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Ralph Bellamy

Acting Born Jun 17, 1904 Died Nov 29, 1991 Chicago, Illinois, USA 207 credits

Biography

Ralph Bellamy was an American actor whose career spanned 62 years. He began his film career with The Secret Six in 1931, starring Wallace Beery and featuring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. By the end of 1933, he had appeared in 22 movies, including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and the action film Picture Snatcher with James Cagney. Bellamy's film career continued for many years, with a total of 196 known credits. He was born on June 17, 1904, in Chicago, Illinois, and passed away on November 29, 1991, at the age of 87.

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Career

Career overview

Ralph Bellamy began his film career with The Secret Six in 1931, starring alongside Wallace Beery and featuring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. By the end of 1933, he had appeared in 22 movies. His early film roles included Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm in 1932 and the action film Picture Snatcher with James Cagney in 1933.

Bellamy's career spanned 62 years, with leading and supporting roles in film, television, and stage productions. He continued to work in the entertainment industry until his death in 1991. His extensive body of work includes numerous films and television shows, although specific titles are not provided.

Bellamy's career was marked by a long and varied acting career, with a significant number of credits to his name. He appeared in over 196 known credits, a testament to his enduring presence in the entertainment industry.

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Career timeline

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Pretty WomanSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Christine Cromwell
Coming to AmericaWar and RemembranceWar and RemembranceThe Good MotherCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Amazon Women on the MoonDisorderlies
MatlockL.A. LawLugosi: The Forgotten King
The Twilight ZoneSpaceThe Fourth Wise Man
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Trading PlacesThe Winds of WarErrol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Hotel
Aloha Paradise
PowerCondominiumThe Memory of Eva Ryker
The Billion Dollar Threat
WheelsThe Clone MasterThe Millionaire
The Love BoatHunterHunterTestimony of Two MenOh, God!
Once an EagleNightmare in Badham CountyArthur Hailey's The MoneychangersReturn to EarthThe Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Medical StorySearch for the GodsMurder on Flight 502Adventures of the QueenThe Log of the Black Pearl
Little House on the PrairieThe Missiles of OctoberThe Missiles of October
The Bob Newhart ShowCancel My ReservationSomething Evil
CannonOwen Marshall: Counselor at LawDoctors' Wives
The Most Deadly Game
Medical CenterHarold Robbins' The SurvivorsThe Immortal
Rosemary's Baby
The InvadersWings of Fire
CBS PlayhouseThe ProfessionalsThe Wolfman
The F.B.I.The F.B.I.Run for Your Life
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe Eleventh Hour

Full filmography

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