Highest rated as cast or director
Rosemary's Baby
1968
His Girl Friday
1940
The Awful Truth
1937
Trading Places
1983
The Wolf Man
1941
Forbidden
1932
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.
Acted in 170
1990s
- 1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Bruce Baldwin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Christine Cromwell
Cyrus Blain · 4 episodes
- 1988
The Good Mother
Grandfather Frank
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
Space
Paul Stidham · 5 episodes
- 1984
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Sen. Christi
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
Aloha Paradise
TV
- 1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
William E. Ryker
Condominium
Lee Messenger · 2 episodes
Power
Ben Frelinghuysen · 2 episodes
1970s
- 1979
The Billion Dollar Threat
Miles Larson
- 1978
The Millionaire
George Mathews
The Clone Master
Ezra Louthin
Wheels
Lowell Baxter · 5 episodes
- 1977
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
McVea
Testimony of Two Men
Dr. Jim Spaulding · 3 episodes
Hunter
Harold Baker (uncredited) · 9 episodes
- 1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Jerome Patterson · 4 episodes
Once an Eagle
Ed Caldwell · 7 episodes
Nightmare in Badham County
Judge
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
McNaughton's Daughter
Moses Bellman · 3 episodes
- 1975
Search for the Gods
Dr. Henderson
Adventures of the Queen
J.L. Dundeen
The Log of the Black Pearl
Capt. Fitzsimmons
- 1974
The Missiles of October
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
The Missiles of October
Adlai Stevenson - US Ambassador to UN · 2 episodes
- 1972
Cancel My Reservation
John Ed
- 1971
Doctors' Wives
Jake Porter
- 1970
The Most Deadly Game
Ethan Arcane · 12 episodes
1960s
- 1969
The Immortal
Dr. Matthew Pearce
- 1968
- 1967
Wings of Fire
Doug Sanborn
- 1966
- 1965
- 1962
- 1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Judge Hansen
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
- 1960
Sunrise at Campobello
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1950s
- 1959
- 1957
- 1956
Heritage of Anger
Eddie Hanneman
Affair in Sumatra
Dr. Martin Kelog
- 1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Congressman Frank R. Reid
- 1954
- 1953
General Electric Theater
Col. Tom Wheeler · 1 episode
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pastor Anderson, Theron · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe McQuade · 1 episode
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Man Against Crime
Mike Barnett · 84 episodes
- 1948
- 1945
Lady on a Train
Jonathan Waring
Delightfully Dangerous
Arthur Hale
- 1944
Guest in the House
Douglas Proctor
- 1943
- 1942
The Great Impersonation
Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
Men of Texas
Major Lamphere
Lady in a Jam
Stanley
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Erik Ernst
- 1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Ellery Queen
Dive Bomber
Lance Rogers
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Ellery Queen
Affectionately Yours
Owen Wright
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Ellery Queen
- 1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Ellery Queen
Meet the Wildcat
Lt. Brad Williams
Public Deb No. 1
Bruce Fairchild
Dance, Girl, Dance
Steve Adams
Queen of the Mob
Agent Scott Langham
Brother Orchid
Clarence P. Fletcher
Flight Angels
Bill Graves
1930s
- 1939
Coast Guard
Raymond Dower
Blind Alley
Dr. Shelby
Let Us Live
Lieutenant Everett
- 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Philip Chester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring
John Baxter
Trade Winds
Ben Blodgett
Girls' School
Michael Hendragin
Carefree
Stephen Arden
Boy Meets Girl
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
Fools for Scandal
Phillip Chester
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Dr. Paul Hallet
- 1937
It Can't Last Forever
Russ Matthews
Let's Get Married
Kirk Duncan
- 1936
Counterfeit Lady
Johnny Pierce
Wild Brian Kent
Brian Kent
The Man Who Lived Twice
Slick Rawley / Dr. James Blake
Straight from the Shoulder
Curt Hayden
The Final Hour
John Vickery
Roaming Lady
Daniel S. 'Dan' Bailey
Dangerous Intrigue
Tony Halliday
- 1935
Hands Across the Table
Allen Macklyn
Navy Wife
Dr. Quentin Harden
The Healer
Dr. Holden
Air Hawks
Barry Eldon
Eight Bells
Steve Andrews
The Wedding Night
Fredrik Sobieski
Gigolette
Terry Gallagher
Rendezvous at Midnight
Commissioner Robert Edmonds
Helldorado
J.F. Van Avery
- 1934
Woman in the Dark
John Bradley
Girl in Danger
Insp. Steve Trent
One Is Guilty
Insp. Steve Trent
The Crime of Helen Stanley
Insp. Steve Trent
This Man Is Mine
Jim Dunlap
Once to Every Woman
Dr. Barclay
Spitfire
George Fleetwood
- 1933
Before Midnight
Insp. Steve Trent
Ever in My Heart
Jeff
Ace of Aces
Captain Blake
Blind Adventure
Jim Steele
Headline Shooter
Hal
Flying Devils
'Speed' Hardy
The Narrow Corner
Eric Whittenson
Picture Snatcher
J.R. 'Al' McLean
Destination Unknown
Stowaway
Below the Sea
McCreary
Parole Girl
Smith
Second Hand Wife
Carter Cavendish
- 1932
Wild Girl
Jack Marbury
Air Mail
Mike Miller
Almost Married
Deene Maxwell
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Dr Ladd
The Woman in Room 13
John Bruce
Young America
Judge Blake
Disorderly Conduct
Captain Tom Manning
- 1931
Surrender
Captain Ebbing
West of Broadway
Mac
The Magnificent Lie
Bill Childers
The Secret Six
Johnny Franks
Appearances18
2010s
- 2016
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
Self
2000s
- 2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1988
- 1986
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Self
- 1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
The Big Slide
Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
- 1950
24 Hours of Progress
Narrator
The Maya Through the Ages
Narrator
1940s
- 1948
- 1946
Seeds of Destiny
Narrator
- 1945
Library of Congress
Narrator
1930s
- 1937
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Self (uncredited)