Ralph Moody
Born: 1886-11-05 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1971-09-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
2010
- Alice in Wonderland as (voice) (archive footage)
1971
- The Impatient Heart as Rothchild
1970
- Night Gallery as Jake (segment "The Little Black Bag")
- The Wild Country ... (Book)
1969
- Then Came Bronson as Viejo
1968
- Adam-12 as Gus Archer
1967
- Dragnet as Matt Kemper
1966
- The Chase as Townsman (uncredited)
1965
- The Rounders as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
1962
- Kid Galahad as Peter J. Prohosko (uncredited)
1961
- Gunslinger as Land Agent Cartwright
- Homicidal as First Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
- The Outsider as Uncle
1959
- Bonanza as Tall Pony
- The Twilight Zone as Pa Myrtlebank
- Black Saddle as Judge Tennifree
- Johnny Ringo as Sam
- Law of the Plainsman as Danforth
- The Big Fisherman as Aged Pharisee
- The Legend of Tom Dooley as Doc Henry
1958
- The Rifleman
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Victor Flam
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Padre Vincente Esteban
- Going Steady as Justice of the Peace
1957
- Perry Mason as Jenkins
- Wagon Train as Indian Chief (uncredited)
- The Monster That Challenged the World as Watchman at Lock 57
- Pawnee as Chief Wise Eagle
- Guns Don't Argue as Arthur 'Pa' Barker
1956
- On Trial as Biddeford
- The Last Hunt as Indian agent
- Toward the Unknown as Harvey Gilbert
- Reprisal! as Matara
- The Steel Jungle as Andy Griffith
- No. 5 Checked Out as Jarvis
1955
- Gunsmoke as Long Robe
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Local Citizen
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Jarvis
- The Far Horizons as Chief Le Borgne (uncredited)
- Many Rivers to Cross as Sandak
- I Died a Thousand Times as Pa Goodhue
- Strange Lady in Town as Gen. Lew Wallace (uncredited)
- Rage at Dawn as Noah Euall
- 24 Hour Alert as City Councilman Boggs
1953
- Pickup on South Street as Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
- Column South as Joe Copper Face
- Tumbleweed as Aguila
- Seminole as Kulak
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Realtor
- Affair in Trinidad as Coroner (uncredited)
- Road to Bali as Bhoma Da
- The Living Bible as Zacharias
- Talk About a Stranger as Shaw, Hardware Storekeeper
1951
- Strangers on a Train as Seedy Man at Carnival (uncredited)
- Ace in the Hole as Kusac - Miner (uncredited)
- Red Mountain as George Meredyth, Undertaker
1950
- The Gunfighter as Old Man (uncredited)
- Rock Island Trail as Keokuk
- Bright Leaf as Blacksmith (uncredited) (voice)
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Swift Eagle
- Square Dance Jubilee as Indian Chief
1948
- Man-Eater of Kumaon as Villager
- Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains as Wilkins (uncredited)