Ralph Bellamy
Acting
Born: Jun 17, 1904 — Died: Nov 29, 1991
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretty Woman | James Morse | 1990 | 7.447 |
| Disorderlies | Albert Dennison | 1987 | 4.956 |
| Trading Places | Randolph Duke | 1983 | 7.227 |
| The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Dr. Gunther | 1976 | 5.634 |
| Rosemary's Baby | Dr. Sapirstein | 1968 | 7.8 |
| The Professionals | Grant | 1966 | 7.104 |
| Lady on a Train | Jonathan Waring | 1945 | 6.67 |
| Guest in the House | Douglas Proctor | 1944 | 4.889 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Ralph Bellamy | 1943 | 6.289 |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Erik Ernst | 1942 | 5.808 |
| The Wolf Man | Colonel Montford | 1941 | 7.028 |
| Footsteps in the Dark | Dr. R.L. Davis | 1941 | 7.0 |
| Dive Bomber | Lance Rogers | 1941 | 6.453 |
| Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Ellery Queen | 1941 | 5.6 |
| Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Ellery Queen | 1941 | 5.833 |
| Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Ellery Queen | 1941 | 6.5 |
| His Girl Friday | Bruce Baldwin | 1940 | 7.415 |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | Steve Adams | 1940 | 6.359 |
| Brother Orchid | Clarence P. Fletcher | 1940 | 6.646 |
| Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Ellery Queen | 1940 | 5.8 |
| Blind Alley | Dr. Shelby | 1939 | 6.0 |
| Let Us Live | Lieutenant Everett | 1939 | 6.769 |
| Carefree | Stephen Arden | 1938 | 6.63 |
| The Awful Truth | Dan Leeson | 1937 | 7.219 |
| Hands Across the Table | Allen Macklyn | 1935 | 7.0 |
| The Wedding Night | Fredrik Sobieski | 1935 | 5.889 |
| Spitfire | George Fleetwood | 1934 | 5.233 |
| One Is Guilty | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934 | 4.25 |
| Picture Snatcher | J.R. 'Al' McLean | 1933 | 6.8 |
| The Secret Six | Johnny Franks | 1931 | 5.618 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1904 |
| From | Chicago, Illinois, USA |