Ralph Bellamy

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AKA: Ralph Rexford Bellamy
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/17/1904
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Date: 11/29/1991

biography

Engaging performer who made his mark as the nice-but-bland fellow who loses the girl to Cary Grant or his ilk in the screwball comedies "Hands Across the Table" (1935), 1937's "The Awful Truth" (for which he received an Oscar nomination), "Carefree" (1938) and "His Girl Friday" (1940).

Bellamy appeared in over 100 films but won his greatest acclaim on Broadway, as a lionized presidential aspirant in "State of the Union" (1945); as an overzealous police officer in "Detective Story" (1949); and, especially, for his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "Sunrise at Continued

Credits

James Morse
1990
Randolph Duke
1983
Dr Saperstein
1968
Actor
1940
Actor
1940
Daniel Leeson
1937
Jake Porter
Albert Dennis
Sam Raven
Grandfather
E Elliott Friday
Bruce Baldwin
Actor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
As a boy, delivered newspapers and groceries, and worked as a soda jerk at a local drugstore
1921 
Worked as an usher at Ravinia Park Open Air Pavilion
1921 
Ran away from home at age 16 to join a William Owen's band of traveling Shakespearean players
1922 
Began performing in stock and repertory with the Chautaupua Road Company; first play was "The Shepherd of the Hills"
1922 
Toured with stock companies
Continued

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