Ralph Bellamy
in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Birth name	Ralph Rexford Bellamy
Born	June 17, 1904 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	November 29, 1991 Santa Monica, California, USA

Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning sixty-two years. Image File history File links Ralph_Bellamy_in_The_Boy_in_the_Plastic_Bubble_3. ... A DVD cover for The Boy In the Plastic Bubble The Boy In the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-TV movie inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who had to live in containers that protected them from all pathogens, since they lacked effective immune... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 Mayor Robert Holbrook City Council Bobby Shriver Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area    - City 41. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Bellamy was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his acting career on stage, and by 1927 owned his own theatre company. In 1931 he made his film debut and worked constantly throughout the thirties, establishing himself as a capable supporting actor. Bellamy received the lead role in the 1936 film Straight from the Shoulder. He then received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Awful Truth (1937) opposite Irene Dunne and Cary Grant and played a similar part (the naive, aw-shucks boyfriend competing with the sophisticated light-comedy Grant character) in His Girl Friday (1940). He portrayed detective Ellery Queen in a few films during the forties, but as his film career had not progressed, he returned to the stage, where he continued to perform throughout the fifties. Highly regarded within the industry, he served four years as President of Actors' Equity. Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... The Awful Truth is a 1937 romantic comedy (also screwball comedy) film. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an British film actor. ... His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of their play of the same name. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Frederic Dannay (left), with James Yaffe (1943) Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David) Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April... The Actors Equity Association (commonly simply Equity) is the trade union of American theatrical performers and stage managers. ...

Ralph was briefly married to Ethel Smith (organist). From Whatever Became Of [Ethel Smith]....? , Third Series by Richard Lamparski, (c)1970 Crown Publishers, Inc., NYC: Ethel Smith (November 22, 1910 - May 10, 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. ...

"In 1945 Ethel married Ralph Bellamy, who at the time was appearing on Broadway in State of the Union, and the couple lived in Ethel's Park Vendome apartment. In 1947 Bellamy walked out, stating that he had no intention of paying his wife alimony. Ethel charged abandonment and claimed that he drank heavily, that he was moody, and would lock himself in his room. The organist said her husband became jealous when at their parties she received most of the attention. Bellamy contended that she had advised him to be home fifteen minutes after his final curtain or he would find the door locked."

Bellamy was a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth during its initial run. To Tell the Truth is an American television game show that has been seen in various forms on and off since 1956. ...

On Broadway he appeared in one of his most famous roles, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello. He later starred in the 1960 film version. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Sunrise at Campobello is a Tony Award-winning stage play by American producer and writer Dore Schary based on U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelts struggle with polio. ...

On film, he also starred in Rosemary's Baby (1968) as a sweet talking but devilish physician, before turning to television during the seventies. An Emmy Award nomination for the mini-series The Winds of War (1983), in which Bellamy reprised his Sunrise at Campobello role of Franklin Roosevelt, and a role as a conniving billionaire alongside Don Ameche in Trading Places (also 1983) brought him back into the limelight. It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Rosemarys Baby (film) and Rosemarys Baby (novel). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... An Emmy Award. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... The Winds of War is Herman Wouks second book about World War II, the first being The Caine Mutiny (1951). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd (1933–1945) President of the United States. ... Dominic Felix Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor. ... Trading Places is a 1983 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1984 he was presented with a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and in 1987 received an Honorary Academy Award "for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting." 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Among his later roles was a memorable appearance as a once-brilliant but increasingly forgetful lawyer sadly skewered by the Jimmy Smits character on an episode of L.A. Law. L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

He continued working regularly and gave his final performance in Pretty Woman (1990). Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy motion picture that was one of the top films at the box office in 1990. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

He died as a result of a lung ailment in Santa Monica, California at the age of 87, and was buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 Mayor Robert Holbrook City Council Bobby Shriver Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area    - City 41. ... Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, on the south edge of the San Fernando Valley by Burbank (and on the north side of the Santa Monica Mountains from Hollywood). ...

Bellamy has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6542 Hollywood Boulevard. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Filmography

• The Secret Six (1931)
• The Magnificent Lie (1931)
• West of Broadway (1931)
• Surrender (1931)
• Forbidden (1932)
• Disorderly Conduct (1932)
• Young America (1932)
• The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)
• Almost Married (1932)
• Wild Girl (1932)
• Airmail (1932)
• Second Hand Wife (1933)
• Parole Girl (1933)
• Below the Sea (1933)
• Destination Unknown (1933)
• Picture Snatcher (1933)
• The Narrow Corner (1933)
• Flying Devils (1933)
• Blind Adventure (1933)
• Headline Shooter (1933)
• Ace of Aces (1933)
• Ever in My Heart (1933)
• Before Midnight (1933)
• Spitfire (1934)
• Once to Every Woman (1934)
• This Man Is Mine (1934)
• Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
• One Is Guilty (1934)
• Girl in Danger (1934)
• The Wolfman (1941)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Disorderlies (1987)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Pretty Woman (1990)

The Secret Six (1931) is an early gangster movie, starring Wallace Beery as Slaughterhouse Scorpio and featuring Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown (billed as John Mack Brown), Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Ralph Bellamy. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Look up surrender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Forbidden can refer to a number of things: It is an English word referring to something that is off-limits. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Young America is the name of two places in the United States: Young America in Illinois, Young America in Minnesota. ... Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1932 film based on the 1903 childrens classic novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. ... Wild Girl is a 1932 film starring Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, and Eugene Pallette. ... Airmail imprint on an envelope (Thailand) Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Destination Unknown is a whodunnit by Agatha Christie. ... Ace of Aces Handy Rotary Series Ace of Aces is also the title of a 1987 flight-simulation game. ... Before Midnight is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout // Plot introduction Explanation of the novels title The title refers to the deadline contestants face in a lucrative national contest (sponsored by a perfume company) which has taken a deadly turn with the death of the creative genius... This Man Is Mine is a song recorded by the rock band Heart. ... The Wolf Man is a 1941 horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner, starring Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya. ... The Ghost of Frankenstein (often referred to without the article The in the title), was an American horror film released in 1942. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Rosemarys Baby (film) and Rosemarys Baby (novel). ... Trading Places is a 1983 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. ... Disorderlies is a 1987 comedy film starring the rap group, The Fat Boys, and Ralph Bellamy. ... Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film directed by John Landis. ... Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy motion picture that was one of the top films at the box office in 1990. ...

External links

• Ralph Bellamy at the Internet Movie Database