2 episodes |
| 1978-1979 | Dallas | Ben Maxwell | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Paris | | 1 episode |
| 1979-1980 | Lou Grant | Dr. Lester Wyatt/Gig Montgomery | 2 episodes |