Ralph Bellamy
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 17, 1904
Day of Death: November 29, 1991 (88 years old)
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Actor Bruce Baldwin
His Girl Friday
Actor Steve Adams
Dance, Girl, Dance
Actor Clarence P. Fletcher
Brother Orchid
Actor Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Actor Bill Graves
Flight Angels
Actor Agent Scott Langham
Queen of the Mob
Actor Bruce Fairchild
Public Deb No. 1
Actor Lt. Brad Williams
Meet the Wildcat
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Actor Stephen Arden
Carefree
Actor C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
Boy Meets Girl
Actor Phillip Chester
Fools for Scandal
Actor Ben Blodgett
Trade Winds
Actor Michael Hendragin
Girls' School
Actor Dr. Paul Hallet
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Actor John Baxter
Smashing the Spy Ring
Actor Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
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Actor Allen Macklyn
Hands Across the Table
Actor Fredrik Sobieski
The Wedding Night
Actor J.F. Van Avery
Helldorado
Actor Dr. Holden
The Healer
Actor Barry Eldon
Air Hawks
Actor Commissioner Robert Edmonds
Rendezvous at Midnight
Actor Steve Andrews
Eight Bells
Actor Dr. Quentin Harden
Navy Wife
Actor Terry Gallagher
Gigolette
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Actor J.R. 'Al' McLean
Picture Snatcher
Actor Captain Blake
Ace of Aces
Actor Jeff
Ever in My Heart
Actor Stowaway
Destination Unknown
Actor 'Speed' Hardy
Flying Devils
Actor Hal
Headline Shooter
Actor Jim Steele
Blind Adventure
Actor Insp. Steve Trent
Before Midnight
Actor Eric Whittenson
The Narrow Corner
Actor Joseph B. 'Joe' Smith
Parole Girl
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Below the Sea
