Biography
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 Campobello" (1958), which he repeated in the 1960 film. Bellamy also played Roosevelt in the TV miniseries "The Winds of War" (1983). Late in …
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Career Milestones
| As a boy, delivered newspapers and groceries, and worked as a soda jerk at a local drugstore | ||
| Founded The Ralph Bellamy Players | ||
| Panelist on TV quiz show, "To Tell the Truth" | ||
| Starred in first TV series, "The Man Against Crime" | ||
| Starred on TV series, "The Eleventh Hour" | ||
1921 | Ran away from home at age 16 to join a William Owen's band of traveling Shakespearean players | |
1921 | Worked as an usher at Ravinia Park Open Air Pavilion | |
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 | |
1929 | Broadway debut, "Town Boy" | |
1931 | Screen debut in "The Secret Six" | |
1933 | Founding member, Screen Actors Guild | |
1934 | Returned to Broadway stage in "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!" | |
1944 | Debut as Broadway producer and director, "Pretty Little Parlor" | |
1945 | Returned to Broadway in "State of the Union" | |
1948 | TV debut, "Philco Television Playhouse" | |
1991 | Hospitalized with respiratory illness (August 27) | |
Awards
1937 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in The Awful Truth |
1956 | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor-Single Performance |
1958 | Tony Award for Actor (Dramatic) |
1975 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By a Supporting Actor in The Missiles of October |
1983 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In a Limited Series or a Special in The Winds of War |
1983 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Life Achievement |