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Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
87 years (Jun 17, 1904 – Nov 29, 1991)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
100 Movies
41 TV Shows

Ralph Bellamy

Known for
Pretty Woman
James Morse
Trading Places
Randolph Duke
His Girl Friday
Bruce Baldwin
The Wolf Man
Colonel Montford
An American actor whose career spanned six decades, Ralph Bellamy was born in Chicago and became a fixture of 1930s Hollywood, often cast as the amiable man who loses the girl in screwball comedies like 'The Awful Truth' (1937) and 'His Girl Friday' (1940). He later commanded the stage and screen as Franklin D. Roosevelt in 'Sunrise at Campobello'. A younger generation knew him as the sinister coven leader in 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968) and the ruthless tycoon Randolph Duke in 'Trading Places' and 'Pretty Woman' (1990). A distinguished, patrician American character star, he received an honorary Oscar in 1987.
An American actor whose career spanned six decades, Ralph Bellamy was born in Chicago and became a fixture of 1930s Hollywood, often cast as the amiable man who loses the girl in screwball comedies like 'The Awful Truth' (1937) and 'His Girl Friday' (1940). He later commanded the stage and screen as Franklin D. Roosevelt in 'Sunrise at Campobello'. A younger generation knew him as the sinister coven leader in 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968) and the ruthless tycoon Randolph Duke in 'Trading Places' and 'Pretty Woman' (1990). A distinguished, patrician American character star, he received an honorary Oscar in 1987.
Known for
Pretty Woman
James Morse
Trading Places
Randolph Duke
His Girl Friday
Bruce Baldwin
The Wolf Man
Colonel Montford
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Pretty Woman
James Morse
★ 7.4
1990
Film
Christine Cromwell
Cyrus Blain · 4 episodes
★ 7.8
1989
TV
L.A. Law
August Redding · 1 episode
★ 7.1
1987–1988
TV
War and Remembrance
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
★ 7.9
1988–
TV
The Good Mother
Grandfather Frank
★ 5.7
1988
Film
Coming to America
Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
★ 6.9
1988
Film
Matlock
Sen. Lambert Crawford · 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1987
TV
Amazon Women on the Moon
Mr. Gower (segment "Titan Man")
★ 5.9
1987
Film
Disorderlies
Albert Dennison
★ 4.9
1987
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ralph Bellamy still alive?
Ralph Bellamy passed away on November 29, 1991 at age 87.
What are the most famous roles of Ralph Bellamy?
Ralph Bellamy is best known for roles in Pretty Woman, Coming to America, Rosemary's Baby.
How many movies has Ralph Bellamy been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1931), Ralph Bellamy has appeared in 100 movies and 40 TV shows.
What was Ralph Bellamy's first movie?
The career of Ralph Bellamy began with The Secret Six (1931).
What is Ralph Bellamy's most recent movie or series?
Ralph Bellamy's most recent release is Pretty Woman, which premiered on March 23, 1990.
What TV shows has Ralph Bellamy appeared in?
On television, Ralph Bellamy has appeared in Little House on the Prairie, The Twilight Zone, The Love Boat, Matlock.
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Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
1904-06-17 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Ralph Bellamy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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