Jim Beaver's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Supernatural Bobby Singer Deadwood Whitney Ell… Harper's Island Sheriff Cha… John From Cincinnati Vietnam Joe Thunder Alley Leland DuPa… The Trouble with Normal Gary Total Security Det. McKiss…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Dark And Stormy Night 2007 - Next 2003 - The Life of David Gale 2002 - Adaptation. 2000 - Where The Heart Is 1999 - Magnolia 1994 - Blue Chips 1993 - Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 - Sliver 1992 - Sister Act 1989 - In Country 1989 - Turner & Hooch 1987 - Hollywood Shuffle 1983 - Silkwood 1981 - Nighthawks 1977 - Semi-Tough

BIOGRAPHY:

Son of a Church of Christ minister. Raised in Irving, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1971; Vietnam 1970-1971. Attended Fort Worth Christian College (1967-68), Oklahoma Christian College (1971-72), Central State University (B.A. 1975). Five seasons as actor with Dallas Shakespeare Festival. Film critic/columnist, Films in Review magazine (1976-1984). Chairman, Theatre West, Los Angeles (1985-87).


TRIVIA:

• The only actor ever to play two different characters in consecutive _"Gunsmoke" (1955)_ (qv) productions.
• Worked at Frontier City Theme Park in Oklahoma City as a Gunfighter.
• Plays a character on _"Deadwood" (2004)_ (qv) named 'Whitney Ellsworth' (qv), which was the name of the producer of _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), which starred 'George Reeves (I)' (qv). Beaver wrote a biography of Reeves.
• Formerly married to Milwaukee radio personality Debbie Young.
• Studied acting with 'Clyde Ventura' (qv) and 'Maximilian Schell' (qv).
• As of 7/7/07, was the seventh most prolific writer of IMDb plot summaries and the seventh most prolific writer of IMDb mini biographies.
• His _"Enterprise" (2001)_ (qv) character, Admiral Leonard, was named after 'Leonard Nimoy' (qv).
• Son-in-law of 'Don Adams (I)' (qv).