Hugh Beaumont

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982) was an American actor and television director. He was also licensed to preach by the Methodist church. Beaumont is best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the 1957-1963 television series Leave It to Beaver. He had earlier played the role of the private detective Michael Shayne in a series of films in the 1940s.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1909-02-16

Died: 1982-05-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1940	Jack Pot	Mechanic (uncredited)	60
2	1940	Phantom Raiders	Seaman	61
3	1940	Buyer Beware	Insp. Thomas' Assistant (uncredited)	60
4	1940	Soak the Old	Detective (uncredited)	60
5	1940	Good Bad Boys	Judge's Aide	65
6	1940	You, the People	Pete	57
7	1941	Forbidden Passage	Clements	63
8	1941	South of Panama	Paul Martin	60
9	1941	Sucker List	Charles Adams (uncredited)	60
10	1941	Unfinished Business	Hugh the Bridegroom	53
11	1942	Canal Zone	The Radio Operator (uncredited)	55
12	1942	The Wife Takes a Flyer	Officer	45
13	1942	Flight Lieutenant	Cadet John McGinnis	60
14	1942	Wake Island	Captain (uncredited)	56
15	1942	Northwest Rangers	Warren - Mountie Who Finds Fowler's Body	60
16	1942	Keep 'Em Sailing	FBI Chemist (uncredited)	0
17	1943	He Hired the Boss	Jordan	30
18	1943	Flight for Freedom	Flight Instructor (uncredited)	52
19	1943	Bombardier	Soldier	54
20	1943	Good Luck, Mr. Yates	Adjutant	58
21	1943	Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event	George Sharpe	57
22	1943	Du Barry was a Lady	Footman (uncredited)	61
23	1943	The Fallen Sparrow	Otto Skaas	57
24	1943	The Seventh Victim	Gregory Ward	64
25	1943	There's Something About a Soldier	Lt. Martin	48
26	1944	Prunes and Politics	Mr. Tinker	50
27	1944	The Racket Man	Police Sgt. 'Irish' Duffy	70
28	1944	Song of the Open Road	John Moran (uncredited)	0
29	1944	I Love a Soldier	John	40
30	1944	Mr. Winkle Goes to War	Range Officer	62
31	1944	The Seventh Cross	Truck Driver (uncredited)	67
32	1944	Strange Affair	Detective Carey (Uncredited)	62
33	1944	They Live in Fear	Instructor (uncredited)	0
34	1944	Practically Yours	Film-Cutter (uncredited)	0
35	1945	I'm a Civilian Here Myself	Interviewer	0
36	1945	Objective, Burma!	Capt. Hennessey	68
37	1945	The Lady Confesses	Larry Craig	44
38	1945	Blonde from Brooklyn	Lieutenant (uncredited)	50
39	1945	You Came Along	Army Chaplain at Funeral (uncredited)	70
40	1945	A Gun in His Hand	Police Academy Graduate (uncredited)	57
41	1945	Apology for Murder	Kenny Blake	48
42	1946	Tars and Spars	Captain	47
43	1946	Murder Is My Business	Michael Shayne	60
44	1946	Johnny Comes Flying Home	Engineer (uncredited)	0
45	1946	The Blue Dahlia	George Copeland	66
46	1946	Larceny in Her Heart	Michael Shayne	60
47	1946	Blonde for a Day	Michael Shayne	50
48	1947	The Guilt of Janet Ames	(uncredited)	56
49	1947	Three on a Ticket	Michael Shayne	58
50	1947	Too Many Winners	Michael Shayne	55
51	1947	Railroaded!	Police Sergeant Mickey Ferguson	67
52	1947	Bury Me Dead	Michael Dunn	48
53	1948	Reaching from Heaven	Bill Starling	0
54	1948	Money Madness	Steve Clark	42
55	1948	The Counterfeiters	Philip Drake	56
56	1949	Tokyo Joe	Provost Marshal Major	61
57	1950	Trader Thorne	Joe Wilding	0
58	1950	Second Chance	Pastor Dr. Emory	0
59	1950	The Flying Missile	Maj. Wilson	54
60	1950	A Date with Your Family	Narrator	20
61	1951	Target Unknown	American Commanding Officer (uncredited)	0
62	1951	The Last Outpost	Lt. Fenton	55
63	1951	Danger Zone	Dennis O'Brien	42
64	1951	Go for Broke!	Chaplain	56
65	1951	Roaring City	Dennis O'Brien	55
66	1951	Pier 23	Dennis O'Brien	52
67	1951	Home Town Story	Bob MacFarland (uncredited)	46
68	1951	Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell	Policeman	66
69	1951	Lost Continent	Robert Phillips	34
70	1951	Callaway Went Thataway	Mr. Adkins (uncredited)	51
71	1951	Overland Telegraph	Brad Roberts	67
72	1952	Phone Call from a Stranger	Tim Brooks	64
73	1952	Bugles in the Afternoon	Lt. Cooke	50
74	1952	Wild Stallion	Capt. Wilmurt	65
75	1952	Washington Story	Chaplain	60
76	1952	Night Without Sleep	John Harkness	58
77	1952	The Member of the Wedding	Minister (uncredited)	62
78	1955	Hell's Horizon	Sgt. Al Trask	50
79	1956	Mobs, Inc.	Gangster	40
80	1956	Mobs Incorporated	Gangster	0
81	1956	The Mole People	Dr. Jud Bellamin	51
82	1957	Night Passage	Jeff Kurth	63
83	1965	The Human Duplicators	Austin Welles	34
84	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)	77

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Rev. Randy Roberts	68
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	George	60
3	1951	Racket Squad		60
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	John Harris	70
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Tom Sutton	70
7	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Col. Richard Chamberlayne	87
8	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Col. Lander	87
9	1952	Dangerous Assignment		35
10	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
11	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		60
12	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Father Renaldo	61
13	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Albert Woods	61
14	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Dr. Lindell	61
15	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Padre	61
16	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Doctor	61
17	1952	Cavalcade of America	Lewis Graham	35
18	1952	Cavalcade of America	Coach Jack Cody	35
19	1952	Cavalcade of America	Father Werr	35
20	1953	City Detective		0
21	1953	Letter to Loretta	Editor of Manhattan Magazine	62
22	1953	Letter to Loretta	Chris Palmer	62
23	1953	Letter to Loretta	Henry Preston	62
24	1953	Letter to Loretta	Rev. Bell	62
25	1953	Letter to Loretta	Arthur Nicholls	62
26	1953	Topper	Ed Merrill	63
27	1954	Public Defender		60
28	1954	Public Defender	Gil Bowman	60
29	1954	Lassie		61
30	1954	Studio 57		0
31	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	70
32	1954	Climax!		30
33	1955	My Friend Flicka		57
34	1957	Meet McGraw	Clay Farrell	50
35	1957	Wagon Train	Jed Halick	64
36	1957	Leave It to Beaver	Ward Cleaver	70
37	1962	The Virginian	Maguire	64
38	1962	The Virginian	Charles Martin	64
39	1962	The Virginian	Maj. James Carlton	64
40	1963	Petticoat Junction	Ronnie Beckman	59
41	1963	Petticoat Junction	Donald Elliott	59
42	1967	Mannix		67
43	1967	Mannix	Frank Abbott	67
44	1967	Mannix	Hammond	67
45	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Jim Wagner	65
46	1969	Medical Center	Dr. Simpson	61
47	1970	The Most Deadly Game		50