Ralph Bellamy
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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 th
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.
Born
Jun 17, 1904
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
Nov 29, 1991
Known For
Acting
Movies
136 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.5
Known For
Pretty Woman
1990
as James Morse
Coming to America
1988
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Rosemary's Baby
1968
as Dr. Sapirstein
Trading Places
1983
as Randolph Duke
The Professionals
1966
as Grant
His Girl Friday
1940
as Bruce Baldwin
The Wolf Man
1941
as Colonel Montford
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
The Awful Truth
1937
as Dan Leeson
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Erik Ernst
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