Frederick Edwin "Fred" Beir (September 21, 1927 - June 3, 1980), was an American actor, who appeared mostly on television.He made guest appearances on TV series like Bonanza, Perry Mason, Maverick, The Andy Griffith Show, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone (the 1963 episode "Death Ship)", Ben Casey, The Outer Limits, The Munsters, The Time Tunnel, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Honey West, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, The FBI, The Odd Couple, Kung Fu, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Dallas, and Lou Grant.On April 14, 1959, Beir played the alias Roy Cantwell, a respected schoolteacher in a quiet western town, in the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins in the title role.