Ralph Moody
Acting
1886-11-05 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
The Impatient Heart
1971 · Movie
Night Gallery
1970 · Series
The Wild Country
1970 · Movie
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Dragnet
1967 · Series
The Chase
1966 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
The Rounders
1965 · Movie
Kid Galahad
1962 · Movie
The Outsider
1961 · Movie
Homicidal
1961 · Movie
Gunslinger
1961 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Series
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Movie
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959 · Movie
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958 · Movie
Going Steady
1958 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Pawnee
1957 · Movie
Guns Don't Argue
1957 · Movie
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957 · Movie
Reprisal!
1956 · Movie
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Movie
On Trial
1956 · Series
The Last Hunt
1956 · Movie
The Steel Jungle
1956 · Movie
No. 5 Checked Out
1956 · Movie
24 Hour Alert
1955 · Movie
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Movie
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Far Horizons
1955 · Movie
Strange Lady in Town
1955 · Movie
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Movie
Many Rivers to Cross
1955 · Movie
Tumbleweed
1953 · Movie
Pickup on South Street
1953 · Movie
Column South
1953 · Movie
Seminole
1953 · Movie
Road to Bali
1952 · Movie
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · Movie
Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Movie
The Living Bible
1952 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Red Mountain
1951 · Movie
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Movie
Bright Leaf
1950 · Movie
The Gunfighter
1950 · Movie
Rock Island Trail
1950 · Movie
Square Dance Jubilee
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948 · Movie
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948 · Movie