Ralph Bellamy
Known for Acting · 196 credits
- Born
- 1904-06-17
- Died
- 1991-11-29
- 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).
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.
Known For
TV Shows (60)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Arnold Hamilton
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Dr. Marvin Haynes
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Matlock
1986
as Sen. Lambert Crawford
L.A. Law
1986
as August Redding
Climax!
1954
as Phillip Hardecker, Sr. / Hap Kennelly / Damon Runyon
Rawhide
1959
as Judge Quince / Marshal Hanson Dickson
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. L Richard Starke
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Tice Collins
Hotel
1982
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Joel Todd
The F.B.I.
1965
as Captain Jennerson / Mark Dryden
Run for Your Life
1965
as Cal Phillips
Studio One
1948
as Todd McNeill / Walter Preston
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Cannon
1971
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Monsters!")
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sheriff Bassett
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Alan Dreeben
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Invaders
1967
as Morgan Tate
Medical Center
1969
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Suspicion
1957
as Detective Thorpe
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Wendall Burke
Checkmate
1960
as Governor Tom Barker
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self / Self - Host
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Dobson
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Marshak
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Willard Mitchell
The Eleventh Hour
1962
as Dr. L. Richard Starke
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dr. Martin Kelog
War and Remembrance
1988
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Winds of War
1983
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned's Father
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Pastor Anderson / Theron
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Col. Andy Morgan / Eddy Gilmore
Playwrights '56
1955
Once an Eagle
1976
as Ed Caldwell
Hunter
1977
as Harold Baker (uncredited)
Christine Cromwell
1989
as Cyrus Blain
Man Against Crime
1949
as Mike Barnett
Space
1985
as Paul Stidham
Testimony of Two Men
1977
as Dr. Jim Spaulding
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Joe McQuade
Aloha Paradise
1981
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Jerome Patterson
General Electric Theater
1953
as Col. Tom Wheeler
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969
as Baylor Carlyle
Condominium
1980
as Lee Messenger
Power
1980
as Ben Frelinghuysen
The Missiles of October
1974
as Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN
The Most Deadly Game
1970
as Ethan Arcane
Wheels
1978
as Lowell Baxter
McNaughton's Daughter
1976
as Moses Bellman
Movies (136)
Trading Places
1983
as Randolph Duke
Pretty Woman
1990
as James Morse
Coming to America
1988
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Rosemary's Baby
1968
as Dr. Sapirstein
The Professionals
1966
as Grant
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
His Girl Friday
1940
as Bruce Baldwin
The Wolf Man
1941
as Colonel Montford
Girls' School
1938
as Michael Hendragin
The Good Mother
1988
as Grandfather Frank
Wild Girl
1932
as Jack Marbury
Forbidden
1932
as Al Holland
Dangerous Intrigue
1936
as Tony Halliday
Disorderlies
1987
as Albert Dennison
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
1937
as Dan Leeson
Ace of Aces
1933
as Captain Blake
Gigolette
1935
as Terry Gallagher
Girl in Danger
1934
as Insp. Steve Trent
The Wolfman
1966
as Col. Montford
Affectionately Yours
1941
as Owen Wright
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Erik Ernst
Nightmare in Badham County
1976
as Judge
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
The Missiles of October
1974
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Walter Preston
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Steve Adams
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as John Ed
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Abgarus
Search for the Gods
1975
as Dr. Henderson
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Jake Porter
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986
as Self
Picture Snatcher
1933
as J.R. 'Al' McLean
Wild Brian Kent
1936
as Brian Kent
One Is Guilty
1934
as Insp. Steve Trent
Something Evil
1972
as Harry Lincoln
Lady on a Train
1945
as Jonathan Waring
Dive Bomber
1941
as Lance Rogers
Second Hand Wife
1933
as Carter Cavendish
Oh, God!
1977
as Sam Raven
Brother Orchid
1940
as Clarence P. Fletcher
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hands Across the Table
1935
as Allen Macklyn
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Dr. R.L. Davis
Destination Unknown
1933
as Stowaway
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Jeff
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
Adventures of the Queen
1975
as J.L. Dundeen
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961
as Lambertson
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as William E. Ryker
Boy Meets Girl
1938
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
as Dr. Gunther
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Ralph Bellamy
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Stanley
Air Hawks
1935
as Barry Eldon
The Great Impersonation
1942
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
This Man Is Mine
1934
as Jim Dunlap
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as John Baxter
Queen of the Mob
1940
as Agent Scott Langham
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
as Judge Hansen
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as John Bruce
Eight Bells
1935
as Steve Andrews
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Arthur Hale
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Dr. Barclay
Air Mail
1932
as Mike Miller
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Bruce Fairchild
Library of Congress
1945
as Narrator
Let Us Live
1939
as Lieutenant Everett
Blind Adventure
1933
as Jim Steele
The Log of the Black Pearl
1975
as Capt. Fitzsimmons
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979
as Miles Larson
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Ellery Queen
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
as Sen. Christi
Navy Wife
1935
as Dr. Quentin Harden
Disorderly Conduct
1932
as Captain Tom Manning
The Immortal
1969
as Dr. Matthew Pearce
Headline Shooter
1933
as Hal
Return to Earth
1976
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
The Christmas Tree
1958
as Theron
The Big Slide
1956
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Affair in Sumatra
1956
as Dr. Martin Kelog
The Narrow Corner
1933
as Eric Whittenson
It Can't Last Forever
1937
as Russ Matthews
Woman in the Dark
1934
as John Bradley
Carefree
1938
as Stephen Arden
The Magnificent Lie
1931
as Bill Childers
The Secret Six
1931
as Johnny Franks
Men of Texas
1942
as Major Lamphere
The Maya Through the Ages
1950
as Narrator
Let's Get Married
1937
as Kirk Duncan
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Trade Winds
1938
as Ben Blodgett
Seeds of Destiny
1946
as Narrator
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
Before Midnight
1933
as Insp. Steve Trent
Blind Alley
1939
as Dr. Shelby
Guest in the House
1944
as Douglas Proctor
Coast Guard
1939
as Raymond Dower
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016
as Self
Young America
1932
as Judge Blake
Heritage of Anger
1956
as Eddie Hanneman
Fools for Scandal
1938
as Phillip Chester
The Millionaire
1978
as George Mathews
Parole Girl
1933
as Smith
The Wedding Night
1935
as Fredrik Sobieski
Straight from the Shoulder
1936
as Curt Hayden
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Ellery Queen
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
as Dr. Paul Hallet
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Ellery Queen
Flying Devils
1933
as 'Speed' Hardy
Below the Sea
1933
as McCreary
The Healer
1935
as Dr. Holden
Counterfeit Lady
1936
as Johnny Pierce
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
West of Broadway
1931
as Mac
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934
as Insp. Steve Trent
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1977
as McVea
About Ralph Bellamy
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,… With 196 credits spanning from 1931 to 2016, Ralph Bellamy has appeared in 136 films and 60 TV shows.
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- Trading Places (1983) — as Randolph Duke
- Pretty Woman (1990) — as James Morse
- Coming to America (1988) — as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) — as Dr. Sapirstein
- The Professionals (1966) — as Grant
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