Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 â€" April 1, 1946) was an
American actor who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945. He was the
older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery and the
father of character actor Noah Beery Jr. Beery was billed as either
Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr. depending upon the film.Noah Nicholas
Beery was born on a farm in Clay County, Missouri not far from
Smithville. The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to
nearby Kansas City, Missouri where the father was employed as a police
officer. While still a young boy Beery got his first exposure to
theatre, and at the same time showed budding entrepreneurship by
selling lemon drops at the Gillis Theater in Kansas City.Possessed of
a deep, rich voice even in his early teens, several of the actors at
the Gillis Theater encouraged Beery to take singing lessons and
consider a career as a performer. A summer of singing at Kansas City's
Electric Park amusement park led to Beery leaving for New York City
while just sixteen years old.Noah Beery found work in vaudeville and
in the chorus of musical comedies during his early years in New York.
Soon though he would turn his attention to acting in melodramas of the
period, often under the direction of William A. Brady.
American actor who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945. He was the
older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery and the
father of character actor Noah Beery Jr. Beery was billed as either
Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr. depending upon the film.Noah Nicholas
Beery was born on a farm in Clay County, Missouri not far from
Smithville. The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to
nearby Kansas City, Missouri where the father was employed as a police
officer. While still a young boy Beery got his first exposure to
theatre, and at the same time showed budding entrepreneurship by
selling lemon drops at the Gillis Theater in Kansas City.Possessed of
a deep, rich voice even in his early teens, several of the actors at
the Gillis Theater encouraged Beery to take singing lessons and
consider a career as a performer. A summer of singing at Kansas City's
Electric Park amusement park led to Beery leaving for New York City
while just sixteen years old.Noah Beery found work in vaudeville and
in the chorus of musical comedies during his early years in New York.
Soon though he would turn his attention to acting in melodramas of the
period, often under the direction of William A. Brady.
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