John Beck

Actor

John Beck

Born January 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA47 films

John Beck (born January 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he specialised in playing hard-ball businessmen.

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Sleeper posterFirst watchSleeper19736.8as Erno WindtA leading role in one of their most watched films.Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Audrey Rose poster5.7Audrey Rose1977The Big Bus poster5.3The Big Bus1976Rollerball poster6.3Rollerball1975ABCs of Death 2 1/2 poster4.6ABCs of Death 2 1/22016Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster7.2Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973Timecop: The Berlin Decision poster5.6Timecop: The Berlin Decision2003Lawman poster6.6Lawman1971

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. 2016ABCs of Death 2 1/2Townspeople (segment "M is for Martyr")
  2. 2006Crash LandingGeneral McClaren
  3. 2003Timecop: The Berlin DecisionO'Rourke
  4. 2002Project ViperSimpkins
  5. 2000Crash Point ZeroDr. Maurice Hunter
  6. 2000MilitiaDep. Dir. Anderson
  7. 2000The AlternatePresident Fallbrook
  8. 1998A Place to GrowPaul Shuler
  9. 1997Steel ChariotsDale Tucker
  10. 1997Dark PlanetGeneral
  11. 1995Black Day Blue NightChief Morris Reed
  12. 1995Hart to Hart: Secrets of the HartJeremy
  13. 1995Suspect DeviceCIA Director
  14. 1994Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez MurdersDetective Les Zoeller
  15. 1994Last Time OutJoe Dolan
  16. 1991A Climate for KillingKyle Shipp
  17. 1990Fire and RainCaptain Edward Conners
  18. 1988Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the LakeDoug Vickers
  19. 1987Deadly IllusionAlex Burton
  20. 1985Peyton Place: The Next GenerationDorian Blake
  21. 1980GridlockBuzz Gregory
  22. 1980Flamingo RoadSam Curtis
  23. 1978The Time MachineNeil Perry
  24. 1977The Other Side of MidnightLarry Douglas
  25. 1977Audrey RoseBill Templeton
  26. 1976The Big BusShoulders
  27. 1976The Call of the WildJohn Thornton
  28. 1976Sky RidersBen
  29. 1975RollerballMoonpie
  30. 1974The LawGene Carey
  31. 1974Nightmare HoneymoonLee
  32. 1974Only God KnowsPhilip Norman
  33. 1974Nourish the BeastBruno
  34. 1973SleeperErno Windt
  35. 1973Paperback HeroPov
  36. 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidPoe
  37. 1971Lock, Stock and BarrelMicah Brucker
  38. 1971LawmanJason Bronson
  39. 1971Mrs. Pollifax — SpyLulash
  40. 1969The Silent GunBilly Reed
  41. 1968Three in the AtticJake
  42. 1968LSD: Trip to Where?
  43. 1967A Good Time with a Bad GirlCowboy
  44. 1966Cyborg 2087Skinny
  45. 1942They Raid by NightMr. Sandling - Beggar
  46. 1940Babies for SaleCharity Worker
  47. 1933A Man of SentimentBeck - the Butler