Background
Bellaver was born in Hillsboro, Illinois, the son of Matteo Bellaver and Maria Copa Bellaver. His father worked in the Hillsboro coal mines.
Bellaver was born in Hillsboro, Illinois, the son of Matteo Bellaver and Maria Copa Bellaver. His father worked in the Hillsboro coal mines.
He left school at a young age and worked various jobs but eventually was awarded a scholarship to Brookwood Labor College in Katonah, New New York Early in Bellaver"s career he appeared in numerous Broadway plays. He made his Broadway debut in the 1931 Group Theatre in the play 1931.
He also appeared in the Elmer Rice play We, the People in 1933, and in the Broadway debut that year of The Threepenny Opera.
Bellaver"s greatest Broadway success was in 1946, when he appeared in the original production of Annie Get Your Gun, as Chief Sitting Bulletin. He appeared in the same role in the 1966 revival.
Bellaver served in the Special Services Unit of the United States. Army during World World War World War II Bellaver lived in Tappan, New York when he died of pneumonia on Sunday, August 8, 1993, at Nyack Hospital in Nyack, New New York He donated his body to science.
Night Over Taos (1932) as Diego Merry-Go-Round (1932) as Butch and as Beachley We, the People (1933) as Mike Ramsay She Loves Maine Not (1933) as Mugg Schnitzel Russet Mantle (1936) as Pablo Annie Get Your Gun (1946) as Chief Sitting Bulletin.
Bellaver was a member of the Hedgerow Players of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, for eight years.
