John Beard (born 1948) is an American news anchor and actor.

Early life and career
Beard was born in St. Pauls, North Carolina. He served as a Navy Corpsman with the Marines and graduated from East Carolina University. After school, he worked for television stations WITN-TV in Washington, North Carolina (1972 to 1976), WXII-TV in Winston-Salem (1976 to 1977) and, WIVB-TV in Buffalo (1977 to 1981).