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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
Filmography
all 59
Movies 41
TV Shows 18
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
The Impatient Heart (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
The Wild Country (1970)
Adam-12 (1968)
The Chase (1966)
The Rounders (1965)
Kid Galahad (1962)
The Outsider (1961)
Homicidal (1961)
Assignment: Underwater (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
The Rifleman (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
Going Steady (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Pawnee (1957)
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Guns Don't Argue (1957)
Reprisal! (1956)
Toward the Unknown (1956)
Broken Arrow (1956)
Circus Boy (1956)
The Last Hunt (1956)
The Steel Jungle (1956)
No. 5 Checked Out (1956)
24 Hour Alert (1955)
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Far Horizons (1955)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Rage at Dawn (1955)
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Tumbleweed (1953)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Column South (1953)
Seminole (1953)
Road to Bali (1953)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
The Living Bible (1952)
Dragnet (1951)
Red Mountain (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Living Christ (1951)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Rock Island Trail (1950)
Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1886-11-05
Deathday1971-09-06 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRalph Roy Moody, Ralph R. Moody
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