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