Lejaune' in BEAU GESTE (Paramount, 1926). Among his prominent roles was sadistic 'Sgt. The 1920s were his peak years with many films for Jesse L. Pedro Gonzales' in Douglas Fairbanks' THE MARK OF ZORRO (United Artists, 1920).
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More movie jobs followed including his portrayal of 'Sgt. Photo from a May, 1928 issue of Picture Play magazine (available at the Internet Archive). Circa 1917, Noah and family moved to California.Ībove is Beery as the evil 'Sergeant Lejaune' in BEAU GESTE (Paramount, 1926). During that same period, he began doing films, and the short, THE INFLUENCE OF A CHILD (Kalem, 1913), may have been his cinema debut.Ĭirca 1916, he did more films including several in Florida for the Field Film Company of Miami. Wife Marguerite was also in the cast of "Lonesome Pine". Son Noah Wilber Lindsay Beery was born Augin Manhattan, New York City, and he grew up to become actor Noah Beery, Jr.įrom 1913 - 1915, Beery had a three year run in New York and on tour as the nice, sympathetic father of the leading lady in Klaw and Erlanger's play "Trail of the Lonesome Pine". His death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage and injuries at birth.
Their first child, Noah Lindsay Tilian Beery, was born Januand passed away on Januat Angelus Hospital, Los Angeles. Wife number two was actress Marguerite Walker Lindsay and they tied the knot on Jin Boston, Massachusetts.
The company toured, and were at the Garden Theater in New York City in December, 1905. Noah did some stock theater in Missouri, New York, and other locales, and one of his earliest stage jobs was the play "As You Sow" which debuted at the McVickers Theater in Chicago in September, 1905. Their father had turned in his badge and had become a "Keeper - Saloon". The family was still in Kansas City for the 1910 census, and the occupations of Noah and younger brother Wallace were "Actor - Theater". In 1907, Noah married Beatrice Maudie Heath in Kansas City, but that pairing was short lived. Teenager Noah was a "Street Car Conductor" and father Noah Webster Beery was a police officer. When the 1900 census was taken, the Beery family resided in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
was born on a Clay County, Missouri farm several miles northwest of Smithville on January 17, 1884." However, Noah's draft registrations and other records indicate his birthdate was January 17, 1882. The book Dictionary of Missouri Biography (University of Missouri Press, 1999) by Lawrence O. Wallace was one of many stars at MGM, and won an Oscar for his lead role as a boxer and devoted father to youngster Jackie Cooper in THE CHAMP (MGM, 1931). Though he personified evil on the screen, he was kind and gentle to family and friends, and never jealous about younger brother Wallace Beery having bigger roles and more recognition. He was large on the screen and sizable in real life, weighing well over 200 pounds and about 6 feet, 1 inches in height. Noah Beery (Senior) is one of the most remembered villains in silent and sound films.