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In 1949 Beymer began acting in [[television]] in |
In 1949 Beymer began acting in [[television]] in a Los Angeles TV series for children ''[[Sandy Dreams]]''.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326487/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_62</ref> He did it for three years, and is ended when he was 13.<ref name="hop">The DICK BEYMER STORY: He Thanks Bing Crosby for His First Big Break, but He Won a Starring Role in 'West Side Story' Thru His Own Talent |
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Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 21 Aug 1960: b26. </ref> |
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Beymer made his feature-film debut in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Stazione Termini]]'' |
Beymer made his feature-film debut in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Stazione Termini]]'' (1953).<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|last=Brennan|first=Sandra|title=Full Biography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/6046/Richard-Beymer/biography|accessdate=24 May 2014}}</ref> De Sica cast him in part because his dark complexion made him look like [[Jennifer Jones]]' nephew. He was under contract to Jones' husband, [[David O. Selznick]] for a year.<ref name="man"/> |
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He played in ''[[So Big (1953 film)|So Big]]'' (1953), ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1954) and ''[[Johnny Tremain (film)|Johnny Tremain]]'' (1957). He guest starred in ''[[26 Men]]'', ''[[Zane Grey Theater]]'', ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'', ''[[The Gray Ghost]]'', ''[[Navy Log]]'', ''[[Whirlybirds]]'', ''[[Sky King]]'', ''[[Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre]]'', and ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]''. |
He played in ''[[So Big (1953 film)|So Big]]'' (1953), ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1954) and ''[[Johnny Tremain (film)|Johnny Tremain]]'' (1957). He guest starred in ''[[26 Men]]'', ''[[Zane Grey Theater]]'', ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'', ''[[The Gray Ghost (TV series)|The Gray Ghost]]'', ''[[Navy Log]]'', ''[[Whirlybirds]]'', ''[[Sky King]]'', ''[[Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre]]'', and ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]''. He auditioned unsuccessfully for the role played by [[Sal Mineo]] in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'' (1954).<ref name="man"/> |
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===20th Century Fox=== |
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Beymer achieved success when [[George Stevens]] cast him in ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (1959) playing [[Peter Van Daan]]. |
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Beymer was put under contract to 20th Century Fox and started to be regarded as an exciting future star.<ref name="man">MOVIES: RICHARD BEYMER NEVER WAS 'THE SOFT YOUNG MAN' |
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Rosenfield, Paul. Los Angeles Times 26 Dec 1982: m27. </ref> Producer [[William Pelberg]] later said, "It's a thing that periodically happens out here. Somebody comes along and talk starts and agents and studios keep talking and talking. Like an avalanche, the talk gathers speed. Ultimately that 'somebody' turns out to be a big name in Hollywood only."<ref name="man"/> |
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⚫ | After appearing in ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' he had a support role in ''[[High Time (film)|High Time]]'' (1960), a comedy with [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Tuesday Weld]] at [[20th Century Fox]]. "I wanted to be a very good actor," said Beymer later. "I wanted to work and let the work stand for something."<ref name="man"/> |
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Beymer was cast in the lead role of Tony in ''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961), a huge hit. He shared a 1962 [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor]] with [[Bobby Darin]] and [[Warren Beatty]]. |
Beymer was cast in the lead role of Tony in ''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961), a huge hit. He shared a 1962 [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor]] with [[Bobby Darin]] and [[Warren Beatty]]. |
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Beymer later said he "was miserable in ''West Side Story''. I didn't know enough at the time because I lacked certain knowledge in acting... I came out ridiculous. I didn't stand up for what I should have and I didn't know enough. The blame should be on me."<ref name="don">Actors 'Come Out Ridiculous' in Films; Richard Beymer Tells Why Alpert, Don. Los Angeles Times 23 Feb 1964: C4. </ref> |
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⚫ | Beymer was reunited with Weld in the Fox comedy ''[[Bachelor Flat]]'' (1961). At Columbia he played the son of [[Rosalind Russell]] and [[Jack Hawkins]] in ''[[Five Finger Exercise]]'' (1962). Beymer later said he was "terrible" in that film.<ref name="bart">A YOUNG EX-ACTOR RETURNS TO FILMS: Richard Beymer Writes and Produces Documentary |
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By PETER BARTSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times 9 Sep 1964: 48. </ref> |
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Beymer was given the role of [[Nick Adams]] in ''[[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man]]'' (1962) for Fox, with an all-star supporting cast. Producer [[Jerry Wald]] says he and director [[Martin Ritt]] agreed that Beymer was "the young actor I think stands the best chance of being the next [[Gary Cooper]]."<ref>Louella Parsons:. (1961, Aug 02). Ernest hemingway's 'young man' film to honor gary cooper. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973)</ref> The film was a big flop. |
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Beymer enrolled in New York's [[Actors Studio]] in 1963,<ref name=nyt/><ref>Richard Beymer Is Daily Student at Actors' Studio |
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⚫ | He assisted [[Barney Frank]] in rescuing [[Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party|Freedom Democrat]] forms in a rental truck that had been confiscated from arrested Freedom volunteers in Canton, Mississippi on Freedom Day (July 16, 1964).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Freedom Summer|last=Watson|first=Bruce|publisher=Viking Penguin|year=2010|isbn=978-1-101-19018-0|location=New York, New York|page=328}}</ref> During this time, he filmed the award-winning documentary ''A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer'', documenting the efforts of volunteers registering African-Americans to vote.<ref>[http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/beymer.htm Profile], lib.usm.edu; accessed June 28, 2014.</ref> |
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However he was unhappy with his acting. "They tried to make me the nice kid next door," he said. "That's just not me. They said just play you - but I am not the all American boy."<ref name="don"/> |
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In December 1962 Richard Zanuck of Fox wanted Beymer in ''Illicit'' based on a story bu [[Vera Casparay]] but the story was not made.<ref>Beymer Will Star in 20th's 'Illicit': Zanuck Lifts Star's Option; for Rosenberg's Production |
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Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times22 Dec 1962: B6. </ref> Neither was ''A Promie at Dawn'' with [[Ingrid Bergman]].<ref name="fly">The HEAT'S on BEYMER!: Did He Fly Too High Too Fast? |
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Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 9 Sep 1962: c32. </ref> |
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Beymer started attending daily classes at the Actor's Studio. "I just want to learn and be as professional as a I can," he said.<ref>Richard Beymer Is Daily Student at Actors' Studio |
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Los Angeles Times 22 Mar 1963: D12. </ref> |
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⚫ | He assisted [[Barney Frank]] in rescuing [[Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party|Freedom Democrat]] forms in a rental truck that had been confiscated from arrested Freedom volunteers in Canton, Mississippi on Freedom Day (July 16, 1964).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Freedom Summer|last=Watson|first=Bruce|publisher=Viking Penguin|year=2010|isbn=978-1-101-19018-0|location=New York, New York|page=328}}</ref> During this time, he filmed the award-winning documentary ''A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer'' (1964), documenting the efforts of volunteers registering African-Americans to vote.<ref>[http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/beymer.htm Profile], lib.usm.edu; accessed June 28, 2014.</ref><ref name="art"/> |
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In February 1964 he said all the films he had done except ''The Longest Day'' "should have been classroom work and never should have been shown publicly... I'm not a leading man. I"m a character actor. That is, I'm not a stereotyped leading man type. I'm kind of a schlepp at times... I don't care about billing and being a star. Being myself is the first thing."<ref name="don"/> |
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Beymer guest starred in episodes of ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', |
Beymer guest starred in episodes of ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', |
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''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'', ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', and ''[[Death Valley Days]]''. Beymer returned to features with ''[[Scream Free!]]'' (1969) co starring his ''West Side Story'' co star [[Russ Tamblyn]]. |
''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'', ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', and ''[[Death Valley Days]]''. Beymer returned to features with ''[[Scream Free!]]'' (1969) co starring his ''West Side Story'' co star [[Russ Tamblyn]]. |
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===Filmmaker=== |
===Filmmaker=== |
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Beymer turned to filmmaking with ''[[The Innerview]]'' (1973), which he wrote, produced and directed as well as starred. |
Beymer turned to filmmaking with ''[[The Innerview]]'' (1973), which he wrote, produced and directed as well as starred.<ref>MOVIE REVIEW: Beymer Goes Avant-Garde |
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Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 29 June 1973: h16. </ref> |
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He starred in, wrote and directed episodes of ''[[Insight (TV series)|Insight]]''. |
He starred in, wrote and directed episodes of ''[[Insight (TV series)|Insight]]''. The lived for two years in a commune and worked in Switzerland. he starred in a film ''Free Grass'' that was never released.<ref name="man"/> |
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"I never left the movies," Beymer said, "I just made different kidns of movies."<ref>Twin Peaks' Stars Tamblyn, Beymer Share Twin Experience: Television: Actors at work on ABC series share a common bond... their roles in 'West Side Story' almost 30 years ago |
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Wheelock, Julie. Los Angeles Times 6 Apr 1990: F23. </ref> |
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===Return to Acting=== |
===Return to Acting=== |
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Beymer returned to Los Angeles in 1982 to reactivate his career.<ref name="man"/> |
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⚫ | He appeared in ''[[Cross Country (film)|Cross Country]]'' (1983). He had roles in ''[[Paper Dolls]]'' (1984), playing the husband of [[Mimi Rogers]], and ''Generation'' (1985), ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'', ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[The Bronx Zoo (TV series)|The Bronx Zoo]]'', ''[[Buck James]]'', and ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!]]'' (1989). |
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Beymer was widely seen in ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1990-91) playing [[Ben Horne]]. He followed it in ''Blackbelt'' (1992), and ''[[Danger Island (film)|The Presence]]'' (1993). |
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He made three appearances on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' as [[Li Nalas]] in the episodes "[[The Homecoming (DS9 episode)|The Homecoming]]", "[[The Circle (DS9 episode)|The Circle]]", and "[[The Siege (DS9 episode)|The Siege]]". |
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Beymer could also be seen in ''[[Under Investigation]]'' (1993), ''[[My Girl 2]]'' (1994), ''[[State of Emergency ]]'' (1994), ''[[The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson ]]'' (1996), several episodes of '[[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[A Face to Die For]]'' (1996), '' |
Beymer could also be seen in ''[[Under Investigation]]'' (1993), ''[[My Girl 2]]'' (1994), ''[[State of Emergency (1994 film)|State of Emergency ]]'' (1994), ''[[The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson ]]'' (1996), several episodes of '[[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[A Face to Die For]]'' (1996), ''The Little Death'' (1996), ''[[Foxfire (1996 film)|Foxfire]]'' (1996), ''[[Elvis Meets Nixon]]''(1997) and ''[[Home the Horror Story]]''. He was in episodes of ''[[Flipper (1995 TV series)|Flipper]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]'', ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'', and ''[[Family Law (TV series)|Family Law]]''.<ref>BEYMER'S CAREER KARMA HE USED A KNIFE FOR ILL IN WESTSIDE,'FORGOODIN |
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A FACE TO DIE FOR': [VALLEY Edition] |
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Daily News 10 Mar 1996: L.3. </ref> |
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===Filmmaking=== |
===Filmmaking=== |
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He was in ''[[Sadie's Waltz]]'' (2008) then focused on directing documentaries: ''The Passing of a Saint'' (2010), ''It's a Beautiful World'' (2014), ''Richard Beymer's Before... the Big Bang'' (2016), ''I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun'' (2017), and ''Behind the Red Curtain'' (2017). |
He was in ''[[Sadie's Waltz]]'' (2008) then focused on directing documentaries: ''The Passing of a Saint'' (2010), ''It's a Beautiful World'' (2014), ''Richard Beymer's Before... the Big Bang'' (2016), ''I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun'' (2017), and ''Behind the Red Curtain'' (2017).<ref>Right Out of Hollywood, A Witness to History: Richard Beymer's Mississippi documentary is in demand |
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Lee, Felicia R. New York Times 22 June 2014: AR10. </ref> |
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Beymer reprised his role as Ben Horne in the [[Twin Peaks (season 3)|third season of ''Twin Peaks'']] in 2017.<ref>[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2014/10/13/richard-beymer-twin-peaks-fairfield-david-lynch-maharishi/17234681 Richard Beymer on ''Twin Peaks''], desmoinesregister.com; accessed June 22, 2015.</ref> |
Beymer reprised his role as Ben Horne in the [[Twin Peaks (season 3)|third season of ''Twin Peaks'']] in 2017.<ref>[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2014/10/13/richard-beymer-twin-peaks-fairfield-david-lynch-maharishi/17234681 Richard Beymer on ''Twin Peaks''], desmoinesregister.com; accessed June 22, 2015.</ref> |
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This article currently links to a large number of disambiguation pages (or back to itself). (April 2019) |
Richard Beymer | |
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Born | George Richard Beymer, Jr. February 20, 1938 Avoca, Iowa, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, painter, sculptor, novelist |
Years active | 1949–present |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
George Richard Beymer, Jr.[1] (born February 20, 1938) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist who is best known for playing the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1961), Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and Ben Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017).
Early life
Beymer was born in Avoca, Iowa, to George Richard Beymer, a printer, and his wife, Eunice (née Goss).[1] He and his family moved in 1940 to Los Angeles, California.
Acting career
Child actor
In 1949 Beymer began acting in television in a Los Angeles TV series for children Sandy Dreams.[2] He did it for three years, and is ended when he was 13.[3]
Beymer made his feature-film debut in Vittorio De Sica's Stazione Termini (1953).[4] De Sica cast him in part because his dark complexion made him look like Jennifer Jones' nephew. He was under contract to Jones' husband, David O. Selznick for a year.[5]
He played in So Big (1953), Cavalcade of America (1954) and Johnny Tremain (1957). He guest starred in 26 Men, Zane Grey Theater, Make Room for Daddy, The Gray Ghost, Navy Log, Whirlybirds, Sky King, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, and Schlitz Playhouse. He auditioned unsuccessfully for the role played by Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause (1954).[5]
20th Century Fox
Beymer achieved success when George Stevens cast him in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) playing Peter Van Daan.
Beymer was put under contract to 20th Century Fox and started to be regarded as an exciting future star.[5] Producer William Pelberg later said, "It's a thing that periodically happens out here. Somebody comes along and talk starts and agents and studios keep talking and talking. Like an avalanche, the talk gathers speed. Ultimately that 'somebody' turns out to be a big name in Hollywood only."[5]
After appearing in Playhouse 90 he had a support role in High Time (1960), a comedy with Bing Crosby and Tuesday Weld at 20th Century Fox. "I wanted to be a very good actor," said Beymer later. "I wanted to work and let the work stand for something."[5]
Beymer was cast in the lead role of Tony in West Side Story (1961), a huge hit. He shared a 1962 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor with Bobby Darin and Warren Beatty.
Beymer later said he "was miserable in West Side Story. I didn't know enough at the time because I lacked certain knowledge in acting... I came out ridiculous. I didn't stand up for what I should have and I didn't know enough. The blame should be on me."[6]
Beymer was reunited with Weld in the Fox comedy Bachelor Flat (1961). At Columbia he played the son of Rosalind Russell and Jack Hawkins in Five Finger Exercise (1962). Beymer later said he was "terrible" in that film.[7]
Beymer was given the role of Nick Adams in Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) for Fox, with an all-star supporting cast. Producer Jerry Wald says he and director Martin Ritt agreed that Beymer was "the young actor I think stands the best chance of being the next Gary Cooper."[8] The film was a big flop.
However Beymer also had a significant role in the film The Longest Day (1962), which was a large success.[4]
However he was unhappy with his acting. "They tried to make me the nice kid next door," he said. "That's just not me. They said just play you - but I am not the all American boy."[6]
In December 1962 Richard Zanuck of Fox wanted Beymer in Illicit based on a story bu Vera Casparay but the story was not made.[9] Neither was A Promie at Dawn with Ingrid Bergman.[10]
Beymer started attending daily classes at the Actor's Studio. "I just want to learn and be as professional as a I can," he said.[11]
Producer Wald and director Franklin Schaffner cast him in The Stripper (1963) with Joanne Woodward. He returned to New York.[7] "I got sick of the whole thing and I left," he said.[6]
Semi-Retirement
In 1964 Beymer became involved in Freedom Summer in Mississippi. "You get tired of being a complainer, passive," he said.[12]
He assisted Barney Frank in rescuing Freedom Democrat forms in a rental truck that had been confiscated from arrested Freedom volunteers in Canton, Mississippi on Freedom Day (July 16, 1964).[13] During this time, he filmed the award-winning documentary A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer (1964), documenting the efforts of volunteers registering African-Americans to vote.[14][12]
In February 1964 he said all the films he had done except The Longest Day "should have been classroom work and never should have been shown publicly... I'm not a leading man. I"m a character actor. That is, I'm not a stereotyped leading man type. I'm kind of a schlepp at times... I don't care about billing and being a star. Being myself is the first thing."[6]
Beymer guest starred in episodes of Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Virginian, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Dr. Kildare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Death Valley Days. Beymer returned to features with Scream Free! (1969) co starring his West Side Story co star Russ Tamblyn.
Filmmaker
Beymer turned to filmmaking with The Innerview (1973), which he wrote, produced and directed as well as starred.[15]
He starred in, wrote and directed episodes of Insight. The lived for two years in a commune and worked in Switzerland. he starred in a film Free Grass that was never released.[5]
"I never left the movies," Beymer said, "I just made different kidns of movies."[16]
Return to Acting
Beymer returned to Los Angeles in 1982 to reactivate his career.[5]
He appeared in Cross Country (1983). He had roles in Paper Dolls (1984), playing the husband of Mimi Rogers, and Generation (1985), Moonlighting, Dallas, The Bronx Zoo, Buck James, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989).
Beymer was widely seen in Twin Peaks (1990-91) playing Ben Horne. He followed it in Blackbelt (1992), and The Presence (1993).
He made three appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Li Nalas in the episodes "The Homecoming", "The Circle", and "The Siege".
Beymer could also be seen in Under Investigation (1993), My Girl 2 (1994), State of Emergency (1994), The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996), several episodes of '[[[Murder, She Wrote]], A Face to Die For (1996), The Little Death (1996), Foxfire (1996), Elvis Meets Nixon(1997) and Home the Horror Story. He was in episodes of Flipper, The X-Files, Vengeance Unlimited, Profiler, and Family Law.[17]
Filmmaking
He was in Sadie's Waltz (2008) then focused on directing documentaries: The Passing of a Saint (2010), It's a Beautiful World (2014), Richard Beymer's Before... the Big Bang (2016), I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun (2017), and Behind the Red Curtain (2017).[18]
Beymer reprised his role as Ben Horne in the third season of Twin Peaks in 2017.[19]
The avant-garde film The Innerview, which he directed, produced, wrote the screenplay for and edited, won the Josef von Sternberg Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival in 1974. His 2010 film, The Passing of a Saint, chronicles the funeral rites of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.[20] In April 2014 his film of a trip to India with David Lynch, It’s a Beautiful World, was released.[21]
Books
In 2007 Beymer completed his first book, a self-published novel, Impostor: Or Whatever Happened to Richard Beymer?, a semi-autobiographical account of a young actor's struggle to find himself.[22]
As visual artist
Beymer's photographs of Twin Peaks cast and crew were featured in the gallery of behind the scenes photos on the Definitive Gold Box Edition for Twin Peaks, released on October 30, 2007. He is also a painter and sculptor.[20]
Personal life
As of 2010, Beymer resided in Fairfield, Iowa, where he continued to make films and to write, sculpt, and paint.[20] He practices Transcendental Meditation, to "cool out".[21]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1951 | Fourteen Hours | Uncredited | |
1953 | Terminal Station | Paul Stevens | |
1953 | So Big | Roelf (Age 12-16) | |
1957 | Johnny Tremain | Rab Silsbee | |
1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Peter Van Daan | |
1960 | High Time | Bob Bannerman | |
1961 | West Side Story | Tony | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1961 | Bachelor Flat | Mike Pulaski | |
1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Philip Harrington | |
1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Nick Adams | |
1962 | The Longest Day | Pvt. Dutch Schultz | |
1963 | The Stripper | Kenny Baird | |
1964 | A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer | Documentary short; director and writer | |
1969 | Scream Free! | Dean | |
1973 | The Innerview | Also director, writer, producer, editor and cinematographer | |
1983 | Cross Country | Evan Bley | |
1989 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Dr. Newbury | Direct-to-video |
1992 | Blackbelt | Eddie Deangelo | |
1993 | Under Investigation | Dr. Jerry Parsons | |
1994 | My Girl 2 | Peter Webb | |
1996 | The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson | Chad Leary | |
1996 | Foxfire | Mr. Parks | |
1998 | Playing Patti | ||
2000 | Home the Horror Story | Bob Parkinson | |
2008 | Sadie's Waltz | Garvus | Short film |
2010 | The Passing of a Saint | Documentary; director, editor and cinematographer | |
2014 | It's a Beautiful World | Documentary; director, editor and cinematographer | |
2016 | Richard Beymer's Before the Big Bang | Documentary; director, editor and cinematographer | |
2017 | I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun | Documentary short; director, editor and cinematographer | |
2017 | Behind the Red Curtain | Documentary short; director, editor and cinematographer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Cavalcade of America | Episode: "Gentle Conqueror" | |
1956–1957 | Make Room for Daddy | The Boyfriend / Freddie Baxter | 2 episodes |
1957 | The Gray Ghost | Luke Burnette | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
1957 | 26 Men | Tod Devers | Episode: "Dead Man in Tucson" |
1957 | Zane Grey Theater | Shep Jolland | Episode: "The Bitter Land" |
1958 | Navy Log | Ennis Thompson | Episode: "The Soapbox Kid" |
1958 | Whirlybirds | John Thompson | Episode: "The Brothers" |
1958 | Sky King | Joe Belden | Episode: "Man Hunt" |
1958 | Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | Mark | Episode: "On the Brink" |
1958, 1968 | Death Valley Days | John Owens / Zeb Fallon | 2 episodes |
1959 | Schlitz Playhouse | Episode: "On the Brink" | |
1959 | Playhouse 90 | LeRoy Cadman | Episode: "Dark December" |
1965 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Werner Schiff | Episode: "The East Breach" |
1965 | The Virginian | Mark Shannon / Frank Colter | 2 episodes |
1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Ralph Belmonte | Episode: "Guilty or Not Guilty" |
1966 | Dr. Kildare | Reverend Jack Elder | 3 episodes |
1967 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Harry Williams | Episode: "The Survival School Affair" |
1975, 1980 | Insight | Train Conductor / Josh / God | 3 episodes |
1981 | The Girl on the Edge of Town | Television film; cinematographer | |
1982 | The Juggler of Notre Dame | Television film; cinematographer | |
1984 | Paper Dolls | David Fenton | 13 episodes |
1985 | Generation | Allan Breed | Television film |
1986 | Moonlighting | Ray Adamson | Episode: "All Creatures Great... and Not So Great" |
1987, 1991 1993, 1996 |
Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 6 episodes |
1987–1988 | Buck James | Max | 2 episodes |
1987 | Dallas | Jeff Larkin | Episode: "Bedtime Stories" |
1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Mr. Locke | Episode: "The Gospel Truth" |
1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Benjamin Horne | 30 episodes |
1992 | Danger Island | Ben | Television film |
1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Li Nalas | 3 episodes |
1994 | State of Emergency | Dr. Ronald Frames | Television film |
1996 | A Face to Die For | Dr. Matthew Sheridan | Television film |
1996 | Flipper | Andrew Cantrell | Episode: "Sharks" |
1996 | The X-Files | Dr. Jack Franklin | Episode: "Sanguinarium" |
1997 | Elvis Meets Nixon | Bob Haldeman | Television film |
1998 | Vengeance Unlimited | Douglas Bradford | Episode: "Noir" |
1999 | Profiler | Martin Fizer | Episode: "Ceremony of Innocence" |
2001 | Family Law | Richard Collins | Episode: "Against All Odds" |
2017 | Twin Peaks | Benjamin Horne | 6 episodes |
References
- ^ a b Breymer profile, FilmReference.com; accessed 27 June 2014.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326487/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_62
- ^ The DICK BEYMER STORY: He Thanks Bing Crosby for His First Big Break, but He Won a Starring Role in 'West Side Story' Thru His Own Talent Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 21 Aug 1960: b26.
- ^ a b Brennan, Sandra. "Full Biography". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g MOVIES: RICHARD BEYMER NEVER WAS 'THE SOFT YOUNG MAN' Rosenfield, Paul. Los Angeles Times 26 Dec 1982: m27.
- ^ a b c d Actors 'Come Out Ridiculous' in Films; Richard Beymer Tells Why Alpert, Don. Los Angeles Times 23 Feb 1964: C4.
- ^ a b A YOUNG EX-ACTOR RETURNS TO FILMS: Richard Beymer Writes and Produces Documentary By PETER BARTSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times 9 Sep 1964: 48.
- ^ Louella Parsons:. (1961, Aug 02). Ernest hemingway's 'young man' film to honor gary cooper. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973)
- ^ Beymer Will Star in 20th's 'Illicit': Zanuck Lifts Star's Option; for Rosenberg's Production Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times22 Dec 1962: B6.
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Further reading
- Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 18.