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Look Familiar?<br />
By: Beverly Washburn / Hollywood Memories<br />
thought I’d write this month about a wonderful<br />
I actor and dear friend of mine, Jim Beaver. He<br />
is also a writer and film<br />
historian.<br />
Probably the thing he is most remembered<br />
for is his reoccurring role in “Deadwood” and<br />
“Supernatural”<br />
A few of his other roles are the TV shows Perry<br />
Mason, Matlock, NYPD Blue, The West Wing,<br />
Home Improvement, Mike and Molly, and Young<br />
Sheldon to name just a few. A favorite of mine<br />
was on a series called B Positive.<br />
Another one you might remember is when he<br />
was cast as Ed Asner’s comic sidekick in the TV<br />
series “Thunder Alley.”<br />
He also wrote several episodes of the TV series<br />
Alfred Hitchcock Presents and received a Cable<br />
Ace Award nomination for the first episode he<br />
wrote for that series.<br />
Being a film historian, he has written and researched a great deal<br />
about George Reeves, and in doing so was hired to be the historical and<br />
biographical consultant for the 2005 movie based on Reeves’ life called<br />
“Hollywoodland.”<br />
Jim and I share our admiration and respect for George Reeves, whom<br />
I’m sure you know played Superman. I played the little girl who was in<br />
my room when two little “Mole” men come in through my bedroom<br />
window in the pilot of the Superman TV series.<br />
I was a big fan of Superman and although he wasn’t in the scene I<br />
was in, he was wearing his Superman outfit on<br />
the set and I thought he was really Superman!<br />
Jim and I have been to many Superman<br />
luncheons and celebrations where people from<br />
all over the country come to celebrate him.<br />
Through all of his research, Jim probably knows<br />
more about George Reeves than just about<br />
anybody.<br />
He has also written several books. One of his<br />
books is entitled “Life’s That Way” which is<br />
about his beautiful late wife and the emotional<br />
journey she endured during her cancer battle.<br />
It is truly one of the most heartwarming, heart<br />
wrenching, compelling and beautiful books I’ve<br />
ever read.<br />
To say that Jim is one of “the special” ones is<br />
putting it mildly. How blessed I am to call him my friend.<br />
Until next time, remember to hold tenderly that which you cherish.<br />
Beverly Washburn graced the silver screen as a child actress and<br />
is the author of Reel Tears. You can contact Beverly at: bjradell@<br />
hotmail.com.<br />
8<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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