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 Millionaire
as George Mathews
(1978)
The Clone Master
as Ezra Louthin
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Sam Raven
(1977)
(1976)
Nightmare in Badham County
as Judge
(1976)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Dr. Gunther
(1976)
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
(1975)
Murder on Flight 502
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
(1975)
The Log of the Black Pearl
as Capt. Fitzsimmons
(1975)
Adventures of the Queen
as J.L. Dundeen
(1975)
Search for the Gods
as Dr. Henderson
(1974)
The Missiles of October
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
(1972)
Cancel My Reservation
as John Ed
(1972)
Something Evil
as Harry Lincoln
(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)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Judge Hansen
(1961)
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Lambertson
(1961)
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
(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)
Heritage of Anger
as Eddie Hanneman
(1956)
The Big Slide
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
(1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
(1950)
24 Hours of Progress
as Narrator
(1950)
The Maya Through the Ages
as Narrator
(1946)
Seeds of Destiny
as Narrator
(1945)
Library of Congress
as Narrator
(1945)
Lady on a Train
as Jonathan Waring
(1945)
Delightfully Dangerous
as Arthur Hale
(1944)
Guest in the House
as Douglas Proctor
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Ralph Bellamy
(1942)
The Great Impersonation
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Stanley
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Major Lamphere
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Erik Ernst
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Lance Rogers
(1941)
The Wolf Man
as Colonel Montford
(1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Ellery Queen
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Ellery Queen
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Ellery Queen
(1941)
Affectionately Yours
as Owen Wright
(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Dr. R.L. Davis
(1940)
Flight Angels
as Bill Graves
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Bruce Baldwin
(1940)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Ellery Queen
(1940)
Meet the Wildcat
as Lt. Brad Williams
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Clarence P. Fletcher
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Bruce Fairchild
(1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Steve Adams
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Agent Scott Langham
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Dr. Shelby
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Raymond Dower
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Lieutenant Everett
(1938)
Fools for Scandal
as Phillip Chester
(1938)
Carefree
as Stephen Arden
(1938)
Smashing the Spy Ring
as John Baxter
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
as Dr. Paul Hallet
(1938)
Girls' School
as Michael Hendragin
(1938)
Trade Winds
as Ben Blodgett
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
(1937)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Dan Leeson
(1937)
Let's Get Married
as Kirk Duncan
(1937)
It Can't Last Forever
as Russ Matthews
(1936)
Straight from the Shoulder
as Curt Hayden
(1936)
The Final Hour
as John Vickery
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
(1936)
Roaming Lady
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
(1936)
Counterfeit Lady
as Johnny Pierce
(1936)
Wild Brian Kent
as Brian Kent
(1935)
Air Hawks
as Barry Eldon
(1935)
The Wedding Night
as Fredrik Sobieski
(1935)
Helldorado
as J.F. Van Avery
(1935)
The Healer
as Dr. Holden
(1935)
Hands Across the Table
as Allen Macklyn
(1935)
Eight Bells
as Steve Andrews
(1935)
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Dr. Quentin Harden
(1935)
Gigolette
as Terry Gallagher
(1934)
The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1934)
This Man Is Mine
as Jim Dunlap
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Dr. Barclay
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1934)
Spitfire
as George Fleetwood
(1934)
Woman in the Dark
as John Bradley
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1933)
Flying Devils
as 'Speed' Hardy
(1933)
The Narrow Corner
as Eric Whittenson
(1933)
Blind Adventure
as Jim Steele
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Stowaway
(1933)
Parole Girl
as Smith
(1933)
Below the Sea
as McCreary
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Jeff
(1933)
Headline Shooter
as Hal
(1933)
Before Midnight
as Insp. Steve Trent
(1933)
Picture Snatcher
as J.R. 'Al' McLean
(1933)
Ace of Aces
as Captain Blake
(1932)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Dr Ladd
(1932)
Air Mail
as Mike Miller
(1932)
The Woman in Room 13
as John Bruce
(1932)
Almost Married
as Deene Maxwell
(1932)
Disorderly Conduct
as Captain Tom Manning
(1932)
Young America
as Judge Blake
(1932)
Forbidden
as Al Holland
(1932)
Wild Girl
as Jack Marbury
(1931)
West of Broadway
as Mac
(1931)
Surrender
as Captain Ebbing
(1931)
The Magnificent Lie
as Bill Childers
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Johnny Franks