Ron Dean
- Acting
- August 15, 1938 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- October 5, 2025
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- One Small Hitch · Art Burke
- Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice · Vladimir Kosokov
- The Dark Knight · Wuertz
- Voices from the Graves · Captain Larsen
- Numb3rs · Peter Watson
- The Wild Card · Brooks
- Wild Things 2 · Judge Ruben
- Lana'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
- The West Wing · Tom Broderick
- Family Law
- Chicago Cab · Old Snack Trucker
- Night of the Lawyers · Gus
- Early Edition · Marion Zeke Crumb, P.I.
- Life's Work
- Chain Reaction · Sergeant Nick Zingaro
- House of Angels: The Second Summer · Sven Petterson
- ER · Uncle Joey
- Chicago Hope · Baseball Scout
- The Client · Johnny Sulari
- Rudy · Coach Yonto
- Frasier · Frank
- The Fugitive · Detective Kelly
- Angel Street · Detective Kenneth Branigan
- Cold Justice · Stan Lubinski
- Hammer, Slammer, & Slade · Sgt. Hill
- Fatal Encounter · David Hart
- Dream Breakers · Sullivan
- The Package · Karl Richards
- Cocktail · Uncle Pat
- Above the Law · Detective Lukich
- Big Shots · Policeman #2
- Light of Day · Mourner
- The Color of Money · Guy in Crowd
- Crime Story · Chief Kramer
- Crime Story: Pilot · Chief Kramer
- Nothing in Common · Ed Bedsole
- Pink Nights · Pop
- Lady Blue · Sgt. Gino Gianelli
- Code of Silence · Det. Brennan
- The Breakfast Club · Andy's Father
- Vegetable House · Writer
- The Toughest Man in the World · Ernie
- Teachers · Guard
- Murder, She Wrote · Lt. Shawn Riley
- The Naked Face · Cortini's Driver (uncredited)
- Heart of Steel · Lathrop
- Risky Business · Detective with Bullhorn
- T. J. Hooker · Detective
- Continental Divide · Plesko
- The Duke
- The Last Affair · David Hart