1904-06-17 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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Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror | Self | 2016-01-01 |
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Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-01 |
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-05-19 |
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Pretty Woman | James Morse | 1990-03-23 |
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-02 |
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Coming to America | Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited) | 1988-06-29 |
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The Good Mother | Grandfather Frank | 1988-11-04 |
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988-06-05 |
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Amazon Women on the Moon | Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man") | 1987-09-18 |
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Disorderlies | Albert Dennison | 1987-08-14 |
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Lugosi: The Forgotten King | Self | 1986-07-12 |
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The Fourth Wise Man | Abgarus | 1985-03-30 |
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Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Sen. Christi | 1984-10-07 |
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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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Trading Places | Randolph Duke | 1983-06-07 |
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The Memory of Eva Ryker | William E. Ryker | 1980-05-05 |
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Power | Ben Frelinghuysen | 1980-01-14 |
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The Billion Dollar Threat | Miles Larson | 1979-04-15 |
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The Clone Master | Ezra Louthin | 1978-09-14 |
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The Millionaire | George Mathews | 1978-12-19 |
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Oh, God! | Sam Raven | 1977-10-07 |
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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | McVea | 1977-06-09 |
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Nightmare in Badham County | Judge | 1976-11-05 |
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Dr. Gunther | 1976-11-12 |
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Return to Earth | Col. Edwin E. Aldrin | 1976-05-14 |
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The Log of the Black Pearl | Capt. Fitzsimmons | 1975-01-04 |
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Murder on Flight 502 | Dr. Kenyon Walker | 1975-11-21 |
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Search for the Gods | Dr. Henderson | 1975-03-09 |
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Adventures of the Queen | J.L. Dundeen | 1975-02-14 |
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The Missiles of October | U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson | 1974-12-18 |
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Something Evil | Harry Lincoln | 1972-01-21 |
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Cancel My Reservation | John Ed | 1972-09-21 |
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Doctors' Wives | Jake Porter | 1971-02-03 |
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The Immortal | Dr. Matthew Pearce | 1969-09-30 |
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Rosemary's Baby | Dr. Sapirstein | 1968-06-12 |
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Wings of Fire | Doug Sanborn | 1967-02-14 |
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The Professionals | Grant | 1966-11-01 |
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Who Killed Julie Greer? | Judge Hansen | 1961-09-26 |
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Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed | Lambertson | 1961-10-23 |
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The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
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Sunrise at Campobello | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1960-09-28 |
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The Christmas Tree | Theron | 1958-12-14 |
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The Defender (Studio One) | Walter Preston | 1957-02-25 |
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Affair in Sumatra | Dr. Martin Kelog | 1956-02-22 |
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Heritage of Anger | Eddie Hanneman | 1956-11-15 |
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The Big Slide | Self - Announcing Next Week's Show | 1956-11-08 |
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Congressman Frank R. Reid | 1955-12-31 |
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The Maya Through the Ages | Narrator | 1950-08-22 |
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24 Hours of Progress | Narrator | 1950-12-31 |
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Seeds of Destiny | Narrator | 1946-01-01 |
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Library of Congress | Narrator | 1945-01-01 |
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Lady on a Train | Jonathan Waring | 1945-08-03 |
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Delightfully Dangerous | Arthur Hale | 1945-03-31 |
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Guest in the House | Douglas Proctor | 1944-12-08 |
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Stage Door Canteen | Ralph Bellamy | 1943-06-24 |
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Men of Texas | Major Lamphere | 1942-07-03 |
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The Ghost of Frankenstein | Erik Ernst | 1942-03-13 |
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Lady in a Jam | Stanley | 1942-06-19 |
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The Great Impersonation | Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein | 1942-12-18 |
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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Ellery Queen | 1941-11-18 |
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Ellery Queen | 1941-08-14 |
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Affectionately Yours | Owen Wright | 1941-05-10 |
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Dive Bomber | Lance Rogers | 1941-08-30 |
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Footsteps in the Dark | Dr. R.L. Davis | 1941-03-08 |
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The Wolf Man | Colonel Montford | 1941-12-12 |
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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Ellery Queen | 1941-03-24 |
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Public Deb No. 1 | Bruce Fairchild | 1940-09-13 |
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His Girl Friday | Bruce Baldwin | 1940-01-18 |
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Meet the Wildcat | Lt. Brad Williams | 1940-10-22 |
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Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Ellery Queen | 1940-11-30 |
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Queen of the Mob | Agent Scott Langham | 1940-06-28 |
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Flight Angels | Bill Graves | 1940-05-18 |
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Dance, Girl, Dance | Steve Adams | 1940-08-30 |
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Brother Orchid | Clarence P. Fletcher | 1940-06-07 |
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Coast Guard | Raymond Dower | 1939-08-04 |
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Blind Alley | Dr. Shelby | 1939-05-11 |
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Let Us Live | Lieutenant Everett | 1939-03-29 |
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Breakdowns of 1938 | Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
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Carefree | Stephen Arden | 1938-09-02 |
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Boy Meets Girl | C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday | 1938-08-27 |
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Smashing the Spy Ring | John Baxter | 1938-12-29 |
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Trade Winds | Ben Blodgett | 1938-12-28 |
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Fools for Scandal | Phillip Chester | 1938-04-16 |
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The Crime of Doctor Hallet | Dr. Paul Hallet | 1938-03-12 |
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Girls' School | Michael Hendragin | 1938-09-30 |
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Let's Get Married | Kirk Duncan | 1937-04-14 |
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The Awful Truth | Dan Leeson | 1937-10-21 |
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Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | 1937-08-13 |
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It Can't Last Forever | Russ Matthews | 1937-07-15 |
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Counterfeit Lady | Johnny Pierce | 1936-12-31 |
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Straight from the Shoulder | Curt Hayden | 1936-08-28 |
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The Man Who Lived Twice | Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake | 1936-09-25 |
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The Final Hour | John Vickery | 1936-07-07 |
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Wild Brian Kent | Brian Kent | 1936-11-06 |
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Roaming Lady | Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey | 1936-05-02 |
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The Healer | Dr. Holden | 1935-06-14 |
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Rendezvous at Midnight | Commissioner Robert Edmonds | 1935-02-11 |
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Helldorado | J.F. Van Avery | 1935-01-05 |
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The Wedding Night | Fredrik Sobieski | 1935-03-08 |
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Gigolette | Terry Gallagher | 1935-02-15 |
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Eight Bells | Steve Andrews | 1935-04-10 |
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Air Hawks | Barry Eldon | 1935-05-07 |
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Navy Wife | Dr. Quentin Harden | 1935-09-17 |
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Hands Across the Table | Allen Macklyn | 1935-10-18 |
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Girl in Danger | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934-09-11 |
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The Crime of Helen Stanley | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934-04-20 |
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Spitfire | George Fleetwood | 1934-03-08 |
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One Is Guilty | Insp. Steve Trent | 1934-05-03 |
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This Man Is Mine | Jim Dunlap | 1934-04-13 |
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Woman in the Dark | John Bradley | 1934-11-08 |
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Once to Every Woman | Dr. Barclay | 1934-03-24 |
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Before Midnight | Insp. Steve Trent | 1933-11-18 |
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Destination Unknown | Stowaway | 1933-04-01 |
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Flying Devils | 'Speed' Hardy | 1933-07-14 |
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Ever in My Heart | Jeff | 1933-10-28 |
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Ace of Aces | Captain Blake | 1933-10-20 |
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Picture Snatcher | J.R. 'Al' McLean | 1933-05-06 |
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Blind Adventure | Jim Steele | 1933-08-18 |
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Headline Shooter | Hal | 1933-07-28 |
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Below the Sea | McCreary | 1933-03-29 |
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Parole Girl | Smith | 1933-03-04 |
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The Narrow Corner | Eric Whittenson | 1933-07-08 |
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Air Mail | Mike Miller | 1932-11-03 |
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Forbidden | Al Holland | 1932-01-08 |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Dr Ladd | 1932-07-03 |
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Young America | Judge Blake | 1932-04-17 |
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Disorderly Conduct | Captain Tom Manning | 1932-03-20 |
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Almost Married | Deene Maxwell | 1932-07-17 |
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The Woman in Room 13 | John Bruce | 1932-05-15 |
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Wild Girl | Jack Marbury | 1932-11-09 |
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The Secret Six | Johnny Franks | 1931-04-18 |
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Surrender | Captain Ebbing | 1931-12-06 |
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The Magnificent Lie | Bill Childers | 1931-07-25 |
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West of Broadway | Mac | 1931-11-28 |
