JOHN BEAL
Name: John Beal
Born: 13 August 1909
Died: 26 April 1997
John Beal (August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997) was an American actor.
Beal was born James Alexander Bliedung in Joplin, Missouri. He began acting in
the 1930s, opposite Katharine Hepburn (in the 1934 RKO film The Little Minister),
among others; one of his notable screen appearances was Les Misérables (1935).
He continued appearing in films during the war years while serving in Special
Services as actor and director of Army Air Forces camp shows and training films.
John Beal
He was hired to play the role of Jim Matthews in the television soap opera
Another World when the show went on the air in 1964, but was fired by creator
and headwriter Irna Phillips after only one episode because she did not like his
appearance on screen.
He continued to work in films and television, and also the theater up until the
1980s. Beal died at age 87 in Santa Cruz, California, two years after suffering
a stroke.
Name: John Beal
Born: 13 August 1909
Died: 26 April 1997
John Beal (August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997) was an American actor.
Beal was born James Alexander Bliedung in Joplin, Missouri. He began acting in
the 1930s, opposite Katharine Hepburn (in the 1934 RKO film The Little Minister),
among others; one of his notable screen appearances was Les Misérables (1935).
He continued appearing in films during the war years while serving in Special
Services as actor and director of Army Air Forces camp shows and training films.
John Beal
He was hired to play the role of Jim Matthews in the television soap opera
Another World when the show went on the air in 1964, but was fired by creator
and headwriter Irna Phillips after only one episode because she did not like his
appearance on screen.
He continued to work in films and television, and also the theater up until the
1980s. Beal died at age 87 in Santa Cruz, California, two years after suffering
a stroke.