Name
Ralph Bellamy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-06-17
Deathday
1991-11-29 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1990 Pretty Woman as James Morse
- 1983 Trading Places as Randolph Duke
- 1968 Rosemary's Baby as Dr. Sapirstein
- 1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein as Erik Ernst
- 1940 His Girl Friday as Bruce Baldwin
- 1945 Lady on a Train as Jonathan Waring
- 1966 The Professionals as Grant
- 1987 Disorderlies as Albert Dennison
- 1935 Hands Across the Table as Allen Macklyn
- 1935 The Wedding Night as Fredrik Sobieski
- 1940 Dance, Girl, Dance as Steve Adams
- 1940 Brother Orchid as Clarence P. Fletcher
- 1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble as Dr. Gunther
- 1931 The Secret Six as Johnny Franks
- 1941 The Wolf Man as Colonel Montford
- 1939 Blind Alley as Dr. Shelby
- 1944 Guest in the House as Douglas Proctor
- 1938 Carefree as Stephen Arden
- 1937 The Awful Truth as Dan Leeson
- 1941 Footsteps in the Dark as Dr. R.L. Davis
- 1934 Spitfire as George Fleetwood
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen as Ralph Bellamy
- 1934 One Is Guilty as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1941 Dive Bomber as Lance Rogers
- 1933 Picture Snatcher as J.R. 'Al' McLean
- 1939 Let Us Live as Lieutenant Everett
- 1941 Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring as Ellery Queen
- 1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime as Ellery Queen
- 1940 Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Ellery Queen
- 1941 Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Ellery Queen
- 1932 Forbidden as Al Holland
- 1960 Sunrise at Campobello as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Dr Ladd
- 1941 Affectionately Yours as Owen Wright
- 1972 Something Evil as Harry Lincoln
- 1935 Helldorado as J.F. Van Avery
- 1974 The Missiles of October as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
- 1936 The Man Who Lived Twice as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
- 1942 Men of Texas as Major Lamphere
- 1988 The Good Mother as Grandfather Frank
- 1932 Air Mail as Mike Miller
- 1975 Adventures of the Queen as J.L. Dundeen
- 1940 Flight Angels as Bill Graves
- 1975 Murder on Flight 502 as Dr. Kenyon Walker
- 1933 Ace of Aces as Captain Blake
- 1972 Cancel My Reservation as John Ed
- 1938 Boy Meets Girl as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
- 1942 Lady in a Jam as Stanley
- 1939 Coast Guard as Raymond Dower
- 1940 Queen of the Mob as Agent Scott Langham
- 1942 The Great Impersonation as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
- 1945 Delightfully Dangerous as Arthur Hale
- 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Congressman Frank R. Reid
- 1933 Ever in My Heart as Jeff
- 1933 Destination Unknown as Stowaway
- 1934 The Crime of Helen Stanley as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1932 Wild Girl as Jack Marbury
- 1971 Doctors' Wives as Jake Porter
- 1935 The Healer as Dr. Holden
- 1933 Flying Devils as 'Speed' Hardy
- 1933 Headline Shooter as Hal
- 1933 Blind Adventure as Jim Steele
- 1938 Fools for Scandal as Phillip Chester
- 1931 West of Broadway as Mac
- 1938 Trade Winds as Ben Blodgett
- 1936 Wild Brian Kent as Brian Kent
- 1933 Before Midnight as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1935 Air Hawks as Barry Eldon
- 1934 This Man Is Mine as Jim Dunlap
- 1934 Woman in the Dark as John Bradley
- 1932 Young America as Judge Blake
- 1969 The Immortal as Dr. Matthew Pearce
- 1931 The Magnificent Lie as Bill Childers
- 1933 The Narrow Corner as Eric Whittenson
- 1937 Let's Get Married as Kirk Duncan
- 1938 Girls' School as Michael Hendragin
- 2004 Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 Search for the Gods as Dr. Henderson
- 1932 Disorderly Conduct as Captain Tom Manning
- 1933 Parole Girl as Smith
- 1938 The Crime of Doctor Hallet as Dr. Paul Hallet
- 1977 Oh, God! as Sam Raven
- 1950 The Maya Through the Ages as Narrator
- 1940 Public Deb No. 1 as Bruce Fairchild
- 1940 Meet the Wildcat as Lt. Brad Williams
- 1978 The Millionaire as George Mathews
- 1937 Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 as Self (uncredited)
- 1975 The Log of the Black Pearl as Capt. Fitzsimmons
- 1961 Who Killed Julie Greer? as Judge Hansen
- 1935 Rendezvous at Midnight as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
- 1933 Below the Sea as McCreary
- 1935 Eight Bells as Steve Andrews
- 1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self
- 1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self (archive footage)
- 1931 Surrender as Captain Ebbing
- 1950 24 Hours of Progress as Narrator
- 1978 The Clone Master as Ezra Louthin
- 1935 Navy Wife as Dr. Quentin Harden
- 1936 Counterfeit Lady as Johnny Pierce
- 1934 Once to Every Woman as Dr. Barclay
- 1932 The Woman in Room 13 as John Bruce
- 1977 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging as McVea
- 1961 Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed as Lambertson
- 1937 It Can't Last Forever as Russ Matthews
- 1934 Girl in Danger as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1976 Nightmare in Badham County as Judge
- 1988 Coming to America as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
- 1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story as Sen. Christi
- 1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker as William E. Ryker
- 1938 Smashing the Spy Ring as John Baxter
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938 as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979 The Billion Dollar Threat as Miles Larson
- 1935 Gigolette as Terry Gallagher
- 1946 Seeds of Destiny as Narrator
- 1961 The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)
- 1936 Roaming Lady as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
- 1958 The Christmas Tree as Theron
- 1994 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 Return to Earth as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
- 1936 The Final Hour as John Vickery
- 1985 The Fourth Wise Man as Abgarus
- 1967 Wings of Fire as Doug Sanborn
- 1936 Straight from the Shoulder as Curt Hayden
- 1945 Library of Congress as Narrator
- 1932 Almost Married as Deene Maxwell
- 1957 The Defender (Studio One) as Walter Preston
- 1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Self
- 1986 Lugosi: The Forgotten King as Self
- 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
- 1956 Affair in Sumatra as Dr. Martin Kelog
- 2016 Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror as Self
- 1956 The Big Slide as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
- 1956 Heritage of Anger as Eddie Hanneman
- 1936 Dangerous Intrigue as Tony Halliday
- 1933 Second Hand Wife as Carter Cavendish
- 1955 The Devil's Disciple as Pastor Anderson
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as August Redding
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Marvin Haynes
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Captain Jennerson
- 1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Sen. Lambert Crawford
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Monsters!")
- 1982 Hotel ( 3 episodes )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Bassett
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Todd McNeill
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Col. Tom Wheeler
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Pastor Anderson
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Judge Quince
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Cal Phillips
- 1970 The Most Deadly Game ( 12 episodes ) as Ethan Arcane
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Joe McQuade
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Phillip Hardecker, Sr.
- 1953 The United States Steel Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Tice Collins
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1969 Harold Robbins' The Survivors ( 14 episodes ) as Baylor Carlyle
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Joel Todd
- 1976 Once an Eagle ( 7 episodes ) as Ed Caldwell
- 1955 Playwrights '56 ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Aloha Paradise ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. L Richard Starke
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Willard Mitchell
- 1989 Christine Cromwell ( 4 episodes ) as Cyrus Blain
- 1977 Hunter ( 9 episodes )
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 0 episode ) as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show ( 1 episode ) as Dobson
- 1983 The Winds of War ( 7 episodes ) as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1978 Wheels ( 5 episodes ) as Lowell Baxter
- 1949 Man Against Crime ( 84 episodes ) as Mike Barnett
- 1962 The Eleventh Hour ( 30 episodes ) as Dr. L. Richard Starke
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mark Dryden
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Marshal Hanson Dickson
- 1980 Condominium ( 2 episodes ) as Lee Messenger
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Space ( 5 episodes ) as Paul Stidham
- 1976 Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers ( 4 episodes ) as Jerome Patterson
- 1960 Checkmate ( 1 episode ) as Governor Tom Barker
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Theron
- 1948 Studio One ( 2 episodes ) as Walter Preston
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Hap Kennelly
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Damon Runyon
- 1972 The Bob Newhart Show ( 1 episode ) as Alan Dreeben
- 1977 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Harold Baker (uncredited)
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 2 episodes )
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Morgan Tate
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Arnold Hamilton
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 McNaughton's Daughter ( 3 episodes ) as Moses Bellman
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Martin Kelog
- 1957 Suspicion ( 1 episode ) as Detective Thorpe
- 1974 The Missiles of October ( 2 episodes ) as Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as Wendall Burke
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1977 Testimony of Two Men ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Jim Spaulding
- 1957 Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! ( 1 episode ) as Col. Andy Morgan
- 1957 Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! ( 1 episode ) as Eddy Gilmore
- 1980 Power ( 2 episodes ) as Ben Frelinghuysen
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Marshak
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 11 episodes ) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1966 CBS Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Ned's Father
