Ralph Sanford
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ralph Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently appeared in Westerns and often portrayed "tough guys". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Pat
1957
Series
Climax!
The Warden
1954
Series
Climax!
1954
Series
Maverick
Sheriff (uncredited)
1957
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mayor Jim Kelley
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mayor Jim Kelley (uncredited)
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Fireman Whitty
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Slip Madigan
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Butch McGuire
1955
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Bartender Larsen
1955
Series
Leave It to Beaver
Fats Flannaghan
1957
Four Star Playhouse
Man (voice)
1952
Series
I Love Lucy
Guard (uncredited)
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
the Admiral
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Graft collector
1951
Series
The Lone Ranger
Sheriff Wirt
1949
Series
The Lone Ranger
Ben Chalmers
1949
Series
Father Knows Best
Guest at Hotel (uncredited)
1954
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Man in hallway holding newspaper
1952
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Chief Bates
1952
Series
Dennis the Menace
Sleeping Man (uncredited)
1959
Series
Dennis the Menace
Man in Park (uncredited)
1959
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Fred (uncredited)
1959
Series
Mister Ed
Policeman
1961
Series
The Deputy
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Series
Adventures of Superman
George - Customer
1952
Series
Adventures of Superman
Buckets
1952
Series
December Bride
Guard
1954
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Sergeant
1952
Series
The Life Of Riley
Hawkins
1953
Lux Video Theatre
Police Sergeant
1950
Lux Video Theatre
McConigle
1950
Lux Video Theatre
McGee
1950
Series
The Gene Autry Show
'Doc' Bailey
1950
Series
The Gene Autry Show
Harper, the Hustler
1950
Series
Annie Oakley
Pete the Drunk
1954
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Harvey Stokes - Blacksmith
1951
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Storekeeper Buck Jameson
1951
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Doc Bunion
1951
Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Series
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Series
The Restless Gun
Gallagher
1957
Hey, Jeannie!
Policeman
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Expressman
1956
Series
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Series
My Little Margie
1952
Gang Busters
1952
Series
General Electric Theater
Backstage Doorman
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Watchman
1953
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Film
The Best Years of Our Lives
George H. Gibbons (uncredited)
1946
Film
River of No Return
Bartender (uncredited)
1954
Film
Friendly Persuasion
Businessman (uncredited)
1956
Film
The Big Country
Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
Film
That Brennan Girl
Fatso (uncredited)
1946
Film
Wilson
Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
Series
The Pride of the Family
Uncle Harry
1953
Film
The Heiress
Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)
1949
Film
Dodge City
Brawler (uncredited)
1939
Film
Rancho Notorious
Politician (uncredited)
1952
Film
Aerial Gunner
Pvt. Barclay - Target-Tow Operator
1943
Film
Champion
Hammond
1949
Film
Easter Parade
Hotel Detective (uncredited)
1948
Film
Sea Racketeers
Henchman Turk
1937
Film
High Explosive
Squinchy Andrews
1943
Film
Appointment with Danger
Maxie Wilder
1950
Film
Missing Women
Sam (man at ballpark)
1951
Film
They Drive by Night
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
1940
Film
Blonde Inspiration
Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Film
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)
1946
Film
Minesweeper
Seaman Cox
1943
Film
Copacabana
Liggett
1947
Film
Tear Gas Squad
Officer
1940
Film
Shotgun
Chris
1955
Film
Union Station
Detective Fay
1950
Film
Rhubarb
Eddie - Brooklyn Police Chief (uncredited)
1951
Film
Fort Defiance
Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver
1951
Film
If I Were King
Cook (uncredited)
1938
Film
Never Say Goodbye
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946
Film
Stranger on the Third Floor
Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Turning Point
Harry (uncredited)
1952
Film
Mystery of the Riverboat
Sawyer, the garage owner [Chs. 5, 10]
1944
Film
Cattle Queen of Montana
Store Clerk (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Oregon Trail
John Decker
1959
Front Page Detective
1951
Film
Springfield Rifle
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
Film
Undercover Agent
Joe Blake
1939
Film
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Arresting Officer #1 (uncredited)
1939
Film
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Truck Driver (uncredited)
1939
Film
Kentucky Jubilee
Steve Frome
1951
Film
Count the Hours!
Alvin Taylor
1953
Film
The Glass Menagerie
Mendoza
1950
Film
Dance, Girl, Dance
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
Film
In the Good Old Summertime
Burly Policeman (uncredited)
1949
Film
Maisie Goes to Reno
Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
Film
High Powered
Sheriff
1945
Film
Let's Make It Legal
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1951
Film
The Damned Don't Cry
Norman Riley (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Patient in Room 18
Detective Donahue
1938
Film
Obliging Young Lady
Pudgy - Court Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Film
Lucky Legs
Bartender
1942
Film
Who's a Dummy?
1941
Film
Meet the Stewarts
Cop (uncredited)
1942
Film
My Pal Trigger
Auctioneer Al
1946
Film
Four Mothers
Bill (uncredited)
1941
Film
Beginning of the End
Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
1957
Film
Blondie Goes Latin
Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)
1941
Film
It's a Joke, Son!
Knifey
1947
Film
Hi-Jacked
Stephen Clark
1950
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
1947
Film
Wildcat
'Grits' O'Malley
1942
Film
No Place for a Lady
Hal, truck driver-henchman
1943
Film
Gaucho Serenade
Motorcycle Cop
1940
Film
Submarine Alert
Agent Freddie Grayson
1943
Film
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Charlie Sargent
1945
Film
East of the River
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Film
Rhythm Inn
Pete Harris
1951
Film
Footsteps in the Night
Bartender (Uncredited)
1957
Film
Lost in a Harem
Mr. Ormulu
1944
Film
Take It or Leave It
Taxi Driver
1944
Film
Torpedo Alley
Charles Hedley
1953
Film
Alaska Highway
Frosty Gimble
1943
Film
A Night for Crime
Det. Hoffman
1943
Film
Give Me a Sailor
Iceman (uncredited)
1938
Film
Sea Tiger
Fat Harry, Innkeeper
1952
Film
Linda, Be Good
Nunnally LaVitte
1947
Film
I Live on Danger
Angie Moss
1942
Film
French Leave
Skipper Muldoon
1948
Film
The Forty-Niners
Bartender Joe
1954
Film
Kid Nightingale
First Drunk at Soxey's (uncredited)
1939
Film
Smashing the Money Ring
Second Night Guard (uncredited)
1939
Film
Cross-Country Romance
Henry
1940
Film
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Prison Warden (uncredited)
1950
Film
Melody for Three
Landing Field Worker (uncredited)
1941
Film
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Nunnally LaVitte
1953
Film
Down in San Diego
Man (uncredited)
1941
Film
Blondes at Work
Detective Ed Healy (uncredited)
1938
Film
Let's Live Again
Policeman
1948
Film
Girls on Probation
First Detective
1938
Film
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Police Desk Sergeant
1941
Film
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Police Lt. Steve Mulford
1948
Film
The Radio Murder Mystery
Pat the detective
1933
So You Want to Move
1950
Film
Quiet, Please
Tony (uncredited)
1939
Film
Father's Wild Game
First Policeman
1950
So You Want to Be an Actor
Mr. Sherbert
1949
Film
Rogue River
Max Bonner
1951
Film
They Made Me a Killer
Patrolman Roach
1946
Film
Men of the Timberland
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1941
Film
Torpedo Boat
Hector Bobry
1942
Film
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Gilhooley
1944
Film
No Hands on the Clock
Officer Gimble
1941
There Goes Kelly
Police Lt. Marty Phillips
1945
Film
In the Dough
Cop
1933
Film
Come on Danger
Bartender
1942
Film
Girl on the Spot
Detective Thomas (uncredited)
1946
Film
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Mike, Police Detective Sergeant
1945
Film
Up In Smoke
Sam
1957
Film
Sioux City Sue
Big Gulliver
1946
Film
Web of Danger
Peterson, 2nd Crew Foreman
1947
Film
Carolina Moon
Foreman Nelson
1940
Film
Danger Zone
Larry Dunlap
1951
Film
Nearly Naked
1933
Grounds for Murder
1930
Film
Shaggy
Fuzzy
1948
Kissing Time
Corporal (uncredited)
1933
Film
Salt Water Daffy
Cop (uncredited)
1933
Film
What Price Pants
Bartender (uncredited)
1931
Film
While the Cat's Away
Superintendent (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Policy Girl
Radio Station Usher
1934