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Ralph Bellamy

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
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1904
FromChicago, Illinois, USA