Robert Beatty; Played Tough Guys in Movies
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Robert Beatty, 82, craggy-faced actor who played tough-guy film roles. A native of Hamilton, Canada, Beatty went to England in 1937 to train for acting. During World War II, he described the London blitz to Americans over the British Broadcasting Corp.’s North American service. Among his films were “Odd Man Out,” “Captain Horatio Hornblower,” “Something of Value,” “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Where Eagles Dare.” On March 3 in London of pneumonia.
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