Ralph Bellamy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

204

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-06-17

Day of death

1991-11-29 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • The Invaders

    The Invaders

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Trading Places

    Trading Places

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • Coming to America

    Coming to America

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • Nightmare in Badham County

    Nightmare in Badham County

  • Rosemary's Baby

    Rosemary's Baby

  • The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

    The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

  • West of Broadway

    West of Broadway

  • The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • The Final Hour

    The Final Hour

  • The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

  • Almost Married

    Almost Married

  • His Girl Friday

    His Girl Friday

  • The Winds of War

    The Winds of War

  • Dive Bomber

    Dive Bomber

  • The Crime of Helen Stanley

    The Crime of Helen Stanley

  • Air Mail

    Air Mail

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Cancel My Reservation

    Cancel My Reservation

  • The Narrow Corner

    The Narrow Corner

  • Smashing the Spy Ring

    Smashing the Spy Ring

  • Once an Eagle

    Once an Eagle

  • Fools for Scandal

    Fools for Scandal

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • Surrender

    Surrender

  • The Missiles of October

    The Missiles of October

  • Carefree

    Carefree

  • Medical Story

    Medical Story

  • The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Wings of Fire

    Wings of Fire

  • The Log of the Black Pearl

    The Log of the Black Pearl

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

  • The Magnificent Lie

    The Magnificent Lie

  • Meet the Wildcat

    Meet the Wildcat

  • Aloha Paradise

    Aloha Paradise

  • Amazon Women on the Moon

    Amazon Women on the Moon

  • The Professionals

    The Professionals

  • Power

    Power

  • Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

    Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

  • Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

    Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

  • The Wolf Man

    The Wolf Man

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Ghost of Frankenstein

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

  • Guest in the House

    Guest in the House

  • Brother Orchid

    Brother Orchid

  • Straight from the Shoulder

    Straight from the Shoulder

  • Spitfire

    Spitfire

  • Love Leads the Way: A True Story

    Love Leads the Way: A True Story

  • Oh, God!

    Oh, God!

  • Blind Alley

    Blind Alley

  • Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

  • The Good Mother

    The Good Mother

  • The Healer

    The Healer

  • Disorderly Conduct

    Disorderly Conduct

  • Breakdowns of 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Jam

  • Space

    Space

  • The Fourth Wise Man

    The Fourth Wise Man

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Return to Earth

    Return to Earth

  • Flying Devils

    Flying Devils

  • Man Against Crime

    Man Against Crime

  • Public Deb No. 1

    Public Deb No. 1

  • Eight Bells

    Eight Bells

  • Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

    Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

    The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

  • The Wedding Night

    The Wedding Night

  • The Memory of Eva Ryker

    The Memory of Eva Ryker

  • McNaughton's Daughter

    McNaughton's Daughter

  • Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

  • This Man Is Mine

    This Man Is Mine

  • Wheels

    Wheels

  • Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

    Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

  • Let's Get Married

    Let's Get Married

  • Once to Every Woman

    Once to Every Woman

  • Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

  • Library of Congress

    Library of Congress

  • Woman in the Dark

    Woman in the Dark

  • Ever in My Heart

    Ever in My Heart

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • The Woman in Room 13

    The Woman in Room 13

  • 24 Hours of Progress

    24 Hours of Progress

  • The Man Who Lived Twice

    The Man Who Lived Twice

  • Below the Sea

    Below the Sea

  • Air Hawks

    Air Hawks

  • Destination Unknown

    Destination Unknown

  • Condominium

    Condominium

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Most Deadly Game

    The Most Deadly Game

  • Girls' School

    Girls' School

  • Counterfeit Lady

    Counterfeit Lady

  • The Secret Six

    The Secret Six

  • Young America

    Young America

  • Delightfully Dangerous

    Delightfully Dangerous

  • Affair in Sumatra

    Affair in Sumatra

  • Adventures of the Queen

    Adventures of the Queen

  • The Crime of Doctor Hallet

    The Crime of Doctor Hallet

  • The Defender (Studio One)

    The Defender (Studio One)

  • Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

    Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

  • Hands Across the Table

    Hands Across the Table

  • The Immortal

    The Immortal

  • Testimony of Two Men

    Testimony of Two Men

  • Forbidden

    Forbidden

  • Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

    Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

  • Parole Girl

    Parole Girl

  • Harold Robbins' The Survivors

    Harold Robbins' The Survivors

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

  • Picture Snatcher

    Picture Snatcher

  • Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

  • The Clone Master

    The Clone Master

  • Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

  • Rendezvous at Midnight

    Rendezvous at Midnight

  • Helldorado

    Helldorado

  • Disorderlies

    Disorderlies

  • The Missiles of October

    The Missiles of October

  • Men of Texas

    Men of Texas

  • One Is Guilty

    One Is Guilty

  • Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

  • Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

    Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

  • Affectionately Yours

    Affectionately Yours

  • Who Killed Julie Greer?

    Who Killed Julie Greer?

  • Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

  • Lugosi: The Forgotten King

    Lugosi: The Forgotten King

  • Before Midnight

    Before Midnight

  • Something Evil

    Something Evil

  • Queen of the Mob

    Queen of the Mob

  • Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

  • Murder on Flight 502

    Murder on Flight 502

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

  • The Maya Through the Ages

    The Maya Through the Ages

  • Footsteps in the Dark

    Footsteps in the Dark

  • Let Us Live

    Let Us Live

  • Search for the Gods

    Search for the Gods

  • Girl in Danger

    Girl in Danger

  • Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

    Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

  • Wild Brian Kent

    Wild Brian Kent

  • Seeds of Destiny

    Seeds of Destiny

  • Sunrise at Campobello

    Sunrise at Campobello

  • The Big Slide

    The Big Slide

  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart

    Cary Grant: A Class Apart

  • It Can't Last Forever

    It Can't Last Forever

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

  • Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

    Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

  • Roaming Lady

    Roaming Lady

  • The Billion Dollar Threat

    The Billion Dollar Threat

  • Ellery Queen, Master Detective

    Ellery Queen, Master Detective

  • Gigolette

    Gigolette

  • Flight Angels

    Flight Angels

  • Heritage of Anger

    Heritage of Anger

  • The 10 from Texas

    The 10 from Texas