Ralph Bellamy
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 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Love Boat
1977
What's My Line?
1950
L.A. Law
1986
0Tony Awards
1956
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
Cannon
1971
Matlock
1986
Dr. Kildare
1961
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Love Boat
as Arnold Hamilton · 1977
What's My Line?
as Self · 1950
L.A. Law
as August Redding · 1986
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Little House on the Prairie
as Dr. Marvin Haynes · 1974
Climax!
as Phillip Hardecker, Sr. · 1954
Climax!
as Hap Kennelly · 1954
Climax!
as Damon Runyon · 1954
Cannon
· 1971
Matlock
as Sen. Lambert Crawford · 1986
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. L Richard Starke · 1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
· 1963
Studio One
as Todd McNeill · 1948
Studio One
as Walter Preston · 1948
Hotel
· 1982
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Monsters!") · 1985
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Tice Collins · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
· 1948
The F.B.I.
as Captain Jennerson · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Mark Dryden · 1965
Rawhide
as Judge Quince · 1959
Rawhide
as Marshal Hanson Dickson · 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Joel Todd · 1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Bob Newhart Show
as Alan Dreeben · 1972
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self · 1950
Medical Center
· 1969
Gunsmoke
as Sheriff Bassett · 1955
Run for Your Life
as Cal Phillips · 1965
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self · 1956
The Invaders
as Morgan Tate · 1967
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Dobson · 1960
Checkmate
as Governor Tom Barker · 1960
Pretty Woman
as James Morse · 1990
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Willard Mitchell · 1959
Your Show of Shows
· 1950
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Wendall Burke · 1971
The United States Steel Hour
· 1953
Trading Places
as Randolph Duke · 1983
Rosemary's Baby
as Dr. Sapirstein · 1968
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dr. Martin Kelog · 1955
War and Remembrance
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 1988
War and Remembrance
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 1988
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Host · 1959
Suspicion
as Detective Thorpe · 1957
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
as Baylor Carlyle · 1969
Coming to America
as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited) · 1988
The Winds of War
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 1983
CBS Playhouse
as Ned's Father · 1966
The Eleventh Hour
as Dr. L. Richard Starke · 1962
Medical Story
as Dr. Marshak · 1975
Playwrights '56
· 1955
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Col. Andy Morgan · 1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Eddy Gilmore · 1957
Hunter
· 1977
Hunter
as Harold Baker (uncredited) · 1977
Aloha Paradise
· 1981
The Wolf Man
as Colonel Montford · 1941
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pastor Anderson · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Theron · 1951
Once an Eagle
as Ed Caldwell · 1976
Man Against Crime
as Mike Barnett · 1949
The Professionals
as Grant · 1966
Christine Cromwell
as Cyrus Blain · 1989
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man") · 1987
General Electric Theater
as Col. Tom Wheeler · 1953
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Jerome Patterson · 1976
His Girl Friday
as Bruce Baldwin · 1940
Space
as Paul Stidham · 1985
Wheels
as Lowell Baxter · 1978
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe McQuade · 1951
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Dr. Gunther · 1976
The Most Deadly Game
as Ethan Arcane · 1970
Power
as Ben Frelinghuysen · 1980
Condominium
as Lee Messenger · 1980
Testimony of Two Men
as Dr. Jim Spaulding · 1977
McNaughton's Daughter
as Moses Bellman · 1976
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1994
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Erik Ernst · 1942
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Congressman Frank R. Reid · 1955
The Awful Truth
as Dan Leeson · 1937
Nightmare in Badham County
as Judge · 1976
The Good Mother
as Grandfather Frank · 1988
Disorderlies
as Albert Dennison · 1987
Lady on a Train
as Jonathan Waring · 1945
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as William E. Ryker · 1980
The Devil's Disciple
as Pastor Anderson · 1955
Girls' School
as Michael Hendragin · 1938
Murder on Flight 502
as Dr. Kenyon Walker · 1975
The Fourth Wise Man
as Abgarus · 1985
The Missiles of October
as Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN · 1974
Oh, God!
as Sam Raven · 1977
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self · 1988
Forbidden
as Al Holland · 1932
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Steve Adams · 1940
Wild Girl
as Jack Marbury · 1932
The Missiles of October
as U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson · 1974
Lady in a Jam
as Stanley · 1942
Stage Door Canteen
as Ralph Bellamy · 1943
Woman in the Dark
as John Bradley · 1934
Affectionately Yours
as Owen Wright · 1941
Something Evil
as Harry Lincoln · 1972
Dive Bomber
as Lance Rogers · 1941
Public Deb No. 1
as Bruce Fairchild · 1940
Dangerous Intrigue
as Tony Halliday · 1936
Hands Across the Table
as Allen Macklyn · 1935
Guest in the House
as Douglas Proctor · 1944
Adventures of the Queen
as J.L. Dundeen · 1975
Ever in My Heart
as Jeff · 1933
Picture Snatcher
as J.R. 'Al' McLean · 1933
The Defender (Studio One)
as Walter Preston · 1957
The Billion Dollar Threat
as Miles Larson · 1979
The Immortal
as Dr. Matthew Pearce · 1969
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Sen. Christi · 1984
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Ellery Queen · 1941
Sunrise at Campobello
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 1960
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
Footsteps in the Dark
as Dr. R.L. Davis · 1941
Breakdowns of 1938
as Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1938
Doctors' Wives
as Jake Porter · 1971
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Queen of the Mob
as Agent Scott Langham · 1940
This Man Is Mine
as Jim Dunlap · 1934
Blind Adventure
as Jim Steele · 1933
The Wedding Night
as Fredrik Sobieski · 1935
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin · 1976
It Can't Last Forever
as Russ Matthews · 1937
The Log of the Black Pearl
as Capt. Fitzsimmons · 1975
Gigolette
as Terry Gallagher · 1935
Library of Congress
as Narrator · 1945
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Ellery Queen · 1941
Ace of Aces
as Captain Blake · 1933
The Millionaire
as George Mathews · 1978
The Woman in Room 13
as John Bruce · 1932
The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Insp. Steve Trent · 1934
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Ellery Queen · 1941
Smashing the Spy Ring
as John Baxter · 1938
Straight from the Shoulder
as Curt Hayden · 1936
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as Self · 1986
Carefree
as Stephen Arden · 1938
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Lambertson · 1961
Once to Every Woman
as Dr. Barclay · 1934
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Judge Hansen · 1961
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage) · 1961
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Ellery Queen · 1940
Girl in Danger
as Insp. Steve Trent · 1934
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Dr Ladd · 1932
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake · 1936
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
as McVea · 1977
The Magnificent Lie
as Bill Childers · 1931
Let Us Live
as Lieutenant Everett · 1939
Brother Orchid
as Clarence P. Fletcher · 1940
Cancel My Reservation
as John Ed · 1972
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
as Dr. Paul Hallet · 1938
The Clone Master
as Ezra Louthin · 1978
One Is Guilty
as Insp. Steve Trent · 1934
The Narrow Corner
as Eric Whittenson · 1933
Let's Get Married
as Kirk Duncan · 1937
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self · 2016
Coast Guard
as Raymond Dower · 1939
The Maya Through the Ages
as Narrator · 1950
The Secret Six
as Johnny Franks · 1931
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self · 1983
Air Mail
as Mike Miller · 1932
Fools for Scandal
as Phillip Chester · 1938
Trade Winds
as Ben Blodgett · 1938
Blind Alley
as Dr. Shelby · 1939
Search for the Gods
as Dr. Henderson · 1975
Flight Angels
as Bill Graves · 1940
Eight Bells
as Steve Andrews · 1935
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited) · 1937
Boy Meets Girl
as C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday · 1938
Headline Shooter
as Hal · 1933
Spitfire
as George Fleetwood · 1934
Delightfully Dangerous
as Arthur Hale · 1945
Navy Wife
as Dr. Quentin Harden · 1935
The Great Impersonation
as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein · 1942
The Christmas Tree
as Theron · 1958
Helldorado
as J.F. Van Avery · 1935
Affair in Sumatra
as Dr. Martin Kelog · 1956
Wings of Fire
as Doug Sanborn · 1967
Parole Girl
as Smith · 1933
Men of Texas
as Major Lamphere · 1942
Air Hawks
as Barry Eldon · 1935
Young America
as Judge Blake · 1932
West of Broadway
as Mac · 1931
Before Midnight
as Insp. Steve Trent · 1933
The Final Hour
as John Vickery · 1936
24 Hours of Progress
as Narrator · 1950
Below the Sea
as McCreary · 1933
Wild Brian Kent
as Brian Kent · 1936
Roaming Lady
as Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey · 1936
Meet the Wildcat
as Lt. Brad Williams · 1940
Surrender
as Captain Ebbing · 1931
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Commissioner Robert Edmonds · 1935
The Big Slide
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show · 1956
Heritage of Anger
as Eddie Hanneman · 1956
Counterfeit Lady
as Johnny Pierce · 1936
Flying Devils
as 'Speed' Hardy · 1933
Second Hand Wife
as Carter Cavendish · 1933
Seeds of Destiny
as Narrator · 1946
Disorderly Conduct
as Captain Tom Manning · 1932
The Healer
as Dr. Holden · 1935
Almost Married
as Deene Maxwell · 1932
Destination Unknown
as Stowaway · 1933