Ralph Bellamy
128 movies · 52 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 17, 1904
- Died
- Nov 29, 1991 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Ralph Rexford Bellamy · رالف بلامی
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).
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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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Known for
Ralph Bellamy: movies and TV shows
Acting (180)
- 1994 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 Pretty Woman
as James Morse
- 1989
- 1988 War and Remembrance · TV
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 11 episodes
- 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
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 The Fourth Wise Man
as Abgarus
- 1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Sen. Christi
- 1983 Trading Places
as Randolph Duke
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker
as William E. Ryker
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 The Billion Dollar Threat
as Miles Larson
- 1978 The Millionaire
as George Mathews
- 1978 The Clone Master
as Ezra Louthin
- 1978
- 1977 Oh, God!
as Sam Raven
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Dr. Gunther
- 1976 Nightmare in Badham County
as Judge
- 1976 Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
- 1976
- 1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
- 1975
- 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
- 1974
- 1972 Cancel My Reservation
as John Ed
- 1972
- 1972 Something Evil
as Harry Lincoln
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Doctors' Wives
as Jake Porter
- 1970
- 1969 The Immortal
as Dr. Matthew Pearce
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968 Rosemary's Baby
as Dr. Sapirstein
- 1967 Wings of Fire
as Doug Sanborn
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966 The Professionals
as Grant
- 1965
- 1965
- 1962
- 1961 Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Lambertson
- 1961
- 1961 Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Judge Hansen
- 1961 The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
- 1960 Sunrise at Campobello
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 The Christmas Tree
as Theron
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Defender (Studio One)
as Walter Preston
- 1956 Heritage of Anger
as Eddie Hanneman
- 1956
- 1956 Affair in Sumatra
as Dr. Martin Kelog
- 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
- 1955 The Devil's Disciple
as Pastor Anderson
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950 24 Hours of Progress
as Narrator
- 1950 The Maya Through the Ages
as Narrator
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948
- 1946 Seeds of Destiny
as Narrator
- 1945 Lady on a Train
as Jonathan Waring
- 1945 Delightfully Dangerous
as Arthur Hale
- 1945 Library of Congress
as Narrator
- 1944 Guest in the House
as Douglas Proctor
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Ralph Bellamy
- 1942 The Great Impersonation
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
- 1942 Men of Texas
as Major Lamphere
- 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 Raymond Dower
- 1939 Blind Alley
as Dr. Shelby
- 1939 Let Us Live
as Lieutenant Everett
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 Smashing the Spy Ring
as John Baxter
- 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 Counterfeit Lady
as Johnny Pierce
- 1936 Wild Brian Kent
as Brian Kent
- 1936 The Man Who Lived Twice
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
- 1936 Straight from the Shoulder
as Curt Hayden
- 1936 The Final Hour
as John Vickery
- 1936 Roaming Lady
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
- 1936 Dangerous Intrigue
as Tony Halliday
- 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
- 1935 Gigolette
as Terry Gallagher
- 1935 Rendezvous at Midnight
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
- 1935 Helldorado
as J.F. Van Avery
- 1934 Woman in the Dark
as John Bradley
- 1934 Girl in Danger
as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1934 One Is Guilty
as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1934 The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Insp. Steve Trent
- 1934 This Man Is Mine
as Jim Dunlap
- 1934 Once to Every Woman
as Dr. Barclay
- 1934 Spitfire
as George Fleetwood
- 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 Smith
- 1933 Second Hand Wife
as Carter Cavendish
- 1932 Wild Girl
as Jack Marbury
- 1932 Air Mail
as Mike Miller
- 1932 Almost Married
as Deene Maxwell
- 1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Dr Ladd
- 1932 The Woman in Room 13
as John Bruce
- 1932 Young America
as Judge Blake
- 1932 Disorderly Conduct
as Captain Tom Manning
- 1932 Forbidden
as Al Holland
- 1931 Surrender
as Captain Ebbing
- 1931 West of Broadway
as Mac
- 1931 The Magnificent Lie
as Bill Childers
- 1931 The Secret Six
as Johnny Franks
Talk shows and appearances (16)
- 2016
- 2004
- 1990
- 1988
- 1986
- 1983
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour
2 episodes
- 1956
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
5 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1937