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Jim Beaver

Age: 59
Height: 6' 1"

Birth Place: Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Born: Aug. 12th, 1950

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Jim Beaver's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Supernatural	Bobby Singer
Deadwood	Whitney Ellsw&hellip
Harper's Island	Sheriff Charl&hellip
John From Cincinnati	Vietnam Joe
The Trouble with Normal	Gary
Thunder Alley	Leland DuParte
Total Security	Det. McKissick

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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:

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.
At this writing (2006) is preparing a definitive biography of Superman actor 'George Reeves (I)' (qv). He recently served as historical consultant on the film about Reeves life, _Hollywoodland (2006)_ (qv).
The only actor ever to play two different characters in consecutive _"Gunsmoke" (1955)_ (qv) productions.
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).
Worked at Frontier City Theme Park in Oklahoma City as a Gunfighter.