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Date of Birth

12 August 1950, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Birth Name

James Norman Beaver Jr.

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Son of a Church of Christ minister. Raised in Irving, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1971; Vietnam 1970-1971. Attended Fort Worth Christian College (1967-68), Oklahoma Christian College (1971-72), Central State University (B.A. 1975). Five seasons as actor with Dallas Shakespeare Festival. Film critic/columnist, Films in Review magazine (1976-1984). Chairman, Theatre West, Los Angeles (1985-87).

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Spouse

Cecily Adams	(7 May 1989 - 3 March 2004) (her death) 1 child
Deborah S. Young	(10 August 1973 - 1 October 1976) (divorced)

Trivia

Daughter Madeline Rose Beaver born. [19 August 2001]

Formerly married to Milwaukee radio personality Debbie Young.

Son-in-law of Don Adams.

Studied acting with Clyde Ventura and Maximilian Schell.

His "Enterprise" (2001) character, Admiral Leonard, was named after Leonard Nimoy.

The only actor ever to play two different characters in consecutive "Gunsmoke" (1955) productions.

At this writing (2006) is preparing a definitive biography of Superman actor George Reeves. He recently served as historical consultant on the film about Reeves life, Hollywoodland (2006).

Plays a character on "Deadwood" (2004) named Whitney Ellsworth, which was the name of the producer of "Adventures of Superman" (1952), which starred George Reeves. Beaver wrote a biography of Reeves.

As of 7/7/07, was the seventh most prolific writer of IMDb plot summaries and the seventh most prolific writer of IMDb mini biographies.

Worked at Frontier City Theme Park in Oklahoma City as a Gunfighter.

Is fluent in Japanese. The scene in Season 4 of Supernatural where Bobby is revealed to speak Japanese was included at his request.

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