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'''Beamish''' was a janitor at [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] on [[Circinius IV]].<ref name="fud2">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Episode 2''</ref>
'''Hamish Beamish'''<ref name="hbul1218">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/12/18/The-Halo-Bulletin-121813.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 12.18.13'']</ref><ref name="catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/per-curiam---iunius-2015/ad812ce4-74b8-4be1-aea8-fd28cd69f2ae/posts?page=3#post44 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''': ''Per Curiam - Iunius 2015'']</ref> was a janitor at [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] on [[Circinius IV]].<ref name="fud2">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Episode 2''</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Production notes==
==Production notes==
*Beamish was portrayed by [[343 Industries]] Franchise Development Director [[Frank O'Connor]] in the second episode of ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''. Beamish is a predominantly Scottish surname, which alludes to O'Connor's heritage.
*Beamish was portrayed by [[343 Industries]] Franchise Development Director [[Frank O'Connor]] in the second episode of ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''. Beamish is a predominantly Scottish surname, which alludes to O'Connor's heritage. Commenting on his role, O'Connor revealed that the mop Beamish is holding is actually a prop, jokingly referred to as a "space mop", that was specifically designed for the scene; while there was a real mop on the set, the production designer did not think it looked "sci-fi enough".<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1157640 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: My Favorite Part'']</ref>
*Elaborating on the backstory of the character, Frank O'Connor stated that ''"His name is Hamish Beamish. Ended up aboard a transport headed to the colony where Corbulo was established, with no Cryochamber. To stay alive, he kept himself busy by going insane and kept himself warm by shaving hair from frozen colonists and burning it. He started as a young man with high hopes. This is what he became."''<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43116882&postcount=6899 '''NeoGaf''': ''View Single Post - Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm'']</ref> In response to queries about Beamish's fate during the attack on Corbulo Academy, O'Connor stated that ''"He survived a massive Slipspace jump outside of a cryotube, with nothing legal to eat. He'll survive a glassing. In fact, being Scottish, he's probably already been glassed"''.<ref name="hbul1218"/>
*O'Connor reprised the role as part of 343 Industries' commitment to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August 2014. After several 343 Industries employees have buckets of ice water poured on them, Beamish appears from a shed and begins to mop up the ice while a gloomy musical tune from ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'' plays.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvtA8kQPHLY&list=UU7NCg0venpKJg3kuJojKlbQ '''YouTube:''' ''ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - 343 Industries'']</ref> When undertaking the challenge, [[Steve Downes]] (the voice actor of [[John-117]]) called O'Connor out on avoiding the challenge and nominated him to take it next.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GK_haw1-sE '''YouTube''': ''Steve Downes and Jen Taylor Ice Bucket Challenge'']</ref>
*O'Connor reprised the role as part of 343 Industries' commitment to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August 2014. After several 343 Industries employees have buckets of ice water poured on them, Beamish appears from a shed and begins to mop up the ice while a gloomy musical tune from ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'' plays.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvtA8kQPHLY&list=UU7NCg0venpKJg3kuJojKlbQ '''YouTube:''' ''ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - 343 Industries'']</ref> When undertaking the challenge, [[Steve Downes]] (the voice actor of [[John-117]]) called O'Connor out on avoiding the challenge and nominated him to take it next.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GK_haw1-sE '''YouTube''': ''Steve Downes and Jen Taylor Ice Bucket Challenge'']</ref>
*Commenting on his role, O'Connor revealed that the mop Beamish is holding is actually a prop, jokingly referred to as a "space mop", that was specifically designed for the scene; while there was a real mop on the set, the production designer did not think it looked "sci-fi enough".<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1157640 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: My Favorite Part'']</ref>
*Beamish appears as an [[Easter Egg]] in ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s intro cutscene in ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM0JNtfy4VE '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 2 Anniversary - The "Half-Naked Guy" Easter Egg (Classic & Remastered)'']</ref>
*Beamish appears as an [[Easter Egg]] in ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s intro cutscene in ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM0JNtfy4VE '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 2 Anniversary - The "Half-Naked Guy" Easter Egg (Classic & Remastered)'']</ref>
*Beamish also appears as an Easter Egg in the version of ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' featured in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|The Master Chief Collection]]''. He replaces the [[Siege of Madrigal#Halo_3: ODST|Dancing Marty]] Easter Egg in the level ''[[Kikowani Station (level)|Kikowani Station]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0U3JDRkt0U '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 3: ODST (Xbox One) - Dancing Beamish Easter Egg'']</ref>
*Beamish also appears as an Easter Egg in the version of ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' featured in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|The Master Chief Collection]]''. He replaces the [[Siege of Madrigal#Halo_3: ODST|Dancing Marty]] Easter Egg in the level ''[[Kikowani Station (level)|Kikowani Station]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0U3JDRkt0U '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 3: ODST (Xbox One) - Dancing Beamish Easter Egg'']</ref>
*Elaborating on the backstory of the character, Frank O'Connor stated that ''"His name is Hamish Beamish. Ended up aboard a transport headed to the colony where Corbulo was established, with no Cryochamber. To stay alive, he kept himself busy by going insane and kept himself warm by shaving hair from frozen colonists and burning it. He started as a young man with high hopes. This is what he became."''<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43116882&postcount=6899 '''NeoGaf''': ''View Single Post - Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm'']</ref> In response to queries about Beamish's fate during the attack on Corbulo Academy, O'Connor stated that ''"He survived a massive Slipspace jump outside of a cryotube, with nothing legal to eat. He'll survive a glassing. In fact, being Scottish, he's probably already been glassed"''.<ref>[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/12/18/The-Halo-Bulletin-121813.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 12.18.13'']</ref>
*O'Connor once again reprised the role in order to clean up between [[Breakout]] matches at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5eCyHuMsA '''San Diego Comic-Con 2015''']</ref>
*O'Connor once again reprised the role in order to clean up between [[Breakout]] matches at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5eCyHuMsA '''San Diego Comic-Con 2015''']</ref>
*When queried about the possible canon status of Beamish's recurring tongue-in-cheek appearances since ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'', [[Catalog]] replied that ''"[Human?] Hamish Beamish is classified as [ferae naturae] and outside the purview of current investigations."''<ref name="catalog"/>


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