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name: "Beeson Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/beeson-carroll"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1934"
died: "15 March 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:56:59.741264+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Beeson Carroll

Actor. Born 21 September 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 15 March 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1934, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 15 March 2018
- **Active:** 1976–1978
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140739/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158977

## Biography

Beeson Carroll was an American actor. He began working in the mid-1960s, appearing in television episodes and films such as *Mister Buddwing* (1966). His early screen roles included parts in *Bananas* (1971) and *Lady Liberty* (1971).

Carroll played Capt. Earl Delise in *Coming Home* (1978). Other film credits include *Bound for Glory* (1976), *Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone* (1983), *Crimes of the Heart* (1986), *Rounders* (1998) and *Diggers* (2006). On television he appeared in series including *M*A*S*H* (1977) as Lt. Col. Donald Penobscott, *Hill Street Blues*, *Miami Vice* and *The Waltons*, and had recurring roles in *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* and *Palmerstown, U.S.A.*. He also performed on stage and received an Obie Award in 1970 for *The Unseen Hand*.

Born in New York City on 21 September 1934, Carroll died on 15 March 2018.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmovie.com, de.wikipedia.org, broadwayworld.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Coming Home* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Capt. Earl Delise — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Fi1m 71, as Collister — [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Diggers* (2007), as Hunt's Father
- *Rounders* (1998), as Judge Kaplan
- *Separate but Equal* (1991), as Judge John J. Parker
- *Separate but Equal* (1991), series, as Judge John J. Parker
- *Common Ground* (1990), as Healy
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Roger Darcy
- *Tiger Warsaw* (1988), as Uncle Gene
- *The Murder of Mary Phagan* (1988), series, Actor
- *Crimes of the Heart* (1986), as Zackery Botrelle
- *Too Scared to Scream* (1984), as Barry Moyer
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as FBI Agent Jack Slade — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *P.O.P.* (1984), as John Ellsworth
- *Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone* (1983), as Grandman Patterson
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Palmerstown, U.S.A.* (1980), series, as W.D. Hall
- *Somebody Killed Her Husband* (1978), as Frank Danziger
- *The Dain Curse* (1978), series, as Marshall Cotton
- *Coming Home* (1978), as Capt. Earl Delise — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), as Collister — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* (1976), series, as Howard McCullough
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, Actor
- *The UFO Incident* (1975), as Lt. Colonel Jack MacRainey
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Sykes
- *The Family Nobody Wanted* (1975), as James Collins
- *The Secret Night Caller* (1975), as Policeman #1
- *Good Times* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Werewolf of Washington* (1973), as Commander Salmon
- *Shamus* (1973), as John Bolton
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Lt. Col. Donald Penobscott — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor
- *Lady Liberty* (1971), as Dominic Perlino
- *Bananas* (1971), as FBI Security
- *Mister Buddwing* (1966), as Policeman

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