Beeson Carroll

Beeson Carroll
Carroll (left) with Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H, 1977
Born
Beeson John Carroll

(1934-09-21)September 21, 1934
New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 2018(2018-03-15) (aged 83)
OccupationsFilm, stage and television actor

Beeson John Carroll (September 21, 1934 – March 15, 2018) was an American film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Carroll was born in New York. He began his stage career in the 1960s, and in 1963, he appeared in the stage play Paw Paw Patch. During his stage career, he starred as Blue Morphan, an aged desert rat who lives in an old Chevrolet, in the stage play The Unseen Hand, and he starred in a season-opening stage play at the Just Us Theater. He then began his screen career in 1964, appearing in the CBS drama television series The Reporter. In 1966, he played a policeman in the film Mister Buddwing.

Later in his career, in 1980, Carroll starred as W.D. Hall, the town's grocer, in the CBS drama television series Palmerstown, U.S.A., starring along with Jonelle Allen, Bill Duke and Michael J. Fox. He guest-starred in television programs including M*A*S*H, The Waltons, One Life to Live, Hill Street Blues, Another World, One Day at a Time and Maude, and played the recurring role of Howard McCullogh, the brother of Ed McCullogh (Laurence Haddon), in the syndicated soap opera television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He also appeared in films such as Bananas, The Werewolf of Washington, Coming Home, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Bound for Glory and Crimes of the Heart.

Carroll retired from acting in 2006, last appearing in the film Diggers.

Death

Carroll died on March 15, 2018, at the age of 83.

References

  1. ↑ "Theater Shack Original A Tragi-Comic Shambles". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. November 4, 1963. p. 66. Retrieved October 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "Listen closely". Daily News. New York, New York. January 30, 1982. p. 152. Retrieved October 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Carroll addresses Dean's 'Dixieland'". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. October 8, 1981. p. 55. Retrieved October 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. ↑ The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures, vol. 50, Film Daily, 268, p. 264
  5. ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. p. 1047. ISBN 9780345429230 – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 Lentz, Harris (May 30, 2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland. p. 65. ISBN 9781476636559 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 113. ISBN 9781557835574 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "In Memoriam, Summer 2018". SAG-AFTRA. p. 49. Retrieved October 14, 2026.