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

Ralph Moody
Moody in Road to Bali
Born(1886-11-05)November 5, 1886
DiedSeptember 6, 1971(1971-09-06) (aged 84)
OccupationActor
Years active1948–1971

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.[1]

In 1939, he began working in radio at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas.[1] Later, he became an announcer and actor at WLW radio in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2] Moody was a regular on radio broadcasts of Gunsmoke and Dragnet, and also performed on the Roy Rogers Show and Wild Bill Hickok'.[3] He portrayed Gramps on The Trouble with the Truitts on NBC Radio.[4]

At the age of 62,[citation needed] 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.[5] He was also seen in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Circus Boy, Mr. Adams and Eve, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel as Judge Howell in "The Silver Queen" (1958), Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, Rescue 8, 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.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1948 Tex Granger Wilkins Uncredited
1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon Villager
1949 Square Dance Jubilee Indian Chief
1950 Rock Island Trail Keokuk Uncredited
1950 The Gunfighter Old Man Uncredited
1950 Bright Leaf Blacksmith Uncredited voice
1951 Ace in the Hole Kusac – Miner Uncredited
1951 Strangers on a Train Seedy Man at Carnival Uncredited
1951 Red Mountain George Meredyth, Undertaker
1952 Talk About a Stranger Shaw, Hardware Storekeeper Uncredited
1952 Carrie Vagrant Uncredited
1952 Wagons West Kaw Chief Uncredited
1952 The Story of Will Rogers Dr. Busheyhead Uncredited
1952 Affair in Trinidad Coroner
1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Villager / Peddler Uncredited
1952 My Man and I Rogers Uncredited
1952 Road to Bali Bhoma Da
1953 Seminole Kulak
1953 Salome Old Scholar Uncredited
1953 The Juggler Mukhtar Scenes deleted
1953 Column South Joe Copper Face
1953 Pickup on South Street Coffin Boat Captain Uncredited
1953 Tumbleweed Aguila
1954 The Rocket Man Mr. Farrow Uncredited
1954 Day of Triumph Pharisee Uncredited
1955 Many Rivers to Cross Sandak
1955 Rage at Dawn Noah Euall Uncredited
1955 Strange Lady in Town General Lew Wallace Uncredited
1955 The Far Horizons Le Borgne
1955 I Died a Thousand Times Pa Goodhue
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Local Citizen Season 1 Episode 33: "The Belfry"
1956 The Steel Jungle Andy Griffith
1956 The Last Hunt Indian Agent
1956 Toward the Unknown H. G. Gilbert
1956 Reprisal! Matara Played an Indian as the Grandfather to Halfbreed Frank Madden Guy Madison
1957 The Monster That Challenged the World Watchman at Lock 57 Uncredited
1957 Pawnee Chief Wise Eagle
1957 Perry Mason George Ballard The Sun Bather's Diary
1958 Going Steady Justice of the Peace
1958 Cry Terror! Kelly's Dentist Uncredited
1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold Padre Vincente Esteban
1959 The Legend of Tom Dooley Doc Henry
1959 The Big Fisherman Aged Pharisee
1960 The Story of Ruth Cleshed Uncredited
1961 Posse from Hell Henry Uncredited
1961 Homicidal First Hotel Clerk Uncredited
1961 The Outsider Uncle
1962 Gunsmoke Kip Marston "Old Comrade" S8E16
1962 Kid Galahad Peter J. Prohosko Uncredited
1963 Perry Mason Mr. Morgan The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
1965 The Rounders Horse Doctor Uncredited
1966 Gunsmoke Joseph-Walks-In-Darkness "Honor Before Justice" S11E24
1966 The Chase Townsman Uncredited

References

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  1. ^ a b Bentley, Bob (May 20, 1942). "Lend Me Your Ears". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Ohio, Cincinnati. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Feck, Luke (May 8, 1962). "Veteran Character Actor". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Ohio, Cincinnati. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 339–340. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  5. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 895. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
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