Ralph Bellamy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 17, 1904
- Died
- Nov 29, 1991 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 196
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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.
Known for
Pretty Woman
1990Movie
James Morse
Coming to America
1988Movie
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Rosemary's Baby
1968Movie
Dr. Sapirstein
Trading Places
1983Movie
Randolph Duke
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Dr. Marvin Haynes
His Girl Friday
1940Movie
Bruce Baldwin
Filmography
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016Movie
Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994Movie
Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pretty Woman
1990Movie
James Morse
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Christine Cromwell
1989TV
Cyrus Blain
War and Remembrance
1988TV
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Good Mother
1988Movie
Grandfather Frank
Coming to America
1988Movie
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988Movie
Self
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987Movie
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
Disorderlies
1987Movie
Albert Dennison
L.A. Law
1986TV
August Redding
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986Movie
Self
Matlock
1986TV
Sen. Lambert Crawford
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
(segment "Monsters!")
Space
1985TV
Paul Stidham
The Fourth Wise Man
1985Movie
Abgarus
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984Movie
Sen. Christi
Trading Places
1983Movie
Randolph Duke
The Winds of War
1983TV
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983Movie
Self
Hotel
1982TV
Aloha Paradise
1981TV
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980Movie
William E. Ryker
Condominium
1980TV
Lee Messenger
Power
1980TV
Ben Frelinghuysen
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979Movie
Miles Larson
The Millionaire
1978Movie
George Mathews
The Clone Master
1978Movie
Ezra Louthin
Wheels
1978TV
Lowell Baxter
Oh, God!
1977Movie
Sam Raven
The Love Boat
1977TV
Arnold Hamilton
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1977Movie
McVea
Testimony of Two Men
1977TV
Dr. Jim Spaulding
Hunter
1977TV
Harold Baker (uncredited)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976TV
Jerome Patterson
Once an Eagle
1976TV
Ed Caldwell
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976Movie
Dr. Gunther
Nightmare in Badham County
1976Movie
Judge
Return to Earth
1976Movie
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
McNaughton's Daughter
1976TV
Moses Bellman
Murder on Flight 502
1975Movie
Dr. Kenyon Walker
Medical Story
1975TV
Dr. Marshak
Search for the Gods
1975Movie
Dr. Henderson
Adventures of the Queen
1975Movie
J.L. Dundeen
The Log of the Black Pearl
1975Movie
Capt. Fitzsimmons
The Missiles of October
1974Movie
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
The Missiles of October
1974TV
Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Dr. Marvin Haynes
Cancel My Reservation
1972Movie
John Ed
The Bob Newhart Show
1972TV
Alan Dreeben
Something Evil
1972Movie
Harry Lincoln
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971TV
Wendall Burke
Cannon
1971TV
Doctors' Wives
1971Movie
Jake Porter
The Most Deadly Game
1970TV
Ethan Arcane
The Immortal
1969Movie
Dr. Matthew Pearce
Medical Center
1969TV
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969TV
Baylor Carlyle
Rosemary's Baby
1968Movie
Dr. Sapirstein
Wings of Fire
1967Movie
Doug Sanborn
The Invaders
1967TV
Morgan Tate
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Ned's Father
The Professionals
1966Movie
Grant
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Captain Jennerson, Mark Dryden
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Cal Phillips
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
The Eleventh Hour
1962TV
Dr. L. Richard Starke
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961Movie
Lambertson
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Dr. L Richard Starke
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961Movie
Judge Hansen
The 10 from Texas
1961Movie
(archive footage)
Sunrise at Campobello
1960Movie
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960TV
Dobson
Checkmate
1960TV
Governor Tom Barker
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Willard Mitchell
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959TV
Self, Self - Host
Rawhide
1959TV
Judge Quince, Marshal Hanson Dickson
The Christmas Tree
1958Movie
Theron
Suspicion
1957TV
Detective Thorpe
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957TV
Col. Andy Morgan, Eddy Gilmore
The Defender (Studio One)
1957Movie
Walter Preston
Heritage of Anger
1956Movie
Eddie Hanneman
The Big Slide
1956Movie
Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Joel Todd
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Affair in Sumatra
1956Movie
Dr. Martin Kelog
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955Movie
Congressman Frank R. Reid
The Devil's Disciple
1955Movie
Pastor Anderson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Dr. Martin Kelog
Playwrights '56
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Sheriff Bassett
Climax!
1954TV
Phillip Hardecker, Sr., Hap Kennelly, Damon Runyon
The United States Steel Hour
1953TV
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Col. Tom Wheeler
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Pastor Anderson, Theron
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Joe McQuade
24 Hours of Progress
1950Movie
Narrator
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
The Maya Through the Ages
1950Movie
Narrator
Your Show of Shows
1950TV
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Man Against Crime
1949TV
Mike Barnett
Studio One
1948TV
Todd McNeill, Walter Preston
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Tice Collins
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Seeds of Destiny
1946Movie
Narrator
Lady on a Train
1945Movie
Jonathan Waring
Delightfully Dangerous
1945Movie
Arthur Hale
Library of Congress
1945Movie
Narrator
Guest in the House
1944Movie
Douglas Proctor
Stage Door Canteen
1943Movie
Ralph Bellamy
The Great Impersonation
1942Movie
Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
Men of Texas
1942Movie
Major Lamphere
Lady in a Jam
1942Movie
Stanley
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942Movie
Erik Ernst
The Wolf Man
1941Movie
Colonel Montford
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941Movie
Ellery Queen
Dive Bomber
1941Movie
Lance Rogers
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941Movie
Ellery Queen
Affectionately Yours
1941Movie
Owen Wright
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941Movie
Ellery Queen
Footsteps in the Dark
1941Movie
Dr. R.L. Davis
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940Movie
Ellery Queen
Meet the Wildcat
1940Movie
Lt. Brad Williams
Public Deb No. 1
1940Movie
Bruce Fairchild
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940Movie
Steve Adams
Queen of the Mob
1940Movie
Agent Scott Langham
Brother Orchid
1940Movie
Clarence P. Fletcher
Flight Angels
1940Movie
Bill Graves
His Girl Friday
1940Movie
Bruce Baldwin
Coast Guard
1939Movie
Raymond Dower
Blind Alley
1939Movie
Dr. Shelby
Let Us Live
1939Movie
Lieutenant Everett
Breakdowns of 1938
1938Movie
Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938Movie
John Baxter
Trade Winds
1938Movie
Ben Blodgett
Girls' School
1938Movie
Michael Hendragin
Carefree
1938Movie
Stephen Arden
Boy Meets Girl
1938Movie
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
Fools for Scandal
1938Movie
Phillip Chester
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938Movie
Dr. Paul Hallet
The Awful Truth
1937Movie
Dan Leeson
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937Movie
Self (uncredited)
It Can't Last Forever
1937Movie
Russ Matthews
Let's Get Married
1937Movie
Kirk Duncan
Counterfeit Lady
1936Movie
Johnny Pierce
Wild Brian Kent
1936Movie
Brian Kent
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936Movie
Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
Straight from the Shoulder
1936Movie
Curt Hayden
The Final Hour
1936Movie
John Vickery
Roaming Lady
1936Movie
Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
Dangerous Intrigue
1936Movie
Tony Halliday
Hands Across the Table
1935Movie
Allen Macklyn
Navy Wife
1935Movie
Dr. Quentin Harden
The Healer
1935Movie
Dr. Holden
Air Hawks
1935Movie
Barry Eldon
Eight Bells
1935Movie
Steve Andrews
The Wedding Night
1935Movie
Fredrik Sobieski
Gigolette
1935Movie
Terry Gallagher
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935Movie
Commissioner Robert Edmonds
Helldorado
1935Movie
J.F. Van Avery
Woman in the Dark
1934Movie
John Bradley
Girl in Danger
1934Movie
Insp. Steve Trent
One Is Guilty
1934Movie
Insp. Steve Trent
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934Movie
Insp. Steve Trent
This Man Is Mine
1934Movie
Jim Dunlap
Once to Every Woman
1934Movie
Dr. Barclay
Spitfire
1934Movie
George Fleetwood
Before Midnight
1933Movie
Insp. Steve Trent
Ever in My Heart
1933Movie
Jeff
Ace of Aces
1933Movie
Captain Blake
Blind Adventure
1933Movie
Jim Steele
Headline Shooter
1933Movie
Hal
Flying Devils
1933Movie
'Speed' Hardy
The Narrow Corner
1933Movie
Eric Whittenson
Picture Snatcher
1933Movie
J.R. 'Al' McLean
Destination Unknown
1933Movie
Stowaway
Below the Sea
1933Movie
McCreary
Parole Girl
1933Movie
Smith
Second Hand Wife
1933Movie
Carter Cavendish
Wild Girl
1932Movie
Jack Marbury
Air Mail
1932Movie
Mike Miller
Almost Married
1932Movie
Deene Maxwell
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932Movie
Dr Ladd
The Woman in Room 13
1932Movie
John Bruce
Young America
1932Movie
Judge Blake
Disorderly Conduct
1932Movie
Captain Tom Manning
Forbidden
1932Movie
Al Holland
Surrender
1931Movie
Captain Ebbing
West of Broadway
1931Movie
Mac
The Magnificent Lie
1931Movie
Bill Childers
The Secret Six
1931Movie
Johnny Franks