Bell Microproducts (BELM) 10-K/A 2009 FY Annual report (amended)

Exhibit 32.1

Certification pursuant Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with Amendment No. 1 to the annual report of Bell Microproducts Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, W. Donald Bell, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  April 28, 2010 /s/ W. Donald Bell

Chief Executive Officer