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.
Movie | Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-01 |
Movie | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-05-19 |
Movie | Pretty Woman | James Morse | 1990-03-23 |
Series | Christine Cromwell | 1989-11-11 | |
Movie | Coming to America | Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited) | 1988-06-29 |
Series | War and Remembrance | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | The Good Mother | Grandfather Frank | 1988-11-04 |
Movie | Disorderlies | Albert Dennison | 1987-08-14 |
Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Mr. Gower | 1987-09-18 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | The Fourth Wise Man | Abgarus | 1985-03-30 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | Space | Paul Stidham | 1985-04-14 |
Movie | Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Sen. Christi | 1984-10-07 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Dr. Sapirstein (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Series | The Winds of War | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1983-02-06 |
Movie | Trading Places | Randolph Duke | 1983-06-07 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | Aloha Paradise | Unknown | 1981-02-25 |
Movie | Power | Ben Frelinghuysen | 1980-01-14 |
Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | William E. Ryker | 1980-05-05 |
Series | Condominium | Lee Messenger | 1980-04-06 |
Movie | The Billion Dollar Threat | Miles Larson | 1979-04-15 |
Series | Wheels | Lowell Baxter | 1978-05-07 |
Movie | The Millionaire | George Mathews | 1978-12-19 |
Movie | The Clone Master | Ezra Louthin | 1978-09-14 |
Series | Hunter | 1977-02-18 | |
Movie | Oh, God! | Sam Raven | 1977-10-07 |
Movie | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | McVea | 1977-06-09 |
Movie | Return to Earth | Col. Edwin E. Aldrin | 1976-05-14 |
Series | McNaughton's Daughter | Moses Bellman | 1976-03-24 |
Movie | Nightmare in Badham County | Judge | 1976-11-05 |
Series | Once an Eagle | Ed Caldwell | 1976-12-02 |
Movie | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Dr. Gunther | 1976-11-12 |
Series | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers | Jerome Patterson | 1976-12-04 |
Movie | Search for the Gods | Dr. Henderson | 1975-03-09 |
Movie | Adventures of the Queen | J.L. Dundeen | 1975-02-14 |
Series | Medical Story | Unknown | 1975-09-04 |
Movie | Murder on Flight 502 | Dr. Kenyon Walker | 1975-11-21 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | The Missiles of October | U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson | 1974-12-18 |
Movie | Cancel My Reservation | John Ed | 1972-09-21 |
Movie | Something Evil | Harry Lincoln | 1972-01-21 |
Movie | Doctors' Wives | Jake Porter | 1971-02-03 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Unknown | 1971-09-16 |
Series | The Most Deadly Game | Ethan Arcane | 1970-10-10 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | Harold Robbins' The Survivors | 1969-09-22 | |
Movie | The Immortal | Dr. Matthew Pearce | 1969-09-30 |
Movie | Rosemary's Baby | Dr. Sapirstein | 1968-06-12 |
Movie | The Professionals | Grant | 1966-11-01 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Eleventh Hour | Dr. L. Richard Starke | 1962-10-03 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed | Lambertson | 1961-10-23 |
Series | Checkmate | Governor Tom Barker | 1960-09-17 |
Movie | Sunrise at Campobello | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1960-09-28 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Walter Preston | 1957-02-25 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Congressman Frank R. Reid | 1955-12-31 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Series | Your Show of Shows | Unknown | 1950-02-25 |
Series | Man Against Crime | Mike Barnett | 1949-10-07 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | Delightfully Dangerous | Arthur Hale | 1945-03-31 |
Movie | Lady on a Train | Jonathan Waring | 1945-08-03 |
Movie | Guest in the House | Douglas Proctor | 1944-12-08 |
Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Ralph Bellamy | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | The Ghost of Frankenstein | Erik Ernst | 1942-03-13 |
Movie | Lady in a Jam | Stanley Gardner | 1942-06-19 |
Movie | The Great Impersonation | Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein | 1942-12-18 |
Movie | Men of Texas | Major Lamphere | 1942-07-03 |
Movie | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Ellery Queen | 1941-03-24 |
Movie | Affectionately Yours | Owen Wright | 1941-05-10 |
Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Dr. R.L. Davis | 1941-03-08 |
Movie | The Wolf Man | Colonel Montford | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Ellery Queen | 1941-08-14 |
Movie | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Ellery Queen | 1941-11-18 |
Movie | Dive Bomber | Lance Rogers | 1941-08-30 |
Movie | Flight Angels | Bill Graves | 1940-05-18 |
Movie | Brother Orchid | Clarence P. Fletcher | 1940-06-07 |
Movie | His Girl Friday | Bruce Baldwin | 1940-01-18 |
Movie | Queen of the Mob | Agent Scott Langham | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Ellery Queen | 1940-11-30 |
Movie | Meet the Wildcat | Lt. Brad Williams | 1940-10-22 |
Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Bruce Fairchild | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | Dance, Girl, Dance | Steve Adams | 1940-08-30 |
Movie | Let Us Live | Lieutenant Everett | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | Blind Alley | Dr. Shelby | 1939-05-11 |
Movie | Coast Guard | Lt. Raymond 'Ray' Dower | 1939-08-04 |
Movie | Boy Meets Girl | C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday | 1938-08-27 |
Movie | Fools for Scandal | Phillip Chester | 1938-04-16 |
Movie | The Crime of Doctor Hallet | Dr. Paul Hallet | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Carefree | Stephen Arden | 1938-09-02 |
Movie | Girls' School | Michael Hendragin | 1938-09-30 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | Smashing the Spy Ring | John Baxter | 1938-12-29 |
Movie | Trade Winds | Ben Blodgett | 1938-12-28 |
Movie | Let's Get Married | Kirk Duncan | 1937-04-14 |
Movie | It Can't Last Forever | Russ Matthews | 1937-07-15 |
Movie | The Awful Truth | Dan Leeson | 1937-10-20 |
Movie | The Final Hour | John Vickery | 1936-07-07 |
Movie | Roaming Lady | Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey | 1936-05-02 |
Movie | Straight from the Shoulder | Curt Hayden | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | Wild Brian Kent | Brian Kent | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | Counterfeit Lady | Johnny Pierce | 1936-12-31 |
Movie | The Man Who Lived Twice | Dr. James Blake / 'Slick' Rawley | 1936-09-25 |
Movie | Gigolette | Terry Gallagher | 1935-02-15 |
Movie | Rendezvous at Midnight | Commissioner Robert Edmonds | 1935-02-11 |
Movie | The Wedding Night | Fredrik Sobieski | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Eight Bells | Steve Andrews | 1935-04-10 |
Movie | Hands Across the Table | Allen Macklyn | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | The Healer | Dr. Holden | 1935-06-14 |
Movie | Navy Wife | Dr. Quentin Harden | 1935-09-17 |
Movie | Air Hawks | Barry Eldon | 1935-05-07 |
Movie | Once to Every Woman | Dr. James Barclay | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Spitfire | George Fleetwood | 1934-03-08 |
Movie | This Man Is Mine | Jim Dunlap | 1934-04-13 |
Movie | Woman in the Dark | John Bradley | 1934-11-08 |
Movie | The Crime of Helen Stanley | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934-04-20 |
Movie | Girl in Danger | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934-09-11 |
Movie | Destination Unknown | Stowaway | 1933-04-01 |
Movie | Picture Snatcher | J.R. 'Al' McLean | 1933-05-06 |
Movie | Below the Sea | McCreary | 1933-03-28 |
Movie | Parole Girl | Joseph B. 'Joe' Smith | 1933-03-04 |
Movie | The Narrow Corner | Eric Whittenson | 1933-07-08 |
Movie | Ace of Aces | Captain Blake | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | Flying Devils | 'Speed' Hardy | 1933-07-14 |
Movie | Before Midnight | Insp. Steve Trent | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | Ever in My Heart | Jeff | 1933-10-28 |
Movie | Headline Shooter | Hal | 1933-07-28 |
Movie | Blind Adventure | Jim Steele | 1933-08-18 |
Movie | Disorderly Conduct | Captain Tom Manning | 1932-03-20 |
Movie | Forbidden | Holland | 1932-01-08 |
Movie | Young America | Judge Blake | 1932-04-17 |
Movie | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Dr Ladd | 1932-07-03 |
Movie | The Woman in Room 13 | John Bruce | 1932-05-15 |
Movie | Wild Girl | Jack Marbury | 1932-11-09 |
Movie | Air Mail | Mike Miller | 1932-11-03 |
Movie | The Secret Six | Johnny Franks | 1931-04-18 |
Movie | The Magnificent Lie | Bill Childers | 1931-07-25 |
Movie | Surrender | Captain Ebbing | 1931-12-06 |
Movie | West of Broadway | Mac - The Ranch Foreman | 1931-11-28 |