Ralph Bellamy
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
From his late teens to his late 20s, Ralph Bellamy worked with 15 different traveling stock companies, not just as an actor but also as a director, producer, set designer, and prop handler. In 1927 he started his own company, the Ralph Bellamy Players. He debuted on Broadway in 1929, then broke into films in 1931. He went on to play leads in dozens of B-movies; he also played the title role in the "Ellery Queen" series. For his work in The Awful Truth (1937) he received an Oscar nomination, playing the "other man" who loses the girl to the hero; he was soon typecast in this sort of role in sophisticated comedies. After 1945 his film work was highly sporadic as he changed his focus to the stage, going on to play leads in many Broadway productions; for his portrayal of FDR in Sunrise at Campobello (1958) he won a Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics Award. From 1940-60 he served on the State of California Arts Commission. From 1952-64 he was the president of Actors' Equity. In 1986 he was awarded an honorary Oscar "for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting." He authored an autobiography, When the Smoke Hits the Fan (1979).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Wild Girl |
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— | 2012 |
64% | Pretty Woman |
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— | 1990 |
50% | The Good Mother (The Price of Passion) |
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— | 1988 |
72% | Coming to America |
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— | 1988 |
61% | Amazon Women on the Moon |
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$0.6M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Disorderlies |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Fourth Wise Man |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Power |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Love Leads the Way |
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— | 1984 |
88% | Trading Places |
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— | 1983 |
73% | Oh, God! |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Nightmare in Badham County |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Murder on Flight 502 |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Search for the Gods |
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— | 1975 |
83% | The Missiles of October |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Cancel My Reservation |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Something Evil |
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— | 1972 |
20% | Doctors' Wives |
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— | 1971 |
96% | Rosemary's Baby |
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— | 1968 |
88% | The Professionals |
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— | 1966 |
88% | Sunrise at Campobello |
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— | 1960 |
No Score Yet | Defender |
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— | 1957 |
100% | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell |
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— | 1955 |
71% | Lady on a Train |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Delightfully Dangerous |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Guest in the House |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Stage Door Canteen |
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— | 1943 |
75% | Ghost of Frankenstein |
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— | 1942 |
90% | The Wolf Man |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Dive Bomber |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Affectionately Yours |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Footsteps in the Dark |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery |
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— | 1941 |
83% | Dance, Girl, Dance |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Brother Orchid |
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— | 1940 |
98% | His Girl Friday |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Flight Angels |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Let Us Live |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Blind Alley |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Trade Winds |
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— | 1938 |
70% | Boy Meets Girl |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Fools for Scandal |
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— | 1938 |
57% | Carefree |
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— | 1938 |
93% | The Awful Truth |
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— | 1937 |
No Score Yet | Wild Brian Kent |
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— | 1936 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Lived Twice |
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— | 1936 |
No Score Yet | Dr. Socrates |
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— | 1935 |
80% | Hands Across the Table |
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— | 1935 |
No Score Yet | The Healer |
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— | 1935 |
83% | The Wedding Night |
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— | 1935 |
No Score Yet | Woman in the Dark |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Spitfire |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | This Man Is Mine |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Ever in My Heart |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Ace of Aces |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Headline Shooter |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Picture Snatcher |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Below the Sea |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Blind Adventure |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Air Mail |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Young America (We Humans) |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Disorderly Conduct |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Forbidden |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Surrender |
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— | 1931 |
No Score Yet | The Secret Six |
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— | 1931 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Matlock
1986-1995
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War and Remembrance
1988-1989
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Little House on the Prairie
1974-1983
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No Score Yet |
The Winds of War
1983
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No Score Yet |
The Bob Newhart Show
1972-1978
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
Rawhide
1959-1965
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No Score Yet |
Testimony of Two Men
1977
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Quotes from Ralph Bellamy's Characters
Mortimer Duke: | Randolph! Randolph! |
Randolph Duke: | I"m still not talking to you Mortimer! |
Mortimer Duke: | Look! |
Randolph Duke: | Mortimer, we're back! |
Mortimer Duke: | Yeah! |