Ron Dean
Acting
Born August 15, 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ron Dean (August 15, 1938 — October 5, 2025) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in films including Rudy, Risky Business, The Breakfast Club, Cocktail, The Babe, The Fugitive, The Client, and The Dark Knight. He was known for often playing detectives and other law-enforcement characters, most notably Det. Marion Zeke Crumb in the television show Early Edition.
Filmography
- 2013One Small Hitch — Art Burke
- 2011Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice — Vladimir Kosokov
- 2008The Dark Knight — Wuertz
- 2006Voices from the Graves — Captain Larsen
- Numb3rs — Peter Watson
- 2004The Wild Card — Brooks
- 2004Wild Things 2 — Judge Ruben
- 2002Lana's Rain — Lou
- Still Standing — Slim Callahan
- Without a Trace — Willie
- Raising Dad — Mr. Zafrani
- Six Feet Under — Karl
- Special Unit 2 — Police Captain
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Woody
- Family Law
- The West Wing — Tom Broderick
- 1998Chicago Cab — Old Snack Trucker
- 1997Night of the Lawyers — Gus
- 1996Chain Reaction — Sergeant Nick Zingaro
- Early Edition — Marion Zeke Crumb, P.I.
- Life's Work
- Chicago Hope — Baseball Scout
- ER — Uncle Joey
- 1994House of Angels: The Second Summer — Sven Petterson
- 1994The Client — Johnny Sulari
- Frasier — Frank
- 1993Rudy — Coach Yonto
- 1993The Fugitive — Detective Kelly
- Angel Street — Detective Kenneth Branigan
- 1992Cold Justice — Stan Lubinski
- 1990Fatal Encounter — David Hart
- 1990Hammer, Slammer, & Slade — Sgt. Hill
- 1989Dream Breakers — Sullivan
- 1989The Package — Karl Richards
- 1988Above the Law — Detective Lukich
- 1988Cocktail — Uncle Pat
- 1987Big Shots — Policeman #2
- 1987Light of Day — Mourner
- Crime Story — Chief Kramer
- 1986Crime Story: Pilot — Chief Kramer
- 1986Nothing in Common — Ed Bedsole
- 1986The Color of Money — Guy in Crowd
- 1985Code of Silence — Det. Brennan
- Lady Blue — Sgt. Gino Gianelli
- 1985Pink Nights — Pop
- 1985The Breakfast Club — Andy's Father
- 1985Vegetable House — Writer
- Murder, She Wrote — Lt. Shawn Riley
- 1984Teachers — Guard
- 1984The Naked Face — Cortini's Driver (uncredited)
- 1984The Toughest Man in the World — Ernie
- 1983Heart of Steel — Lathrop
- 1983Risky Business — Detective with Bullhorn
- T. J. Hooker — Detective
- 1981Continental Divide — Plesko
- The Duke
- 1976The Last Affair — David Hart