John Beach

born: 09 November 1903
New York City, New York,
United States of America
died: 22 September 1953
Greenwich, Connecticut,
United States of America
(age 49)

American actor. He was born into a wealthy socially elite family in Manhattan, NYC. He played supporting roles in many "B Westerns" and quit acting in 1941 to raise horses in the East. Chuck Anderson has an excellent, thoroughly researched biography of John Beach with sources and photos at b-westerns.com linked below.
One source gives a death date as 23 October 1997.
Real name: John Alden Beach
Height: 6'2"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1940
Of Mice And Men
Ranch hand

Acknowledgements:
https://www.b-westerns.com/henchie27.htm (complete bio w photos & sources: Chuck Anderson)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187895988/john-alden-beach (1953 Sep 22: death Greenwich, CT)
Ancestry.com WWII Young Mens' Draft 1942 Feb 14 LA: ht 6'2": works Lockheed Aircraft Co
Jim Jarvis (information)

This page was last updated on: 09 November 2023