Ralph Bellamy
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Love Boat
Arnold Hamilton
1977
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
L.A. Law
August Redding
1986
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Dr. Marvin Haynes
1974
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Climax!
Phillip Hardecker, Sr.
1954
Series
Climax!
Hap Kennelly
1954
Series
Climax!
Damon Runyon
1954
Series
Matlock
Sen. Lambert Crawford
1986
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. L Richard Starke
1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Studio One
Todd McNeill
1948
Series
Studio One
Walter Preston
1948
Series
Hotel
1982
Series
The F.B.I.
Captain Jennerson
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Mark Dryden
1965
Series
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Monsters!")
1985
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Tice Collins
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joel Todd
1956
Series
Gunsmoke
Sheriff Bassett
1955
Series
Rawhide
Judge Quince
1959
Series
Rawhide
Marshal Hanson Dickson
1959
Series
Medical Center
1969
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Alan Dreeben
1972
Series
Run for Your Life
Cal Phillips
1965
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Invaders
Morgan Tate
1967
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Willard Mitchell
1959
Series
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Wendall Burke
1971
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Dobson
1960
Series
Checkmate
Governor Tom Barker
1960
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Film
Pretty Woman
James Morse
1990
Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Dr. Martin Kelog
1955
Film
Rosemary's Baby
Dr. Sapirstein
1968
Series
War and Remembrance
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1988
Series
War and Remembrance
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1988
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Host
1959
Film
Trading Places
Randolph Duke
1983
Series
Suspicion
Detective Thorpe
1957
Film
Coming to America
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
1988
CBS Playhouse
Ned's Father
1966
Series
The Winds of War
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1983
Series
The Eleventh Hour
Dr. L. Richard Starke
1962
Series
Medical Story
Dr. Marshak
1975
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Col. Andy Morgan
1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Eddy Gilmore
1957
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pastor Anderson
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Theron
1951
Playwrights '56
1955
Series
Hunter
1977
Series
Hunter
Harold Baker (uncredited)
1977
Series
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
Baylor Carlyle
1969
Series
Once an Eagle
Ed Caldwell
1976
Film
The Professionals
Grant
1966
Series
Aloha Paradise
1981
Series
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Jerome Patterson
1976
Film
Amazon Women on the Moon
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
1987
Film
The Wolf Man
Colonel Montford
1941
Series
Christine Cromwell
Cyrus Blain
1989
Series
Man Against Crime
Mike Barnett
1949
Film
His Girl Friday
Bruce Baldwin
1940
Series
General Electric Theater
Col. Tom Wheeler
1953
Series
Space
Paul Stidham
1985
Series
The Most Deadly Game
Ethan Arcane
1970
Series
Wheels
Lowell Baxter
1978
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe McQuade
1951
Series
Condominium
Lee Messenger
1980
Film
Library of Congress
Narrator
1945
Series
Testimony of Two Men
Dr. Jim Spaulding
1977
Film
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Series
Power
Ben Frelinghuysen
1980
Film
The Awful Truth
Dan Leeson
1937
Film
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Erik Ernst
1942
Film
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Dr. Gunther
1976
Film
The Good Mother
Grandfather Frank
1988
Film
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Congressman Frank R. Reid
1955
Series
McNaughton's Daughter
Moses Bellman
1976
Film
Dive Bomber
Lance Rogers
1941
Film
The Fourth Wise Man
Abgarus
1985
Film
Nightmare in Badham County
Judge
1976
Film
The Memory of Eva Ryker
William E. Ryker
1980
Film
Dance, Girl, Dance
Steve Adams
1940
Film
Disorderlies
Albert Dennison
1987
Film
Oh, God!
Sam Raven
1977
Series
The Missiles of October
Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN
1974
Film
Lady on a Train
Jonathan Waring
1945
Film
Something Evil
Harry Lincoln
1972
Film
The Missiles of October
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
1974
Film
The Defender (Studio One)
Walter Preston
1957
Film
Forbidden
Al Holland
1932
Film
Ever in My Heart
Jeff
1933
Film
Murder on Flight 502
Dr. Kenyon Walker
1975
Film
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Devil's Disciple
Pastor Anderson
1955
Film
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Ellery Queen
1941
Film
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Sen. Christi
1984
Film
Girls' School
Michael Hendragin
1938
Film
Queen of the Mob
Agent Scott Langham
1940
Film
The Billion Dollar Threat
Miles Larson
1979
Film
Adventures of the Queen
J.L. Dundeen
1975
Film
Affectionately Yours
Owen Wright
1941
Film
Picture Snatcher
J.R. 'Al' McLean
1933
Film
Footsteps in the Dark
Dr. R.L. Davis
1941
Film
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
1988
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Ralph Bellamy
1943
Film
Lady in a Jam
Stanley
1942
Film
Hands Across the Table
Allen Macklyn
1935
Film
Guest in the House
Douglas Proctor
1944
Film
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Judge Hansen
1961
Film
Woman in the Dark
John Bradley
1934
Film
Public Deb No. 1
Bruce Fairchild
1940
Film
Smashing the Spy Ring
John Baxter
1938
Film
This Man Is Mine
Jim Dunlap
1934
Film
Let's Get Married
Kirk Duncan
1937
Film
The Man Who Lived Twice
Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
1936
Film
It Can't Last Forever
Russ Matthews
1937
Film
Let Us Live
Lieutenant Everett
1939
Film
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
McVea
1977
Film
The Log of the Black Pearl
Capt. Fitzsimmons
1975
Film
Brother Orchid
Clarence P. Fletcher
1940
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
Lambertson
1961
Film
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Ellery Queen
1941
Film
The Woman in Room 13
John Bruce
1932
Film
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Ellery Queen
1941
Film
The Crime of Helen Stanley
Insp. Steve Trent
1934
Film
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Ellery Queen
1940
Film
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
1976
Film
Once to Every Woman
Dr. Barclay
1934
Film
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Dr. Paul Hallet
1938
Film
Dangerous Intrigue
Tony Halliday
1936
Film
Wild Girl
Jack Marbury
1932
Film
Doctors' Wives
Jake Porter
1971
Film
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Self
1986
Film
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Dr Ladd
1932
Film
Sunrise at Campobello
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1960
Film
The Secret Six
Johnny Franks
1931
Film
The Clone Master
Ezra Louthin
1978
Film
Carefree
Stephen Arden
1938
Film
The Wedding Night
Fredrik Sobieski
1935
Film
Breakdowns of 1938
Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Immortal
Dr. Matthew Pearce
1969
Film
Cancel My Reservation
John Ed
1972
Film
Gigolette
Terry Gallagher
1935
Film
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
Self
2016
Film
The Millionaire
George Mathews
1978
Film
Straight from the Shoulder
Curt Hayden
1936
Film
Ace of Aces
Captain Blake
1933
Film
Trade Winds
Ben Blodgett
1938
Film
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961
Film
Boy Meets Girl
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
1938
Film
Search for the Gods
Dr. Henderson
1975
Film
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
1983
Film
Delightfully Dangerous
Arthur Hale
1945
Film
The Maya Through the Ages
Narrator
1950
Film
Coast Guard
Raymond Dower
1939
Film
The Narrow Corner
Eric Whittenson
1933
Film
Flight Angels
Bill Graves
1940
Film
The Magnificent Lie
Bill Childers
1931
Film
Girl in Danger
Insp. Steve Trent
1934
Film
One Is Guilty
Insp. Steve Trent
1934
Film
Headline Shooter
Hal
1933
Film
Blind Adventure
Jim Steele
1933
Film
Fools for Scandal
Phillip Chester
1938
Film
Blind Alley
Dr. Shelby
1939
Film
Eight Bells
Steve Andrews
1935
Film
Air Mail
Mike Miller
1932
Film
Below the Sea
McCreary
1933
Film
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Self (uncredited)
1937
Film
Navy Wife
Dr. Quentin Harden
1935
Film
Rendezvous at Midnight
Commissioner Robert Edmonds
1935
Film
Parole Girl
Smith
1933
Film
West of Broadway
Mac
1931
Film
Spitfire
George Fleetwood
1934
Film
The Big Slide
Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
1956
Film
The Great Impersonation
Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
1942
The Christmas Tree
Theron
1958
Film
Roaming Lady
Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
1936
Film
Young America
Judge Blake
1932
Film
Wings of Fire
Doug Sanborn
1967
Film
Men of Texas
Major Lamphere
1942
Film
Surrender
Captain Ebbing
1931
Film
Air Hawks
Barry Eldon
1935
Film
The Final Hour
John Vickery
1936
Film
Meet the Wildcat
Lt. Brad Williams
1940
Film
Flying Devils
'Speed' Hardy
1933
Film
Wild Brian Kent
Brian Kent
1936
Film
Affair in Sumatra
Dr. Martin Kelog
1956
Film
Before Midnight
Insp. Steve Trent
1933
Film
Disorderly Conduct
Captain Tom Manning
1932
Film
Helldorado
J.F. Van Avery
1935
Film
Almost Married
Deene Maxwell
1932
Film
Heritage of Anger
Eddie Hanneman
1956
Film
24 Hours of Progress
Narrator
1950
Film
Second Hand Wife
Carter Cavendish
1933
Film
Seeds of Destiny
Narrator
1946
Film
The Healer
Dr. Holden
1935
Film
Counterfeit Lady
Johnny Pierce
1936
Film
Destination Unknown
Stowaway
1933