With his wife and fellow actor Cheryl Maxwell, Beckman founded the Dukes Oak Theater in Cooperstown, New York, and served as the theater company's producer. Beckman was the author of How to Sell your Film Project, a how-to guide on getting independent films produced. Henry is the father of respected astrophysicist and software engineer Brian Beckman, who currently works at Microsoft.] He died in Barcelona, Spain on 17 June 2008