Respected character actor of the silent and early sound period, specializing in cruel villains. The son of Kansas City policeman Noah Webster Beery and Frances Margaret Fitzgerald Beery, Noah Nicholas Beery and his younger brother 'Wallace Beery' became equally familiar as a character actor, though usually in more genial roles.
Brother of Wallace Beery , father of Noah Beery Jr. , grandfather of Bucklind Beery.
Often played villains.
He died in the arms of his brother Wallace Beery , on Wallaces birthday.
At the time of his death, he had been vacationing and had been scheduled to appear that night on the radio show "Barnacle Bill" with Wallace and his daughter Carol Ann. Despite Noahs death, the show went on, Wallace and Carol Ann playing their parts as planned, and another actor brought in to take over Noahs role.
Since his fathers name was also Noah Beery, he was technically Noah Beery Jr., and his son was Noah Beery III. However the first Noah Beery had a different middle name from his son.
Brother of actor Wallace Beery , despite reports that they were only half-brothers. U.S. census reports indicate all three Beery brothers were born to Noah W. Beery and Marguerite Fitzgerald Beery.
Beerys wife also appeared in silent films.
His father was a policeman.
Played two different roles in the Zorros franchise: Sergeant Gonzales in The Mark of Zorro and central villain J.A. Marsden in the TV serial Zorro Rides Again .
