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Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

ActingBorn June 17, 1904Died November 29, 1991 (age 87)Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, screen and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Awful Truth (1937). His film career began with The Secret Six (1931) starring Wallace Beery and featuring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. By the end of 1933, he had already appeared in 22 movies, most notably Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) and the second lead in the action film Picture Snatcher with James Cagney (1933). He played in seven more films in 1934 alone, including Woman in the Dark, based on a Dashiell Hammett story, in which Bellamy played the lead, second-billed under Fay Wray. Bellamy kept up the pace through the decade, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Awful Truth (1937) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, and played a similar part, that of a naive boyfriend competing with the sophisticated Grant character, in His Girl Friday (1940). He portrayed detective Ellery Queen in a few films during the 1940s, but as his film career did not progress, he returned to the stage, where he continued to perform throughout the 1950s. Bellamy appeared in other movies during this time, including Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) with Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball, and the horror classic The Wolf Man (1941) with Lon Chaney, Jr. and Evelyn Ankers. He also appeared in The Ghost of Frankenstein in 1942 with Chaney and Bela Lugosi. Bellamy appeared in numerous television series. In 1949, Bellamy starred in the television noir private eye series Man Against Crime (also known as Follow That Man) on the DuMont Television Network; initially telecast live in its earliest seasons, the program lasted until 1956 and was simulcast for a season on Dumont and NBC, and ran on CBS during a different year. The lead role was taken by Frank Lovejoy in 1956, who subsequently starred in NBC's Meet McGraw detective series. An Emmy Award nomination for the mini-series The Winds of War (1983) – in which Bellamy reprised his Sunrise at Campobello role of Franklin D. Roosevelt – brought him back into the spotlight. Highly regarded within the industry, Bellamy served as a four-term President of Actors' Equity from 1952–1964. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Bellamy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1990
Pretty Woman

as James Morse

Movie
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1989
Christine Cromwell

as Cyrus Blain

TV
1988
War and Remembrance

as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

TV
1988
War and Remembrance

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

TV
1988
The Good Mother

as Grandfather Frank

Movie
1988
Coming to America

as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)

Movie
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon

as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")

Movie
1987
Disorderlies

as Albert Dennison

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as August Redding

TV
1986
Matlock

as Sen. Lambert Crawford

TV
1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Monsters!")

TV
1985
Space

as Paul Stidham

TV
1985Movie
1984Movie
1983
Trading Places

as Randolph Duke

Movie
1983
The Winds of War

as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

TV
1982TV
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker

as William E. Ryker

Movie
1980
Condominium

as Lee Messenger

TV
1980
Power

as Ben Frelinghuysen

TV
1979Movie
1978
The Millionaire

as George Mathews

Movie
1978
The Clone Master

as Ezra Louthin

Movie
1978
Wheels

as Lowell Baxter

TV
1977
Oh, God!

as Sam Raven

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Arnold Hamilton

TV
1977
Testimony of Two Men

as Dr. Jim Spaulding

TV
1977TV
1977
Hunter

as Harold Baker (uncredited)

TV
1976TV
1976
Once an Eagle

as Ed Caldwell

TV
1976Movie
1976
Return to Earth

as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin

Movie
1976
McNaughton's Daughter

as Moses Bellman

TV
1975
Murder on Flight 502

as Dr. Kenyon Walker

Movie
1975
Medical Story

as Dr. Marshak

TV
1975
Search for the Gods

as Dr. Henderson

Movie
1975Movie
1975
The Log of the Black Pearl

as Capt. Fitzsimmons

Movie
1974
The Missiles of October

as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson

Movie
1974
The Missiles of October

as Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN

TV
1974
Little House on the Prairie

as Dr. Marvin Haynes

TV
1972Movie
1972
The Bob Newhart Show

as Alan Dreeben

TV
1972
Something Evil

as Harry Lincoln

Movie
1971TV
1971TV
1971
Doctors' Wives

as Jake Porter

Movie
1970
The Most Deadly Game

as Ethan Arcane

TV
1969
The Immortal

as Dr. Matthew Pearce

Movie
1969TV
1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Dr. Sapirstein

Movie
1967
Wings of Fire

as Doug Sanborn

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Morgan Tate

TV
1966
CBS Playhouse

as Ned's Father

TV
1966Movie
1966
The Wolfman

as Col. Montford

Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Captain Jennerson

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Mark Dryden

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Cal Phillips

TV
1962
The Eleventh Hour

as Dr. L. Richard Starke

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. L Richard Starke

TV
1961Movie
1961
The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

Movie
1960
Sunrise at Campobello

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Movie
1960
Checkmate

as Governor Tom Barker

TV
1959TV
1959TV
1959
Rawhide

as Judge Quince

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Marshal Hanson Dickson

TV
1958Movie
1957
Suspicion

as Detective Thorpe

TV
1957TV
1957
The Defender (Studio One)

as Walter Preston

Movie
1956
Heritage of Anger

as Eddie Hanneman

Movie
1956
The Big Slide

as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956
Affair in Sumatra

as Dr. Martin Kelog

Movie
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

as Congressman Frank R. Reid

Movie
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Martin Kelog

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Sheriff Bassett

TV
1954
Climax!

as Phillip Hardecker, Sr.

TV
1954
Climax!

as Hap Kennelly

TV
1954
Climax!

as Damon Runyon

TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Col. Tom Wheeler

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Pastor Anderson

TV
1951TV
1951TV
1950Movie
1950Movie
1950TV
1949
Man Against Crime

as Mike Barnett

TV
1948
Studio One

as Todd McNeill

TV
1948
Studio One

as Walter Preston

TV
1948TV
1946
Seeds of Destiny

as Narrator

Movie
1945
Lady on a Train

as Jonathan Waring

Movie
1945Movie
1945Movie
1944
Guest in the House

as Douglas Proctor

Movie
1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Ralph Bellamy

Movie
1942
The Great Impersonation

as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein

Movie
1942
Men of Texas

as Major Lamphere

Movie
1942
Lady in a Jam

as Stanley

Movie
1942Movie
1941
The Wolf Man

as Colonel Montford

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Dive Bomber

as Lance Rogers

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Affectionately Yours

as Owen Wright

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Footsteps in the Dark

as Dr. R.L. Davis

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Meet the Wildcat

as Lt. Brad Williams

Movie
1940
Public Deb No. 1

as Bruce Fairchild

Movie
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance

as Steve Adams

Movie
1940
Queen of the Mob

as Agent Scott Langham

Movie
1940
Brother Orchid

as Clarence P. Fletcher

Movie
1940
Flight Angels

as Bill Graves

Movie
1940
His Girl Friday

as Bruce Baldwin

Movie
1939
Coast Guard

as Raymond Dower

Movie
1939
Blind Alley

as Dr. Shelby

Movie
1939
Let Us Live

as Lieutenant Everett

Movie
1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Smashing the Spy Ring

as John Baxter

Movie
1938
Trade Winds

as Ben Blodgett

Movie
1938
Girls' School

as Michael Hendragin

Movie
1938
Carefree

as Stephen Arden

Movie
1938
Boy Meets Girl

as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday

Movie
1938
Fools for Scandal

as Phillip Chester

Movie
1938
The Crime of Doctor Hallet

as Dr. Paul Hallet

Movie
1937
The Awful Truth

as Dan Leeson

Movie
1937Movie
1937
It Can't Last Forever

as Russ Matthews

Movie
1937
Let's Get Married

as Kirk Duncan

Movie
1936
Counterfeit Lady

as Johnny Pierce

Movie
1936
Wild Brian Kent

as Brian Kent

Movie
1936
The Man Who Lived Twice

as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Final Hour

as John Vickery

Movie
1936
Roaming Lady

as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey

Movie
1936
Dangerous Intrigue

as Tony Halliday

Movie
1935
Hands Across the Table

as Allen Macklyn

Movie
1935
Navy Wife

as Dr. Quentin Harden

Movie
1935
The Healer

as Dr. Holden

Movie
1935
Air Hawks

as Barry Eldon

Movie
1935
Eight Bells

as Steve Andrews

Movie
1935
The Wedding Night

as Fredrik Sobieski

Movie
1935
Gigolette

as Terry Gallagher

Movie
1935
Rendezvous at Midnight

as Commissioner Robert Edmonds

Movie
1935
Helldorado

as J.F. Van Avery

Movie
1934
Woman in the Dark

as John Bradley

Movie
1934
Girl in Danger

as Insp. Steve Trent

Movie
1934
One Is Guilty

as Insp. Steve Trent

Movie
1934
The Crime of Helen Stanley

as Insp. Steve Trent

Movie
1934
This Man Is Mine

as Jim Dunlap

Movie
1934
Once to Every Woman

as Dr. Barclay

Movie
1934
Spitfire

as George Fleetwood

Movie
1933
Before Midnight

as Insp. Steve Trent

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Ace of Aces

as Captain Blake

Movie
1933
Blind Adventure

as Jim Steele

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Flying Devils

as 'Speed' Hardy

Movie
1933
The Narrow Corner

as Eric Whittenson

Movie
1933
Picture Snatcher

as J.R. 'Al' McLean

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Below the Sea

as McCreary

Movie
1933
Parole Girl

as Smith

Movie
1933
Second Hand Wife

as Carter Cavendish

Movie
1932
Wild Girl

as Jack Marbury

Movie
1932
Air Mail

as Mike Miller

Movie
1932
Almost Married

as Deene Maxwell

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1932
Young America

as Judge Blake

Movie
1932
Disorderly Conduct

as Captain Tom Manning

Movie
1932
Forbidden

as Al Holland

Movie
1931
Surrender

as Captain Ebbing

Movie
1931Movie
1931
The Magnificent Lie

as Bill Childers

Movie
1931
The Secret Six

as Johnny Franks

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 17, 1904
Day of DeathNovember 29, 1991
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.3
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