Ralph Bellamy
Acting
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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.
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Filmography of
Ralph Bellamy
Self (archive footage)
... 2004
Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1994
James Morse
... 1990
Grandfather Frank
... 1988
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
... 1988
Mr. Gower
... 1987
Albert Dennison
... 1987
Abgarus
... 1985
... 1985
Dr. Sapirstein (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1984
Sen. Christi
... 1984
Randolph Duke
... 1983
... 1983
William E. Ryker
... 1980
Ben Frelinghuysen
... 1980
Miles Larson
... 1979
George Mathews
... 1978
Ezra Louthin
... 1978
Sam Raven
... 1977
... 1977
Dr. Gunther
... 1976
... 1976
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
... 1976
Dr. Kenyon Walker
... 1975
Dr. Henderson
... 1975
J.L. Dundeen
... 1975
Capt. Fitzsimmons
... 1975
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
... 1974
John Ed
... 1972
Harry Lincoln
... 1972
Jake Porter
... 1971
Dr. Matthew Pearce
... 1969
Baylor Carlyle
... 1969
Dr. Sapirstein
... 1968
Doug Sanborn
... 1967
Grant
... 1966
Colonel Paul Montford
... 1966
Self (archive footage)
... 1965
Lambertson
... 1961
Judge Hansen
... 1961
(archive footage)
... 1961
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... 1960
Theron
... 1958
Walter Preston
... 1957
Congressman Frank R. Reid
... 1955
Det. Steve Maxton
... 1954
Narrator
... 1950
Narrator
... 1946
Jonathan Waring
... 1945
Arthur Hale
... 1945
Narrator
... 1945
Douglas Proctor
... 1944
Ralph Bellamy
... 1943
Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
... 1942
Major Lamphere
... 1942
Stanley Gardner
... 1942
Erich Ernst
... 1942
Colonel Montford
... 1941
Ellery Queen
... 1941
Lance Rogers
... 1941
Ellery Queen
... 1941
Owen Wright
... 1941
Ellery Queen
... 1941
Dr. R.L. Davis
... 1941
Ellery Queen
... 1940
Lt. Brad Williams
... 1940
Bruce Fairchild
... 1940
Steve Adams
... 1940
Agent Scott Langham
... 1940
Clarence P. Fletcher
... 1940
Bill Graves
... 1940
Bruce Baldwin
... 1940
Lt. Raymond 'Ray' Dower
... 1939
Dr. Shelby
... 1939
Lieutenant Everett
... 1939
Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1938
John Baxter
... 1938
Ben Blodgett
... 1938
Michael Hendragin
... 1938
Stephen Arden
... 1938
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
... 1938
Phillip Chester
... 1938
Dr. Paul Hallet
... 1938
Dan Leeson
... 1937
Self (uncredited)
... 1937
Russ Matthews
... 1937
Kirk Duncan
... 1937
Johnny Pierce
... 1936
Brian Kent
... 1936
Dr. James Blake / 'Slick' Rawley
... 1936
Curt Hayden
... 1936
John Vickery
... 1936
Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
... 1936
Allen Macklyn
... 1935
Dr. Quentin Harden
... 1935
Dr. Holden
... 1935
Barry Eldon
... 1935
Steve Andrews
... 1935
Fredrik Sobieski
... 1935
Terry Gallagher
... 1935
Commissioner Robert Edmonds
... 1935
John Bradley
... 1934
Inspector Steve Trent
... 1934
Police Inspector Steve Trent
... 1934
Inspector Steve Trent
... 1934
Jim Dunlap
... 1934
Dr. James Barclay
... 1934
George Fleetwood
... 1934
Inspector Steve Trent
... 1933
Jeff
... 1933
Captain Blake
... 1933
Jim Steele
... 1933
Hal
... 1933
'Speed' Hardy
... 1933
Eric Whittenson
... 1933
J.R. 'Al' McLean
... 1933
Stowaway
... 1933
McCreary
... 1933
Joseph B. 'Joe' Smith
... 1933
Jack Marbury
... 1932
Mike Miller
... 1932
Deene Maxwell
... 1932
Dr Ladd
... 1932
John Bruce
... 1932
Judge Blake
... 1932
Captain Tom Manning
... 1932
Holland
... 1932
Captain Ebbing
... 1931
Mac - The Ranch Foreman
... 1931
Bill Childers
... 1931
Johnny Franks
... 1931