
Beverly Garland
Actor · Died December 5, 2008, aged 82 · Santa Cruz, California, United States
Beverly Garland (1926–2008) was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence with her role on My Three Sons. In the 1980s, she co-starred as Kate Jackson's widowed mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. She also had a recurring role as on 7th Heaven. Had the Fates smiled upon her, the versatile Beverly Garland would have been one of the biggest female stars in films. She started out well, with a plum part in the noir classic DOA (1949), in which she was billed as Beverly Campbell. Alas, Garland was never one to keep her opinions to herself, and her pointed comments about some of her DOA colleagues turned her into a Hollywood pariah before her career had even begun. She eventually worked her way back up the ladder with supporting roles in theatrical features and guest-star assignments on television. Garland rapidly earned a reputation as a "good luck charm" for TV-pilot producers, who could usually count on a sale if Garland was featured in their product. She guested on the first episode of Medic as an expectant leukemia victim, and was co-starred in the pilots of no fewer than three Rod Cameron TV vehicles: City Detective, State Trooper and Coronado 9, all of which sold. In the mid-1950s, Garland was briefly the inamorata of quickie producer/director Roger Corman, who prominently cast her in such cheapies as It Conquered the World (1955) and Not of This Earth (1956). She starred in the 1957 syndicated TV series Policewoman Decoy, which permitted her to adopt a variety of convincing guises in the line of duty. From the 1960s on, Garland was everyone's favorite TV wife or mother: she played Bing Crosby's wife in The Bing Crosby Show (1964), Fred MacMurray's wife on the last three seasons (1969-72) of My Three Sons, Stephanie Zimbalist's mother in Remington Steele (1982-86) and Kate Jackson's mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983-87). Active into the 1990s, Beverly Garland supplemented her acting income with her job as spokesperson for a major Midwestern travel agency. She died in 2008 at age
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 17, 1926
- December 5, 2008 (aged 82)
- Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Actor
- 53 on MovieCove · 151 credits in all
What are Beverly Garland's films like?
Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 26
Light 10 · Serious 11 · Dark 6
Grounded 19 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 8 · Charged 13 · Intense 6
Steady 16 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 1
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1
Casual 19 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 5
Resolved 19 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 7 of 13 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Gail Bonner in Bitter Creek (1954)
- Allyas Dr. Andrea Romar in Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
- Heroas Marshal Rose Hood in Gunslinger (1956)
- Allyas Claire Anderson in It Conquered the World (1956)
- Allyas Cassie Mack in The Joker Is Wild (1957)
- Heroas Casey Jones in Decoy (1957)
- Shapeshifteras Casey Jones in Decoy (1957)
- Heroas Nadine Storey in Not of This Earth (1957)
- Allyas Mona Langley in The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
- Heroas Joyce Webster in The Alligator People (1959)
- Heroas Ellen Winslow in Stark Fear (1962)
- Allyas Vilma Thompson in And Then They Forgot God (1971)
- Allyas Dorothy 'Dotty' West in Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet12
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Beverly Garland's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).
- Drive-in Movie Memories (2001) · actor · free
- D.O.A. (1949) · actor · free
- Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- Decoy (1957) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Voyage of the Yes (1973) · actor · free
- The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990) · actor · free
- The Mad Room (1969) · actor · free
- Charlie's Angels (1976) · actor · free
- Stark Fear (1962) · actor · free
- This Girl for Hire (1983) · actor · free
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- D.O.A. (1949) · actor · free
- Danger Man (1960) · actor · free
- Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- Decoy (1957) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) · actor · free
- Charlie's Angels (1976) · actor · free
- The Neanderthal Man (1953) · actor · free
- Gunslinger (1956) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Beverly Garland's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
151 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
If (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

The Guardian(2001)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Drive-in Movie Memories(2001)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Teen Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The Angry Beavers(1997)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
7th Heaven(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Hellfire(1995)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Friends(1994)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Ellen(1994)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
To The Moon, Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

P.S. I Luv U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Finding the Way Home(1991)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Death Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Crazy like a Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Finder of Lost Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King(1983)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
This Girl for Hire(1983)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Remington Steele(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Gamble on Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Enos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

It's My Turn(1980)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Roller Boogie(1979)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Abraham's Sacrifice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Sixth and Main (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

How the West Was Won(1976)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Tony Randall Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Deadly Volley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Airport 1975(1974)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Day the Earth Moved(1974)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Planet of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Where the Red Fern Grows(1974)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Healers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Unwed Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Voyage of the Yes(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Weekend Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Temperatures Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Rookies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

And Then They Forgot God(1971)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Cutter's Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Medical Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Then Came Bronson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Mad Room(1969)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Pretty Poison(1968)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Mothers-in-Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Judd, for the Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Loner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Bing Crosby Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Calhoun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Twice-Told Tales(1963)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Dakotas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Stark Fear(1962)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Sam Benedict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Bus Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

87th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Cain's Hundred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Asphalt Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Stagecoach West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Danger Man(1960)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Coronado 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Alligator People(1959)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Gundown at Sandoval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Yancy Derringer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Saga of Hemp Brown(1958)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Edge of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Decoy(1957)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Joker Is Wild(1957)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Chicago Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Badlands of Montana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Not of This Earth(1957)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The O. Henry Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Naked Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Wire Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

It Conquered the World(1956)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Gunslinger(1956)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Telephone Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Swamp Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Steel Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Go-Getter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Sudden Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Desperate Hours(1955)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Navy Log (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

New York Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Medic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Two Guns and a Badge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Killer Leopard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Desperado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Miami Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Rocket Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Bitter Creek(1954)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all filmsThe Fabulous Oliver Chantry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

City Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Neanderthal Man(1953)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Problem Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Ford Television Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Four Star Playhouse(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

A Life of Her Own(1950)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsMama Rosa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

D.O.A.(1949)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Lone Ranger(1949)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 151 titles from 1949 to 2003; peak year 1973.

Biggest box office
Roller Boogie (1979)

Highest rated
D.O.A. (1949)

Most popular right now
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Film career
Peak 1973 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1949Screen debut· D.O.A.
- 1959First top-billed film· The Alligator People
- 1959Career best· The Alligator People
- 1983Career best· Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Beverly Garland's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 31; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th15
- 25th to 49th10
- Below 25th13
Shape of the crowd
23 of their 53 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Universally Panned3
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser23
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Beverly Garland work with?
People who share at least 2 of Beverly Garland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roger Corman shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Roger CormanShared titles: Hellfire (1995), Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 4 shared titles with Roger Corman

Writers
- Charles B. GriffithShared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Charles B. Griffith

- Bernard GirardShared titles: The Mad Room (1969), The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Bernard Girard

- Mark HannaShared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Hanna
Actors
- Dick MillerShared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Dick Miller

- Jonathan HazeShared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Haze

- Jack GingShared titles: Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), And Then They Forgot God (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Ging

- Stella StevensShared titles: The Day the Earth Moved (1974), The Mad Room (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Stella Stevens

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Charles Gross Jr.Shared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Charles Gross Jr.
- Ronald SteinShared titles: Not of This Earth (1957), Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Ronald Stein
- Byron 'Buzz' BrandtShared titles: It's My Turn (1980), Roller Boogie (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
- Dean CundeyShared titles: Roller Boogie (1979), Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Cundey

Producers
- James H. NicholsonShared titles: Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 2 shared titles with James H. Nicholson
- Samuel Z. ArkoffShared titles: Gunslinger (1956), It Conquered the World (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Samuel Z. Arkoff







