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Ralph Bellamy
Acting
1904-06-17 - Present
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.
Credits
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Pretty WomanasJames Morse
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Coming to AmericaasRandolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
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Trading PlacesasRandolph Duke
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Rosemary's BabyasDr. Sapirstein
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Flight AngelsasBill Graves
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His Girl FridayasBruce Baldwin
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The Boy in the Plastic BubbleasDr. Gunther
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Stage Door CanteenasRalph Bellamy
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The Wolf ManasColonel Montford
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The ProfessionalsasGrant
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Oh, God!asSam Raven
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The Awful TruthasDan Leeson
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Guest in the HouseasDouglas Proctor
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Delightfully DangerousasArthur Hale
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Amazon Women on the MoonasMr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
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Let Us LiveasLieutenant Everett
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The Secret SixasJohnny Franks
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Dive BomberasLance Rogers
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Brother OrchidasClarence P. Fletcher
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Lugosi: The Forgotten KingasSelf
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The Good MotherasGrandfather Frank
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The Ghost of FrankensteinasErik Ernst
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The Court-Martial of Billy MitchellasCongressman Frank R. Reid
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Hands Across the TableasAllen Macklyn
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Dance, Girl, DanceasSteve Adams
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The Wedding NightasFredrik Sobieski
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost ClassicsasBruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nightmare in Badham CountyasJudge
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ForbiddenasAl Holland
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The Fourth Wise ManasAbgarus
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DisorderliesasAlbert Dennison
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Blind AlleyasDr. Shelby
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Coast GuardasRaymond Dower
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CarefreeasStephen Arden
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The Memory of Eva RykerasWilliam E. Ryker
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Woman in the DarkasJohn Bradley
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManasSelf
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The Defender (Studio One)asWalter Preston
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Lady on a TrainasJonathan Waring
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmasDr Ladd
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SpitfireasGeorge Fleetwood
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Affectionately YoursasOwen Wright
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Cancel My ReservationasJohn Ed
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Sunrise at CampobelloasFranklin Delano Roosevelt
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PowerasBen Frelinghuysen
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Something EvilasHarry Lincoln
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Murder on Flight 502asDr. Kenyon Walker
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Ever in My HeartasJeff
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Footsteps in the DarkasDr. R.L. Davis
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Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeasSelf (archive footage)
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Fools for ScandalasPhillip Chester
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Ellery Queen's Penthouse MysteryasEllery Queen
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Ace of AcesasCaptain Blake
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The ImmortalasDr. Matthew Pearce
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Picture SnatcherasJ.R. 'Al' McLean
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Before MidnightasInsp. Steve Trent
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Wild GirlasJack Marbury
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Smashing the Spy RingasJohn Baxter
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Ellery Queen and the Murder RingasEllery Queen
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West of BroadwayasMac
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Breakdowns of 1938asPhilip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
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SurrenderasCaptain Ebbing
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Navy WifeasDr. Quentin Harden
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Public Deb No. 1asBruce Fairchild
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GigoletteasTerry Gallagher
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The Log of the Black PearlasCapt. Fitzsimmons
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The Man Who Lived TwiceasSlick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
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Lady in a JamasStanley
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Wings of FireasDoug Sanborn
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Young AmericaasJudge Blake
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Meet the WildcatasLt. Brad Williams
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Below the SeaasMcCreary
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The HealerasDr. Holden
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Counterfeit LadyasJohnny Pierce
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Air MailasMike Miller
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Men of TexasasMajor Lamphere
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Girls' SchoolasMichael Hendragin
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Who Killed Julie Greer?asJudge Hansen
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Trade WindsasBen Blodgett
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Adventures of the QueenasJ.L. Dundeen
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The Magnificent LieasBill Childers
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Queen of the MobasAgent Scott Langham
Westinghouse Presents: The DispossessedasLambertson
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Ellery Queen, Master DetectiveasEllery Queen
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Roaming LadyasDaniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
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Love Leads the Way: A True StoryasSen. Christi
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HelldoradoasJ.F. Van Avery
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Doctors' WivesasJake Porter
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerasSelf
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect CrimeasEllery Queen
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The Final HourasJohn Vickery
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Parole GirlasSmith
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Girl in DangerasInsp. Steve Trent
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The Clone MasterasEzra Louthin
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Boy Meets GirlasC. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
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Lugosi: The Forgotten King of HorrorasSelf
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The Crime of Helen StanleyasInsp. Steve Trent
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Straight from the ShoulderasCurt Hayden
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The Billion Dollar ThreatasMiles Larson
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The MillionaireasGeorge Mathews
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Headline ShooterasHal
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It Can't Last ForeverasRuss Matthews
The Christmas TreeasTheron
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The Narrow CornerasEric Whittenson
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Eight BellsasSteve Andrews
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The Missiles of OctoberasU.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
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Let's Get MarriedasKirk Duncan
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Air HawksasBarry Eldon
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Return to EarthasCol. Edwin E. Aldrin
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Flying Devilsas'Speed' Hardy
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Cary Grant: A Class ApartasSelf (archive footage)
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Blind AdventureasJim Steele
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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a HangingasMcVea
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Wild Brian KentasBrian Kent
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The Great ImpersonationasSir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
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Affair in SumatraasDr. Martin Kelog
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Rendezvous at MidnightasCommissioner Robert Edmonds
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Destination UnknownasStowaway
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Disorderly ConductasCaptain Tom Manning
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This Man Is MineasJim Dunlap
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The Crime of Doctor HalletasDr. Paul Hallet
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The Woman in Room 13asJohn Bruce
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Library of CongressasNarrator
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The Big SlideasSelf - Announcing Next Week's Show
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One Is GuiltyasInsp. Steve Trent
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Search for the GodsasDr. Henderson
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Once to Every WomanasDr. Barclay
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Heritage of AngerasEddie Hanneman
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Seeds of DestinyasNarrator
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The 10 from Texasas(archive footage)
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Almost MarriedasDeene Maxwell
The Maya Through the AgesasNarrator
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Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12asSelf (uncredited)
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24 Hours of ProgressasNarrator