1904-06-17 ( 120 years old ) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.
Movies
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004-06-01
Pretty Woman
1990-03-23
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990-02-02
The Good Mother
1988-11-04
Coming to America
1988-06-29
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988-06-05
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Disorderlies
1987-08-14
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986-07-12
The Fourth Wise Man
1985-03-30
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984-10-07
Trading Places
1983-06-07
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983-01-01
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980-05-05
Power
1980-01-14
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979-04-15
The Millionaire
1978-12-19
The Clone Master
1978-09-14
Oh, God!
1977-10-07
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1977-06-09
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976-11-12
Nightmare in Badham County
1976-11-05
Return to Earth
1976-05-14
Murder on Flight 502
1975-11-21
Search for the Gods
1975-03-09
Adventures of the Queen
1975-02-14
The Log of the Black Pearl
1975-01-04
The Missiles of October
1974-12-18
Cancel My Reservation
1972-09-21
Something Evil
1972-01-21
Doctors' Wives
1971-02-03
The Immortal
1969-09-30
Rosemary's Baby
1968-06-12
Wings of Fire
1967-02-14
The Professionals
1966-11-01
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961-10-23
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961-09-26
The 10 from Texas
1961-01-01
Sunrise at Campobello
1960-09-28
The Christmas Tree
1958-12-14
The Defender (Studio One)
1957-02-25
Affair in Sumatra
1956-02-22
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955-12-31
24 Hours of Progress
1950-12-31
The Maya Through the Ages
1950-08-22
Seeds of Destiny
1946-01-01
Lady on a Train
1945-08-03
Delightfully Dangerous
1945-03-31
Library of Congress
1945-01-01
Guest in the House
1944-12-08
Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
The Great Impersonation
1942-12-18
Men of Texas
1942-07-03
Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
The Wolf Man
1941-12-12
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941-11-18
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941-08-14
Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941-03-24
Footsteps in the Dark
1941-03-08
Dive Bomber
1941-01-01
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940-11-30
Meet the Wildcat
1940-10-22
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940-08-30
Queen of the Mob
1940-06-28
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
Flight Angels
1940-05-18
His Girl Friday
1940-01-18
Coast Guard
1939-08-04
Blind Alley
1939-05-11
Let Us Live
1939-03-29
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938-12-29
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
Girls' School
1938-09-30
Carefree
1938-09-02
Boy Meets Girl
1938-08-27
Fools for Scandal
1938-04-16
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938-03-12
The Awful Truth
1937-10-21
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937-08-13
It Can't Last Forever
1937-07-15
Let's Get Married
1937-04-14
Counterfeit Lady
1936-12-31
Wild Brian Kent
1936-11-06
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936-09-25
Straight from the Shoulder
1936-08-28
The Final Hour
1936-07-07
Roaming Lady
1936-05-02
Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18
Navy Wife
1935-09-17
The Healer
1935-06-14
Air Hawks
1935-05-07
Eight Bells
1935-04-10
The Wedding Night
1935-03-08
Gigolette
1935-02-15
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935-02-11
Helldorado
1935-01-05
Woman in the Dark
1934-11-08
Girl in Danger
1934-09-11
One Is Guilty
1934-05-03
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934-04-20
This Man Is Mine
1934-04-13
Once to Every Woman
1934-03-24
Spitfire
1934-03-08
Before Midnight
1933-11-18
Ever in My Heart
1933-10-28
Ace of Aces
1933-10-20
Blind Adventure
1933-08-18
Headline Shooter
1933-07-28
Flying Devils
1933-07-14
The Narrow Corner
1933-07-08
Picture Snatcher
1933-05-06
Destination Unknown
1933-04-01
Below the Sea
1933-03-28
Parole Girl
1933-03-04
Wild Girl
1932-11-09
Air Mail
1932-11-03
Almost Married
1932-07-17
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932-07-03
The Woman in Room 13
1932-05-15
Young America
1932-04-17
Disorderly Conduct
1932-03-20
Forbidden
1932-01-08
Surrender
1931-12-06
West of Broadway
1931-11-28
The Magnificent Lie
1931-07-25
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
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