Ralph Bellamy
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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.
Known for
Credits
Trading Places (1983)
as Randolph Duke
Pretty Woman (1990)
as James Morse
Coming to America (1988)
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
as Dr. Sapirstein
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Bruce Baldwin
The Professionals (1966)
as Grant
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Colonel Montford
Forbidden (1932)
as Al Holland
The Good Mother (1988)
as Grandfather Frank
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
as Judge
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Dan Leeson
Wild Girl (1932)
as Jack Marbury
Girls' School (1938)
as Michael Hendragin
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Erik Ernst
Gigolette (1935)
as Terry Gallagher
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Steve Adams
Dangerous Intrigue (1936)
as Tony Halliday
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
as Dr. Kenyon Walker
Ace of Aces (1933)
as Captain Blake
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
as John Ed
The Missiles of October (1974)
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Owen Wright
Adventures of the Queen (1975)
as J.L. Dundeen
Dive Bomber (1941)
as Lance Rogers
Oh, God! (1977)
as Sam Raven
Something Evil (1972)
as Harry Lincoln
Second Hand Wife (1933)
as Carter Cavendish
Search for the Gods (1975)
as Dr. Henderson
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
as Abgarus
The Wolfman (1966)
as Col. Montford
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Clarence P. Fletcher
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as J.R. 'Al' McLean
Disorderlies (1987)
as Albert Dennison
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
as Walter Preston
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
as Dr. Gunther
This Man Is Mine (1934)
as Jim Dunlap
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Agent Scott Langham
Doctors' Wives (1971)
as Jake Porter
Wild Brian Kent (1936)
as Brian Kent
Lady on a Train (1945)
as Jonathan Waring
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
as John Baxter
Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986)
as Self
Ever in My Heart (1933)
as Jeff
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as Ralph Bellamy
One Is Guilty (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
Carefree (1938)
as Stephen Arden
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961)
as Lambertson
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as William E. Ryker
Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
as Arthur Hale
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
as John Bruce
Destination Unknown (1933)
as Stowaway
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young America (1932)
as Judge Blake
The Maya Through the Ages (1950)
as Narrator
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
Let Us Live (1939)
as Lieutenant Everett
Guest in the House (1944)
as Douglas Proctor
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
as Ellery Queen
Air Mail (1932)
as Mike Miller
Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
as Sen. Christi
The Great Impersonation (1942)
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Disorderly Conduct (1932)
as Captain Tom Manning
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
as Ellery Queen
The Big Slide (1956)
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Men of Texas (1942)
as Major Lamphere
Air Hawks (1935)
as Barry Eldon
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
as Dr. R.L. Davis
Flight Angels (1940)
as Bill Graves
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Bruce Fairchild
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935)
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds
Hands Across the Table (1935)
as Allen Macklyn
The Secret Six (1931)
as Johnny Franks
Coast Guard (1939)
as Raymond Dower
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)
as Dr Ladd
The Millionaire (1978)
as George Mathews
Once to Every Woman (1934)
as Dr. Barclay
Straight from the Shoulder (1936)
as Curt Hayden
Heritage of Anger (1956)
as Eddie Hanneman
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
as Ellery Queen
Blind Alley (1939)
as Dr. Shelby
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
as Judge Hansen
Return to Earth (1976)
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
The Christmas Tree (1958)
as Theron
Let's Get Married (1937)
as Kirk Duncan
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self
Eight Bells (1935)
as Steve Andrews
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
as Ellery Queen
Blind Adventure (1933)
as Jim Steele
The Billion Dollar Threat (1979)
as Miles Larson
Affair in Sumatra (1956)
as Dr. Martin Kelog
Seeds of Destiny (1946)
as Narrator
The Immortal (1969)
as Dr. Matthew Pearce
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Hal
The Narrow Corner (1933)
as Eric Whittenson
Spitfire (1934)
as George Fleetwood
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Stanley
Parole Girl (1933)
as Smith
The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
as Capt. Fitzsimmons
Trade Winds (1938)
as Ben Blodgett
Library of Congress (1945)
as Narrator
The Clone Master (1978)
as Ezra Louthin
The Healer (1935)
as Dr. Holden
The 10 from Texas (1961)
as (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror (2016)
as Self
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
as Dr. Paul Hallet
Woman in the Dark (1934)
as John Bradley
The Magnificent Lie (1931)
as Bill Childers
Helldorado (1935)
as J.F. Van Avery
It Can't Last Forever (1937)
as Russ Matthews
Counterfeit Lady (1936)
as Johnny Pierce
Before Midnight (1933)
as Insp. Steve Trent
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (1977)
as McVea
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)
as Self (uncredited)
The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
as Insp. Steve Trent
West of Broadway (1931)
as Mac
Flying Devils (1933)
as 'Speed' Hardy
Fools for Scandal (1938)
as Phillip Chester
Roaming Lady (1936)
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
Navy Wife (1935)
as Dr. Quentin Harden
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
as Self
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Fredrik Sobieski
Below the Sea (1933)
as McCreary
Wings of Fire (1967)
as Doug Sanborn
Meet the Wildcat (1940)
as Lt. Brad Williams
24 Hours of Progress (1950)
as Narrator
Almost Married (1932)
as Deene Maxwell
Surrender (1931)
as Captain Ebbing
The Final Hour (1936)
as John Vickery