After fighting with the Allied Forces in France during World War II, Beck returned to Europe in 1948 to Paris, France, where he began his show business career acting in French films. Beck began his career as a clown at the legendary
Cirque Medrano in Paris, France, in the late 1950s, and appeared in small roles beginning in the 1950s, Beck appeared in the 1954 made for television series Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald Howard. On TV he portrayed Coco the Clown in episode #24, "The Night Train Mystery", as well as appearing as Rafe in the third season of
Combat! in the episode "The Town That Went Away " (1964) as Rafe and in S11E22's “The Wishbone” as Mr. Tonkins in the TV Western
Gunsmoke (1966). He also appeared in such films as
Irma la Douce (1963),
The Patsy (1964),
The Fortune Cookie (1966),
Nickelodeon (1976),
House (1986), and the 1988 remake
The Blob as the first victim of the title creature. ==Death==