Ralph Bellamy
Acting
- Born:
- 1904-06-17
- Died:
- 1991-11-29
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Pretty Woman
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Christine Cromwell
War and Remembrance
The Good Mother
Coming to America
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Amazon Women on the Moon
Disorderlies
L.A. Law
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Matlock
The Twilight Zone
Space
The Fourth Wise Man
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Trading Places
The Winds of War
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Hotel
Aloha Paradise
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Condominium
Power
The Billion Dollar Threat
The Millionaire
The Clone Master
Wheels
Oh, God!
The Love Boat
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Testimony of Two Men
Hunter
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Once an Eagle
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Nightmare in Badham County
Return to Earth
McNaughton's Daughter
Murder on Flight 502
Medical Story
Search for the Gods
Adventures of the Queen
The Log of the Black Pearl
The Missiles of October
The Missiles of October
Little House on the Prairie
Cancel My Reservation
The Bob Newhart Show
Something Evil
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Cannon
Doctors' Wives
The Most Deadly Game
The Immortal
Medical Center
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
Rosemary's Baby
Wings of Fire
The Invaders
CBS Playhouse
The Professionals
The F.B.I.
Run for Your Life
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Eleventh Hour
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
Dr. Kildare
Who Killed Julie Greer?
The 10 from Texas
Sunrise at Campobello
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Checkmate
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Bell Telephone Hour
Rawhide
The Christmas Tree
Suspicion
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
The Defender (Studio One)
Heritage of Anger
The Big Slide
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Tony Awards
Affair in Sumatra
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Devil's Disciple
Screen Director's Playhouse
Playwrights '56
Gunsmoke
Climax!
The United States Steel Hour
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
24 Hours of Progress
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Maya Through the Ages
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Man Against Crime
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Seeds of Destiny
Lady on a Train
Delightfully Dangerous
Library of Congress
Guest in the House
Stage Door Canteen
The Great Impersonation
Men of Texas
Lady in a Jam
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Wolf Man
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Dive Bomber
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Affectionately Yours
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Footsteps in the Dark
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Meet the Wildcat
Public Deb No. 1
Dance, Girl, Dance
Queen of the Mob
Brother Orchid
Flight Angels
His Girl Friday
Coast Guard
Blind Alley
Let Us Live
Breakdowns of 1938
Smashing the Spy Ring
Trade Winds
Girls' School
Carefree
Boy Meets Girl
Fools for Scandal
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
The Awful Truth
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
It Can't Last Forever
Let's Get Married
Counterfeit Lady
Wild Brian Kent
The Man Who Lived Twice
Straight from the Shoulder
The Final Hour
Roaming Lady
Dangerous Intrigue
Hands Across the Table
Navy Wife
The Healer
Air Hawks
Eight Bells
The Wedding Night
Gigolette
Rendezvous at Midnight
Helldorado
Woman in the Dark
Girl in Danger
One Is Guilty
The Crime of Helen Stanley
This Man Is Mine
Once to Every Woman
Spitfire
Before Midnight
Ever in My Heart
Ace of Aces
Blind Adventure
Headline Shooter
Flying Devils
The Narrow Corner
Picture Snatcher
Destination Unknown
Below the Sea
Parole Girl
Second Hand Wife
Wild Girl
Air Mail
Almost Married
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Woman in Room 13
Young America
Disorderly Conduct
Forbidden
Surrender
West of Broadway
The Magnificent Lie
The Secret Six