Ralph Truman
Acting
Народився 7 травня 1900, London, England, UK
Veteran British character player Ralph Truman was a pioneer radio actor and appeared in over 5000 broadcasts during his career. Born in London at the turn of the century, his overall film career was commendable but less enviable than his voice work on the airwaves. Originally from the stage, he had just finished a run of "Josef Suss" in 1930 when he moved directly into films, making his unbilled debut in the early talkie Farewell to Love (1931). Throughout the 1930s he would be found steadily in "B" films including The Bells (1931), That's My Uncle (1935), The Lad (1935), Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935), Under the Red Robe (1937) and Dinner at the Ritz (1937). In the 1940s the distinctively balding, hook-nosed actor found featured work in more important films such as his Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's stellar Shakespearean piece Henry V (1944). A natural for period settings, Truman played the nefarious Monks in Oliver Twist (1948), and was part of the large-scale proceedings in Christopher Columbus (1949) and Treasure Island (1950), giving animated Robert Newton a run for the money in the latter with a ripe, over-the-top pirate performance as George Merry. Married to fellow radio artist Ellis Powell, he was best known in later years for playing men of high ranking or position (lords, captains, admirals, governors, etc.). He retired after appearing in two final period epics: Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Lady Caroline Lamb (1972). He passed away a few years later. - IMDb mini biography by: Gary Brumburgh / [email protected]
Фільмографія
- Churchill's People — Earl of Surrey
- 1972Lady Caroline Lamb — Admiral
- 1971Nicholas and Alexandra — Rodzianko
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Foreign Secretary
- The Main Chance — Reginald Crowther
- 1961Ель Сід — King Ferdinand
- Danger Man — Minister
- 1960Exodus — Colonel
- 1960Under Ten Flags — Admiral Bensen
- 1959Web of Evidence — Sir Matthew Sprott
- 1959Бен-Гур — Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)
- 1958The Spaniard's Curse — Sir Robert Wyvern
- 1957The Good Companions — George Memsford
- 1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst — Vice Admiral
- 1956The Black Tent — Major Cross
- 1956The Long Arm — Colonel Blenkinsop
- 1956Tons of Trouble — Inspector Bridger
- 1956Wicked as They Come — John Dowling
- 1956Людина, яка забагато знала — Buchanan
- 1955The Night My Number Came Up — Wainwright
- 1955The Ship That Died of Shame — Sir Richard
- 1954Beau Brummell — Sir Ralph Sidley
- 1953Malta Story — Vice Adm Willie Banks
- 1953The Master of Ballantrae — Clarendon
- 1952The Golden Coach — Duc de Castro
- 1951Quo Vadis — Tigellinus
- 1950The Reluctant Widow — Scowler
- 1950Острів скарбів — George Merry
- 1949Christopher Columbus — Captain
- 1949Eureka Stockade — Gov. Hotham
- 1949The Interrupted Journey — Inspector Waterson
- 1948Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill — Comber
- 1948Олівер Твіст — Monks
- 1947Mrs. Fitzherbert — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- 1947The Adventures of Dusty Bates — Merryvale
- 1947The Man Within — Prison Interrogator
- 1946Beware of Pity — Maj. Sandor Balinkay
- 1946Lisbon Story — Police Commissionaire
- 1946Papworth Village Settlement — Narrator (voice)
- 1946The Laughing Lady — Lord Mandeville
- 1945Read All About It — Robertson
- 1944Henry V — Mountjoy - The French Herald
- 1943The Butler's Dilemma — Bishop
- 1942Sabotage at Sea — Horace Chandler
- 1942The Seventh Survivor — Captain
- 1939Black Eyes — Diner
- 1939The Outsider — Sir Nathan Israel
- 1939The Saint in London — Kussella
- 1938Life of St. Paul — Orderly
- 1938South Riding — Nursing Home Doctor
- 1938The Challenge — Giordano
- 1938The Drum — Dinner Guest (uncredited)
- 1937Change for a Sovereign — Archduke Paul
- 1937Dinner at the Ritz — Auctioneer
- 1937Fire Over England — Spanish Inquisition Representative (uncredited)
- 1937Secret Lives — Prison Guard
- 1936Dusty Ermine — Second Thug (uncredited)
- 1936The Crimson Circle — Lawrence Fuller
- 1936The Marriage of Corbal — Charles
- 1935Captain Bill — Red
- 1935Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk — Sam Cohen
- 1935The Case of Gabriel Perry — Inspector White
- 1935The Silent Passenger — Saunders
- 1935Three Witnesses — Bellman
- 1934The Perfect Flaw — Richard Drexel
- 1933The Shadow — Chief Inspector Elliot
- 1932Partners Please — CID Man
- 1931The Bells — Blacksmith