About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1886-11-05
Place of birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Website:
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Ralph Moody

Overview

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Ralph Moody (November 5, 1886–September 6, 1971) was an American actor with over 50 movie and over 100 television appearances plus numerous radio appearances.

Moody spent more than four decades working in stock theater throughout the United States, including having his own troupe for almost half of that span.

In 1939, he began working in radio at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. Later, he became an announcer and actor at WLW radio in Cincinnati. Moody was a regular on radio broadcasts of Gunsmoke, and also performed on the Roy Rogers Show, Wild Bill Hickok and X Minus One. He portrayed Gramps on The Trouble with the Truitts on NBC Rado.

At the age of 62, Moody began a string of film and television appearances, including films such as Road to Bali, Toward the Unknown, The Legend of Tom Dooley, and The Story of Ruth.

On television, he played Jay Burrage in The Rifleman. He was also seen in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Circus Boy, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun - Will Travel, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Wanted Dead or Alive, and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. He was also among a rotation of actors used by Jack Webb in the 1950s version as well as the 1967-70 revival of Dragnet, and in 1970 appeared in the last Dragnet episode produced by Webb. His most frequent television roles were as a kindly old man or Native American. CLR

Known for

Acting

2010 Alice in Wonderland Actor (voice) (archive footage) 59
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1971 The Impatient Heart Actor Rothchild N/A
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1966 The Chase Actor Townsman (uncredited) 63
Fair
1965 The Rounders Actor Horse Doctor (uncredited) 58
Average
1962 Kid Galahad Actor Peter J. Prohosko (uncredited) 59
Average
1961 The Outsider Actor Uncle 59
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1961 Homicidal Actor First Hotel Clerk (Uncredited) 59
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1959 The Big Fisherman Actor Aged Pharisee 58
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1959 The Legend of Tom Dooley Actor Doc Henry 59
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1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold Actor Padre Vincente Esteban 59
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1958 Going Steady Actor Justice of the Peace 59
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1957 Pawnee Actor Chief Wise Eagle 59
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1957 The Monster That Challenged the World Actor Watchman at Lock 57 58
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1957 Guns Don't Argue Actor Arthur 'Pa' Barker N/A
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1956 Reprisal! Actor Matara 59
Average
1956 Toward the Unknown Actor Harvey Gilbert 58
Average
1956 The Last Hunt Actor Indian agent 59
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1956 The Steel Jungle Actor Andy Griffith 58
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1956 No. 5 Checked Out Actor Jarvis 59
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1955 24 Hour Alert Actor City Councilman Boggs 58
Average
1955 I Died a Thousand Times Actor Pa Goodhue 59
Average
1955 The Far Horizons Actor Chief Le Borgne (uncredited) 58
Average
1955 Strange Lady in Town Actor Gen. Lew Wallace (uncredited) 58
Average
1955 Rage at Dawn Actor Noah Euall 58
Average
1955 Many Rivers to Cross Actor Sandak 58
Average
1953 Tumbleweed Actor Aguila 58
Average
1953 Pickup on South Street Actor Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited) 64
Fair
1953 Column South Actor Joe Copper Face 59
Average
1953 Seminole Actor Kulak 58
Average
1953 Road to Bali Actor Bhoma Da 59
Average
1952 Affair in Trinidad Actor Coroner (uncredited) 59
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1952 Talk About a Stranger Actor Shaw, Hardware Storekeeper 59
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1952 The Living Bible Actor Zacharias 58
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1951 Red Mountain Actor George Meredyth, Undertaker 59
Average
1951 Ace in the Hole Actor Kusac - Miner (uncredited) 70
Good
1951 Strangers on a Train Actor Seedy Man at Carnival (uncredited) 72
Good
1950 The Gunfighter Actor Old Man (uncredited) 62
Fair
1950 Bright Leaf Actor Blacksmith (uncredited) (voice) 58
Average
1950 Rock Island Trail Actor Keokuk 58
Average
1949 Square Dance Jubilee Actor Indian Chief 58
Average
1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon Actor Villager 58
Average
1948 Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains Actor Wilkins (uncredited) N/A
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Writing

1970 The Wild Country Writing Book 58
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