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