Noah Lindsey Beery was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Beery Jr. seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. Active as an actor in films or television for well over half a century, he was best known for playing James Garner's character's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the NBC television series The Rockford Files (1974–1980). His father, Noah Nicholas Beery (known professionally as Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr.) enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as an extremely prominent supporting actor in major films, although the elder Beery was also frequently a leading man during the silent film era.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Doc Wallace
- Episode 1x22: Funeral At Fifty-Mile (Apr 21, 1985)
The Yellow Rose (1983)
Starring as Luther Dillard
(22 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: The Far Side of Fear (May 12, 1984)
- Episode 1x21: Villa's Gold (May 5, 1984)
- Episode 1x20: Beyond Vengeance (Apr 21, 1984)
- Episode 1x19: Chains of Fear (Mar 24, 1984)
- Episode 1x18: Debt of Honor (Mar 17, 1984)
- Episode 1x17: Sacred Ground (Mar 10, 1984)
- Episode 1x16: Running Free (Feb 25, 1984)
- Episode 1x15: Sport of Kings (Feb 18, 1984)
- Episode 1x14: Land of the Free (Feb 11, 1984)
- Episode 1x13: Deadline (Jan 21, 1984)
- Episode 1x12: Hell Hath No Fury (Jan 14, 1984)
- Episode 1x11: Divide and Conquer (Jan 7, 1984)
- Episode 1x10: Only the Proud (Dec 17, 1983)
- Episode 1x09: A Question of Love (Dec 10, 1983)
- Episode 1x08: Trail's End (Nov 26, 1983)
- Episode 1x07: Moving Targets (Nov 19, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: Breaking Trail (Nov 12, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: Sins of the Father (Nov 5, 1983)
- Episode 1x04: Walls of Fear (Oct 29, 1983)
- Episode 1x03: When Honor Dies (Oct 22, 1983)
- Episode 1x02: Divided We Fall (Oct 18, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 2, 1983)
Magnum P.I. (1980)
Guest starring as Floyd Lewellen
- Episode 1x13: All Roads Lead to Floyd (Mar 12, 1981)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Gordon Layton
- Episode 3x25: Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure (Mar 29, 1980)
Guest starring as Daryl Wilcox
- Episode 9x16: Hello, Emily / The Tour Guide / The Winning Number (Feb 15, 1986)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Guest starring as Lionel Briggs
- Episode 1x17: The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario (Feb 8, 1976)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Starring as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford
(123 episodes)
- Episode 6x12: Deadlock in Parma (Jan 10, 1980)
- Episode 6x11: Just a Coupla Guys (Dec 14, 1979)
- Episode 6x10: The Big Cheese (Dec 7, 1979)
- Episode 6x09: No Fault Affair (Nov 30, 1979)
- Episode 6x08: The Hawaiian Headache (Nov 23, 1979)
- Episode 6x07: Nice Guys Finish Dead (Nov 16, 1979)
- Episode 6x06: Love is the Word (Nov 9, 1979)
- Episode 6x05: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (2) (Oct 26, 1979)
- Episode 6x04: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (1) (Oct 19, 1979)
- Episode 6x03: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2) (Oct 12, 1979)
- Episode 6x02: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1) (Oct 12, 1979)
- Episode 6x01: Paradise Cove (Sep 28, 1979)
- Episode 5x22: A Different Drummer (Apr 13, 1979)
- Episode 5x21: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (2) (Mar 3, 1979)
- Episode 5x20: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (1) (Mar 3, 1979)
- Episode 5x19: A Material Difference (Feb 24, 1979)
- Episode 5x18: The Return of the Black Shadow (Feb 17, 1979)
- Episode 5x17: The Man Who Saw the Alligators (Feb 10, 1979)
- Episode 5x16: The Deuce (Jan 26, 1979)
- Episode 5x15: Guilt (Jan 19, 1979)
- Episode 5x14: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar (Jan 12, 1979)
- Episode 5x13: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? (Jan 5, 1979)
- Episode 5x12: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (Dec 8, 1978)
- Episode 5x11: A Fast Count (Dec 1, 1978)
- Episode 5x10: Black Mirror (2) (Nov 24, 1978)
- Episode 5x09: Black Mirror (1) (Nov 24, 1978)
- Episode 5x08: A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights (Nov 17, 1978)
- Episode 5x07: A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow (Nov 10, 1978)
- Episode 5x06: The Empty Frame (Nov 3, 1978)
- Episode 5x05: Kill the Messenger (Oct 27, 1978)
- Episode 5x04: White on White and Nearly Perfect (Oct 20, 1978)
- Episode 5x03: The Jersey Bounce (Oct 6, 1978)
- Episode 5x02: Rosendahl and Gilda Stern are Dead (Sep 29, 1978)
- Episode 5x01: Heartaches of a Fool (Sep 22, 1978)
- Episode 4x22: The House on Willis Avenue (2) (Feb 24, 1978)
- Episode 4x21: The House on Willis Avenue (1) (Feb 24, 1978)
- Episode 4x20: The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall (Feb 17, 1978)
- Episode 4x19: The Competitive Edge (Feb 10, 1978)
- Episode 4x18: South by Southeast (Feb 3, 1978)
- Episode 4x17: Dwarf in a Helium Hat (Jan 27, 1978)
- Episode 4x16: The Paper Palace (Jan 20, 1978)
- Episode 4x15: The Gang at Don's Drive-In (Jan 13, 1978)
- Episode 4x14: The Attractive Nuisance (Jan 6, 1978)
- Episode 4x13: A Deadly Maze (Dec 23, 1977)
- Episode 4x12: The Queen of Peru (Dec 16, 1977)
- Episode 4x11: Forced Retirement (Dec 9, 1977)
- Episode 4x10: Hotel of Fear (Dec 2, 1977)
- Episode 4x09: The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls (Nov 25, 1977)
- Episode 4x08: Irving the Explainer (Nov 18, 1977)
- Episode 4x07: Quickie Nirvana (Nov 11, 1977)
- Episode 4x06: Requiem for a Funny Box (Nov 4, 1977)
- Episode 4x05: The Dog and Pony Show (Oct 21, 1977)
- Episode 4x04: Second Chance (Oct 14, 1977)
- Episode 4x03: The Battle of Canoga Park (Sep 30, 1977)
- Episode 4x02: Trouble in Chapter 17 (Sep 23, 1977)
- Episode 4x01: Beamer's Last Case (Sep 16, 1977)
- Episode 3x22: Dirty Money, Black Light (Apr 1, 1977)
- Episode 3x21: Crack Back (Mar 25, 1977)
- Episode 3x20: To Protect and Serve Part II (Mar 18, 1977)
- Episode 3x19: To Protect and Serve, Part I (Mar 11, 1977)
- Episode 3x18: New Life, Old Dragons (Feb 25, 1977)
- Episode 3x17: Just Another Polish Wedding (Feb 18, 1977)
- Episode 3x16: The Becker Connection (Feb 11, 1977)
- Episode 3x15: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (2) (Jan 28, 1977)
- Episode 3x14: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (1) (Jan 21, 1977)
- Episode 3x13: Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You (Jan 14, 1977)
- Episode 3x12: There's One in Every Port (Jan 7, 1977)
- Episode 3x11: The Trouble with Warren (Dec 24, 1976)
- Episode 3x10: Piece Work (Dec 17, 1976)
- Episode 3x09: Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel (Dec 10, 1976)
- Episode 3x08: Rattlers' Class of '63 (Nov 26, 1976)
- Episode 3x07: So Help Me God (Nov 19, 1976)
- Episode 3x06: Coulter City Wildcat (Nov 12, 1976)
- Episode 3x05: Drought at Indianhead River (Nov 5, 1976)
- Episode 3x04: Feeding Frenzy (Oct 15, 1976)
- Episode 3x03: The Family Hour (Oct 8, 1976)
- Episode 3x02: The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit (Oct 1, 1976)
- Episode 3x01: The Fourth Man (Sep 24, 1976)
- Episode 2x22: A Bad Deal in the Valley (Mar 19, 1976)
- Episode 2x21: Foul on the First Play (Mar 12, 1976)
- Episode 2x20: Where's Houston? (Feb 20, 1976)
- Episode 2x19: The Italian Bird Fiasco (Feb 13, 1976)
- Episode 2x18: In Hazard (Feb 6, 1976)
- Episode 2x17: Joey Blue Eyes (Jan 30, 1976)
- Episode 2x16: A Portrait of Elizabeth (Jan 23, 1976)
- Episode 2x15: The No-Cut Contract (Jan 16, 1976)
- Episode 2x14: The Hammer of C Block (Jan 9, 1976)
- Episode 2x13: The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club (Dec 19, 1975)
- Episode 2x12: The Reincarnation of Angie (Dec 5, 1975)
- Episode 2x11: Pastoria Prime Pick (Nov 29, 1975)
- Episode 2x10: 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go (Nov 21, 1975)
- Episode 2x09: Chicken Little is a Little Chicken (Nov 14, 1975)
- Episode 2x08: Resurrection in Black & White (Nov 7, 1975)
- Episode 2x07: The Real Easy Red Dog (Oct 31, 1975)
- Episode 2x06: The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company (Oct 17, 1975)
- Episode 2x05: The Deep Blue Sleep (Oct 10, 1975)
- Episode 2x04: Gearjammers (2) (Oct 3, 1975)
- Episode 2x03: Gearjammers (1) (Sep 26, 1975)
- Episode 2x02: The Farnsworth Stratagem (Sep 19, 1975)
- Episode 2x01: The Aaron Ironwood School of Success (Sep 12, 1975)
- Episode 1x23: Roundabout (Mar 7, 1975)
- Episode 1x22: Just by Accident (Feb 28, 1975)
- Episode 1x21: The Four Pound Brick (Feb 21, 1975)
- Episode 1x20: Charlie Harris at Large (Feb 14, 1975)
- Episode 1x19: Say Goodbye to Jennifer (Feb 7, 1975)
- Episode 1x18: Claire (Jan 31, 1975)
- Episode 1x17: Counter Gambit (Jan 24, 1975)
- Episode 1x16: Sleight of Hand (Jan 17, 1975)
- Episode 1x15: Aura Lee, Farewell (Jan 3, 1975)
- Episode 1x14: Profit and Loss (2) (Dec 27, 1974)
- Episode 1x13: Profit and Loss (1) (Dec 20, 1974)
- Episode 1x12: Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune! (Dec 6, 1974)
- Episode 1x11: The Dexter Crisis (Nov 15, 1974)
- Episode 1x10: In Pursuit of Carol Thorne (Nov 8, 1974)
- Episode 1x09: Find Me If You Can (Nov 1, 1974)
- Episode 1x08: The Big Ripoff (Oct 25, 1974)
- Episode 1x07: This Case is Closed (2) (Oct 18, 1974)
- Episode 1x06: This Case is Closed (1) (Oct 18, 1974)
- Episode 1x05: Tall Woman in Red Wagon (Oct 11, 1974)
- Episode 1x04: Exit Prentiss Carr (Oct 4, 1974)
- Episode 1x03: The Countess (Sep 27, 1974)
- Episode 1x02: The Dark and Bloody Ground (Sep 20, 1974)
- Episode 1x01: The Kirkoff Case (Sep 13, 1974)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Guest starring as Sheriff
- Episode 2x06: Something to Get Hung About (Oct 21, 1971) [Special Guest Star]
Branded (1965)
Guest starring as Major Lynch
- Episode 2x02: Now Join the Human Race (Sep 19, 1965) [Special Guest Star]
Combat! (1962)
Guest starring as Hank Davis
- Episode 5x22: A Little Jazz (Feb 21, 1967) [Special Guest Star]
The Wide Country (1962)
Guest starring as Barney Hamfin
- Episode 1x02: A Guy for Clementine (Sep 27, 1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Will Baxter
- Episode 8x15: You Can Lead a Horse to Water (Jan 7, 1970)
Guest starring as Morgan
- Episode 9x11: Follow the Leader (Dec 2, 1970)
Guest starring as Ed Simpson
- Episode 5x13: The Long Way Home (Dec 14, 1966)
Riverboat (1959)
Starring as Bill Blake
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Listen to the Nightingale (Jan 2, 1961)
- Episode 2x12: Zigzag (Dec 26, 1960)
- Episode 2x03: The Two Faces of Grey Holden (Oct 3, 1960)
- Episode 2x02: That Taylor Affair (Sep 26, 1960)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Guest starring as El Gato
- Episode 3x21: El Gato (Feb 22, 1961)
Guest starring as Barney Durant
- Episode 3x26: Barney's Bounty (Mar 29, 1961)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Jonas Murdock
- Episode 3x27: The Jonas Murdock Story (Apr 13, 1960)
Guest starring as Ruddy Blaine
- Episode 4x20: The Path of the Serpent (Feb 8, 1961)
Circus Boy (1956)
Starring as Joey the Clown
(49 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: The Return of Buffalo Bill (Dec 12, 1957)
- Episode 2x12: The Judge's Boy (Dec 5, 1957)
- Episode 2x11: Uncle Cyrus (Nov 28, 1957)
- Episode 2x10: The Marvelous Manellis (Nov 21, 1957)
- Episode 2x09: The Dancing Bear (Nov 14, 1957)
- Episode 2x08: The Magic Lantern (Nov 7, 1957)
- Episode 2x07: The Clemens Boys (Oct 31, 1957)
- Episode 2x06: Major Buffington (Oct 24, 1957)
- Episode 2x05: Return of Casey Perkins (Oct 17, 1957)
- Episode 2x04: Alex the Great (Oct 10, 1957)
- Episode 2x03: Bimbo, Jr. (Oct 3, 1957)
- Episode 2x02: Royal Roustabout (Sep 26, 1957)
- Episode 2x01: Elmer, the Rainmaker (Sep 19, 1957)
- Episode 1x36: Little Vagabond (Jun 23, 1957)
- Episode 1x35: The Gentle Giant (Jun 16, 1957)
- Episode 1x34: The Fortune Teller (Jun 9, 1957)
- Episode 1x33: Hortense the Hippo (Jun 2, 1957)
- Episode 1x32: The Swamp Man (May 26, 1957)
- Episode 1x31: Col. Jack's Brother (May 19, 1957)
- Episode 1x30: Death-Defying Dozetti (May 12, 1957)
- Episode 1x29: The Tumbling Clown (May 5, 1957)
- Episode 1x28: General Pete (Apr 28, 1957)
- Episode 1x27: The Cub Reporter (Apr 21, 1957)
- Episode 1x26: The Pawnee Strip (Apr 14, 1957)
- Episode 1x25: Counterfeit Clown (Apr 7, 1957)
- Episode 1x24: The Lady and the Circus (Mar 31, 1957)
- Episode 1x23: Corky's Big Parade (Mar 24, 1957)
- Episode 1x22: The Great Gambino's Son (Mar 10, 1957)
- Episode 1x21: Man from Cimarron (Mar 3, 1957)
- Episode 1x20: Joey's Wedding Day (Feb 24, 1957)
- Episode 1x19: The Knife Thrower (Feb 17, 1957)
- Episode 1x18: The Return of Col. Jack (Feb 10, 1957)
- Episode 1x17: Big Top Angel (Jan 27, 1957)
- Episode 1x16: The Remarkable Ricardo (Jan 20, 1957)
- Episode 1x15: Elmer the Aeronaut (Jan 13, 1957)
- Episode 1x14: Farewell to the Circus (Jan 6, 1957)
- Episode 1x13: Daring Young Man (Dec 30, 1956)
- Episode 1x12: The Good Samaritans (Dec 23, 1956)
- Episode 1x11: The Masked Marvel (Dec 9, 1956)
- Episode 1x10: The Little Gypsy (Dec 2, 1956)
- Episode 1x09: White Eagle (Nov 25, 1956)
- Episode 1x08: The Proud Pagliacci (Nov 18, 1956)
- Episode 1x07: The Little Fugitive (Nov 11, 1956)
- Episode 1x06: Casey Rides Again (Nov 4, 1956)
- Episode 1x05: Corky and the Circus Doctor (Oct 21, 1956)
- Episode 1x04: The Amazing Mr. Sinbad (Oct 14, 1956)
- Episode 1x03: The Great Gambino (Oct 7, 1956)
- Episode 1x02: The Fabulous Colonel Jack (Sep 30, 1956)
- Episode 1x01: Meet Circus Boy (Sep 23, 1956)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Doc
- Episode 23x16: The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (Mar 13, 1977)