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Ralph Bellamy
Actor
Born June 17, 1904Died November 29, 1991 (87 years)
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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.
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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Filmography
| 1994 | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics · as Bruce Baldwin (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman · as James Morse |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1988 | The Good Mother · as Grandfather Frank |
| 1988 | Coming to America · as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon · as Mr. Gower (segment "titan Man") |
| 1987 | Disorderlies · as Albert Dennison |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as August Redding |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Space (TV Series) · as Paul Stidham |
| 1985 | The Fourth Wise Man · as Abgarus |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Dr. Abraham Sapirstein |
| 1984 | Love Leads the Way: A True Story · as Sen. Christi |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Randolph Duke |
| 1983 | The Winds of War (TV Series) · as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1982 | Coming Soon · as Edited From 'the Wolfman' |
| 1981 | Walking Tall (TV Series) · as Jim Clausen |
| 1980 | Condominium (TV Series) · as Lee Messenger |
| 1980 | The Memory of Eva Ryker · as William E. Ryker |
| 1979 | The Billion Dollar Threat · as Miles Larson |
| 1978 | The Clone Master · as Ezra Louthin |
| 1978 | Wheels (TV Series) · as Lowell Baxter |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging · as Mcvea |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Arnold Hamilton |
| 1977 | Testimony of Two Men (TV Series) · as Dr. Jim Spaulding |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Adam Larrabe |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (TV Series) · as Jerome Patterson |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle (TV Series) · as Ed Caldwell |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble · as Dr. Gunther |
| 1976 | Nightmare in Badham County · as Judge |
| 1976 | Hunter (1977) (TV Series) · as Harold Baker (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Return to Earth · as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 · as Dr. Kenyon Walker |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Search for the Gods · as Dr. Henderson |
| 1975 | Adventures of the Queen · as J.l. Dundeen |
| 1975 | The Log of the Black Pearl · as Capt. Fitzsimmons |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October · as U.n. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Cancel My Reservation · as John Ed |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) · as Alan Dreeben |
| 1972 | Something Evil · as Harry Lincoln |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives · as Jake Porter |
| 1970 | Most Deadly Game (TV Series) · as Ethan Arcane |
| 1969 | The Immortal (TV Series) · as Dr. Matthew Pearce |
| 1969 | The Survivors (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby · as Dr. Sapirstein |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Morgan Tate |
| 1966 | The Professionals · as Grant |
| 1966 | The Wolfman · as Colonel Paul Montford |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Mark Dryden |
| 1965 | Seaway (TV Series) · as Captain Folsom |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Cal Phillips |
| 1964 | Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Commodore Leon Crompton |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Dr. Theodore Bassett |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jeremiah |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Dr. Richard Meredith |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. L Richard Starke |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Judge Hansen |
| 1960 | Sunrise at Campobello · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Dobson |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Governor Tom Barker |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Willard Mitchell |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Marshal Hanson Dickson |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Detective Thorpe |
| 1957 | The Defender (Studio One) · as Walter Preston |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Joel Todd |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Eddie Hanneman |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Nat Hanson |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Congressman Frank R. Reid |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Dutch Scranton |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dr. Martin Kelog |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Sheriff Bassett |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Phillip Hardecker, Sr. |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Steve |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Col. Tom Wheeler |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as David Ewing |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Daniel Quint |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Pastor Anderson |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Hank Patten |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Joe Mcquade |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Man Against Crime (TV Series) · as Mike Barnett |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Walter Preston |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tice Collins |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1946 | Seeds of Destiny · as Narrator |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train · as Jonathan Waring |
| 1945 | Delightfully Dangerous · as Arthur Hale |
| 1944 | Guest in the House · as Douglas Proctor |
| 1942 | The Great Impersonation · as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold Von Ragenstein |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam · as Stanley |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein · as Erik Ernst |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man · as Colonel Montford |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring · as Ellery Queen |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber · as Lance Rogers |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime · as Ellery Queen |
| 1941 | Affectionately Yours · as Owen Wright |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery · as Ellery Queen |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark · as Dr. R.l. Davis |
| 1940 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective · as Ellery Queen |
| 1940 | Meet the Wildcat · as Lt. Brad Williams |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 · as Bruce Fairchild |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance · as Steve Adams |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob · as Agent Scott Langham |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid · as Clarence P. Fletcher |
| 1940 | Flight Angels · as Bill Graves |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday · as Bruce Baldwin |
| 1939 | Coast Guard · as Lt. Raymond 'ray' Dower |
| 1939 | Let Us Live · as Lieutenant Everett |
| 1939 | Blind Alley · as Dr. Shelby |
| 1938 | Trade Winds · as Ben Blodgett |
| 1938 | Girls' School · as Michael Hendragin |
| 1938 | Carefree · as Stephen Arden |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl · as C. Elliott 'c.f.' Friday |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal · as Phillip Chester |
| 1938 | The Crime of Doctor Hallet · as Dr. Paul Hallet |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Dan Leeson |
| 1937 | It Can't Last Forever · as Russ Matthews |
| 1937 | Let's Get Married · as Kirk Duncan |
| 1936 | Wild Brian Kent · as Brian Kent |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Twice · as Dr. James Blake / 'slick' Rawley |
| 1936 | Straight from the Shoulder · as Curt Hayden |
| 1936 | Roaming Lady · as Daniel S. 'dan' Bailey |
| 1935 | Hands Across the Table · as Allen Macklyn |
| 1935 | Navy Wife · as Dr. Quentin Harden |
| 1935 | The Healer · as Dr. Holden |
| 1935 | Air Hawks · as Barry Eldon |
| 1935 | Eight Bells · as Steve Andrews |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night · as Fredrik Sobieski |
| 1934 | Woman in the Dark · as John Bradley |
| 1934 | Girl in Danger · as Insp. Steve Trent |
| 1934 | The Crime of Helen Stanley · as Insp. Steve Trent |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine · as Jim Dunlap |
| 1934 | Spitfire · as George Fleetwood |
| 1934 | Once to Every Woman · as Dr. James Barclay |
| 1933 | Before Midnight · as Insp. Steve Trent |
| 1933 | Ever in My Heart · as Jeff |
| 1933 | Ace of Aces · as Captain Blake |
| 1933 | Blind Adventure · as Jim Steele |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter · as Hal |
| 1933 | Flying Devils · as 'speed' Hardy |
| 1933 | The Narrow Corner · as Eric Whittenson |
| 1933 | Picture Snatcher · as J.r. 'al' Mclean |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown · as Stowaway |
| 1933 | Below the Sea · as Mccreary |
| 1933 | Parole Girl · as Joseph B. 'joe' Smith |
| 1932 | Air Mail · as Mike Miller |
| 1932 | Wild Girl · as Jack Marbury |
| 1932 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · as Dr Ladd |
| 1932 | Young America · as Judge Blake |
| 1932 | Forbidden · as Al Holland |
| 1931 | Surrender · as Captain Ebbing |
| 1931 | West of Broadway · as Mac - The Ranch Foreman |
| 1931 | The Magnificent Lie · as Bill Childers |
| 1931 | The Secret 6 · as Johnny Franks |