Ralph Truman
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 / gr-home@pacbell.net
Fotos
Películas (64)
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 · Admiral
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Rodzianko
El Cid
1961 · King Ferdinand
Exodus
1960 · Colonel
Under Ten Flags
1960 · Admiral Bensen
Ben-Hur
1959 · Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)
Web of Evidence
1959 · Sir Matthew Sprott
The Spaniard's Curse
1958 · Sir Robert Wyvern
The Good Companions
1957 · George Memsford
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · Vice Admiral
The Long Arm
1956 · Colonel Blenkinsop
Wicked as They Come
1956 · John Dowling
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Buchanan
Tons of Trouble
1956 · Inspector Bridger
The Black Tent
1956 · Major Cross
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955 · Sir Richard
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Wainwright
Beau Brummell
1954 · Sir Ralph Sidley
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Clarendon
Malta Story
1953 · Vice Adm Willie Banks
The Golden Coach
1952 · Duc de Castro
Quo Vadis
1951 · Tigellinus
Treasure Island
1950 · George Merry
The Reluctant Widow
1950 · Scowler
Christopher Columbus
1949 · Captain
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Inspector Waterson
Eureka Stockade
1949 · Gov. Hotham
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948 · Comber
Oliver Twist
1948 · Monks
Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947 · Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947 · Merryvale
The Man Within
1947 · Prison Interrogator
The Laughing Lady
1946 · Lord Mandeville
Papworth Village Settlement
1946 · Narrator (voice)
Beware of Pity
1946 · Maj. Sandor Balinkay
Lisbon Story
1946 · Police Commissionaire
Read All About It
1945 · Robertson
Henry V
1944 · Mountjoy - The French Herald
The Butler's Dilemma
1943 · Bishop
Sabotage at Sea
1942 · Horace Chandler
The Seventh Survivor
1942 · Captain
The Saint in London
1939 · Kussella
Black Eyes
1939 · Diner
The Outsider
1939 · Sir Nathan Israel
Life of St. Paul
1938 · Orderly
South Riding
1938 · Nursing Home Doctor
The Challenge
1938 · Giordano
The Drum
1938 · Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Dinner at the Ritz
1937 · Auctioneer
Change for a Sovereign
1937 · Archduke Paul
Secret Lives
1937 · Prison Guard
Fire Over England
1937 · Spanish Inquisition Representative (uncredited)
Dusty Ermine
1936 · Second Thug (uncredited)
The Crimson Circle
1936 · Lawrence Fuller
The Marriage of Corbal
1936 · Charles
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
1935 · Sam Cohen
Captain Bill
1935 · Red
The Silent Passenger
1935 · Saunders
The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935 · Inspector White
Three Witnesses
1935 · Bellman
The Perfect Flaw
1934 · Richard Drexel
The Shadow
1933 · Chief Inspector Elliot
Partners Please
1932 · CID Man
The Bells
1931 · Blacksmith
