Ralph Bellamy
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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.
Known for
Credits
Pretty Woman (1990)
as James Morse
Coming to America (1988)
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Trading Places (1983)
as Randolph Duke
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
as Dr. Sapirstein
The Professionals (1966)
as Grant
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Bruce Baldwin
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Colonel Montford
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Erik Ernst
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Dan Leeson
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Disorderlies (1987)
as Albert Dennison
Oh, God! (1977)
as Sam Raven
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
as Dr. Gunther
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
as Abgarus
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
Dive Bomber (1941)
as Lance Rogers
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
as Judge
The Good Mother (1988)
as Grandfather Frank
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
Wild Girl (1932)
as Jack Marbury
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as William E. Ryker
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Steve Adams
Forbidden (1932)
as Al Holland
Carefree (1938)
as Stephen Arden
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Clarence P. Fletcher
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as J.R. 'Al' McLean
Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Owen Wright
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
as Walter Preston
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self
Girls' School (1938)
as Michael Hendragin
Something Evil (1972)
as Harry Lincoln
Let Us Live (1939)
as Lieutenant Everett
Hands Across the Table (1935)
as Allen Macklyn
The Clone Master (1978)
as Ezra Louthin
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as Ralph Bellamy
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
as Dr. R.L. Davis
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Intrigue (1936)
as Tony Halliday
Search for the Gods (1975)
as Dr. Henderson
Air Mail (1932)
as Mike Miller
Blind Alley (1939)
as Dr. Shelby
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
as John Ed
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
as Ellery Queen
Before Midnight (1933)
as Insp. Steve Trent
The Missiles of October (1974)
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961)
as Lambertson
Doctors' Wives (1971)
as Jake Porter
Lady on a Train (1945)
as Jonathan Waring
Adventures of the Queen (1975)
as J.L. Dundeen
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Stanley
Guest in the House (1944)
as Douglas Proctor
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
West of Broadway (1931)
as Mac
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
as Self
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
as Judge Hansen
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Fredrik Sobieski
Coast Guard (1939)
as Raymond Dower
The Secret Six (1931)
as Johnny Franks
Ace of Aces (1933)
as Captain Blake
The Immortal (1969)
as Dr. Matthew Pearce
Once to Every Woman (1934)
as Dr. Barclay
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror (2016)
as Self
Return to Earth (1976)
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
as Arthur Hale
Ever in My Heart (1933)
as Jeff
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
as John Bruce
Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
as Sen. Christi
The Billion Dollar Threat (1979)
as Miles Larson
Meet the Wildcat (1940)
as Lt. Brad Williams
Blind Adventure (1933)
as Jim Steele
The Christmas Tree (1958)
as Theron
Destination Unknown (1933)
as Stowaway
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trade Winds (1938)
as Ben Blodgett
Woman in the Dark (1934)
as John Bradley
Spitfire (1934)
as George Fleetwood
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Bruce Fairchild
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Agent Scott Langham
Helldorado (1935)
as J.F. Van Avery
Wings of Fire (1967)
as Doug Sanborn
The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
One Is Guilty (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
Parole Girl (1933)
as Smith
This Man Is Mine (1934)
as Jim Dunlap
Young America (1932)
as Judge Blake
Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986)
as Self
Flight Angels (1940)
as Bill Graves
Wild Brian Kent (1936)
as Brian Kent
The Narrow Corner (1933)
as Eric Whittenson
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Hal
The Great Impersonation (1942)
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
Counterfeit Lady (1936)
as Johnny Pierce
Gigolette (1935)
as Terry Gallagher
Below the Sea (1933)
as McCreary
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
as Ellery Queen
The Magnificent Lie (1931)
as Bill Childers
Roaming Lady (1936)
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
The Millionaire (1978)
as George Mathews
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (1977)
as McVea
The Final Hour (1936)
as John Vickery
Fools for Scandal (1938)
as Phillip Chester
Almost Married (1932)
as Deene Maxwell
The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
as Capt. Fitzsimmons
Straight from the Shoulder (1936)
as Curt Hayden
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)
as Dr Ladd
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
as Ellery Queen
Affair in Sumatra (1956)
as Dr. Martin Kelog
Let's Get Married (1937)
as Kirk Duncan
Eight Bells (1935)
as Steve Andrews
The Wolfman (1966)
as Col. Montford
The Maya Through the Ages (1950)
as Narrator
Heritage of Anger (1956)
as Eddie Hanneman
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
as John Baxter
Navy Wife (1935)
as Dr. Quentin Harden
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935)
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
It Can't Last Forever (1937)
as Russ Matthews
Disorderly Conduct (1932)
as Captain Tom Manning
The Big Slide (1956)
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Flying Devils (1933)
as 'Speed' Hardy
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
as Ellery Queen
Surrender (1931)
as Captain Ebbing
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)
as Self (uncredited)
Second Hand Wife (1933)
as Carter Cavendish
Library of Congress (1945)
as Narrator
Seeds of Destiny (1946)
as Narrator
Men of Texas (1942)
as Major Lamphere
24 Hours of Progress (1950)
as Narrator
The 10 from Texas (1961)
as (archive footage)
The Healer (1935)
as Dr. Holden
Air Hawks (1935)
as Barry Eldon
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
as Dr. Paul Hallet