Ralph Bellamy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-06-17
Day of Death
1991-11-29 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ralph Bellamy
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.
Known For
Acting
(2016)
(2004)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
Pretty Woman
as James Morse
(1990)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Coming to America
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
(1988)
The Good Mother
as Grandfather Frank
(1988)
(1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
(1987)
Disorderlies
as Albert Dennison
(1986)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as Self
(1985)
The Fourth Wise Man
as Abgarus
(1984)
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Sen. Christi
(1983)
Trading Places
as Randolph Duke
(1983)
(1980)
Power
as Ben Frelinghuysen
(1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as William E. Ryker
(1979)
The Billion Dollar Threat
as Miles Larson
(1978)
The Clone Master
as Ezra Louthin
(1978)
The Millionaire
as George Mathews
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Sam Raven
(1977)
(1976)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Dr. Gunther
(1976)
Nightmare in Badham County
as Judge
(1976)
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
(1975)
Murder on Flight 502
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
(1975)
Adventures of the Queen
as J.L. Dundeen
(1975)
Search for the Gods
as Dr. Henderson
(1975)
The Log of the Black Pearl
as Capt. Fitzsimmons
(1974)
The Missiles of October
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
(1972)
Something Evil
as Harry Lincoln
(1972)
Cancel My Reservation
as John Ed
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Jake Porter
(1969)
The Immortal
as Dr. Matthew Pearce
(1968)
Rosemary's Baby
as Dr. Sapirstein
(1967)
Wings of Fire
as Doug Sanborn
(1966)
The Professionals
as Grant
(1961)
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
(1961)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Judge Hansen
(1961)
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Lambertson
(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(1958)
The Christmas Tree
as Theron
(1957)
The Defender (Studio One)
as Walter Preston
(1956)
Affair in Sumatra
as Dr. Martin Kelog
(1956)
The Big Slide
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
(1956)
Heritage of Anger
as Eddie Hanneman
(1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
(1950)
The Maya Through the Ages
as Narrator
(1950)
24 Hours of Progress
as Narrator
(1946)
Seeds of Destiny
as Narrator
(1945)
Lady on a Train
as Jonathan Waring
(1945)
Delightfully Dangerous
as Arthur Hale
(1945)
Library of Congress
as Narrator
(1944)
Guest in the House
as Douglas Proctor
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Ralph Bellamy
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Erik Ernst
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Stanley
(1942)
The Great Impersonation
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Major Lamphere
(1941)
The Wolf Man
as Colonel Montford
(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Dr. R.L. Davis
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Lance Rogers
(1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Ellery Queen
(1941)
Affectionately Yours
as Owen Wright
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Ellery Queen
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Ellery Queen
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Bruce Baldwin
(1940)
Flight Angels
as Bill Graves
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Clarence P. Fletcher
(1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Steve Adams
(1940)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Ellery Queen
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Bruce Fairchild
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Agent Scott Langham
(1940)
Meet the Wildcat
as Lt. Brad Williams
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Lieutenant Everett
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Raymond Dower
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Dr. Shelby
(1938)
Smashing the Spy Ring
as John Baxter
(1938)
Carefree
as Stephen Arden
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Trade Winds
as Ben Blodgett
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
(1938)
Girls' School
as Michael Hendragin
(1938)
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
as Dr. Paul Hallet
(1938)
Fools for Scandal
as Phillip Chester
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Dan Leeson
(1937)
Let's Get Married
as Kirk Duncan
(1937)
It Can't Last Forever
as Russ Matthews
(1937)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Dr. James Blake / 'Slick' Rawley
(1936)
Roaming Lady
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
(1936)
Straight from the Shoulder
as Curt Hayden
(1936)
Counterfeit Lady
as Johnny Pierce
(1936)
The Final Hour
as John Vickery
(1936)
Wild Brian Kent
as Brian Kent
(1935)
The Wedding Night
as Fredrik Sobieski
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
as Allen Macklyn
(1935)
The Healer
as Dr. Holden
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Dr. Quentin Harden
(1935)
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
(1935)
Air Hawks
as Barry Eldon
(1935)
Eight Bells
as Steve Andrews
(1935)
Helldorado
as J.F. Van Avery
(1935)
Gigolette
as Terry Gallagher
(1934)
The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1934)
Woman in the Dark
as John Bradley
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1934)
This Man Is Mine
as Jim Dunlap
(1934)
Spitfire
as George Fleetwood
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Dr. Barclay
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1933)
Below the Sea
as McCreary
(1933)
Picture Snatcher
as J.R. 'Al' McLean
(1933)
Headline Shooter
as Hal
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Jeff
(1933)
The Narrow Corner
as Eric Whittenson
(1933)
Before Midnight
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1933)
Blind Adventure
as Jim Steele
(1933)
Ace of Aces
as Captain Blake
(1933)
Parole Girl
as Smith
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Stowaway
(1933)
Flying Devils
as 'Speed' Hardy
(1932)
Forbidden
as Al Holland
(1932)
Wild Girl
as Jack Marbury
(1932)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Dr Ladd
(1932)
Air Mail
as Mike Miller
(1932)
Young America
as Judge Blake
(1932)
Disorderly Conduct
as Captain Tom Manning
(1932)
The Woman in Room 13
as John Bruce
(1932)
Almost Married
as Deene Maxwell
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Johnny Franks
(1931)
The Magnificent Lie
as Bill Childers
(1931)
West of Broadway
as Mac
(1931)
Surrender
as Captain Ebbing