Ralph Truman
- Recitazione
- 7 maggio 1900 · London, England, UK
- 15 ottobre 1977
Biografia
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]
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Filmografia
- Churchill's People · Earl of Surrey
- Peccato d'amore · Admiral
- Nicola e Alessandra · Rodzianko
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Foreign Secretary
- The Main Chance · Reginald Crowther
- El Cid · King Ferdinand
- Exodus · Colonel
- Sotto dieci bandiere · Admiral Bensen
- Gioco pericoloso · Minister
- Ben-Hur · Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)
- Beyond This Place · Sir Matthew Sprott
- The Spaniard's Curse · Sir Robert Wyvern
- The Good Companions · George Memsford
- Fuoco sullo Yangtse · Vice Admiral
- La lunga mano · Colonel Blenkinsop
- Amare per uccidere · John Dowling
- L'uomo che sapeva troppo · Buchanan
- Tons of Trouble · Inspector Bridger
- La tenda nera · Major Cross
- L'ultima vendetta · Sir Richard
- La scogliera della morte · Wainwright
- Lord Brummell · Sir Ralph Sidley
- Il principe di Scozia · Clarendon
- Una storia di guerra · Vice Adm Willie Banks
- La carrozza d'oro · Duc de Castro
- Quo Vadis · Tigellinus
- L'isola del tesoro · George Merry
- The Reluctant Widow · Scowler
- Cristoforo Colombo · Captain
- The Interrupted Journey · Inspector Waterson
- Eureka Stockade · Gov. Hotham
- Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill · Comber
- Le avventure di Oliver Twist · Monks
- Un grande amore di Giorgio IV · Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- The Adventures of Dusty Bates · Merryvale
- The Man Within · Prison Interrogator
- The Laughing Lady · Lord Mandeville
- Papworth Village Settlement · Narrator (Voce)
- Felicità proibita · Maj. Sandor Balinkay
- Lisbon Story · Police Commissionaire
- Read All About It · Robertson
- Enrico V · Mountjoy - The French Herald
- The Butler's Dilemma · Bishop
- Sabotage at Sea · Horace Chandler
- The Seventh Survivor · Captain
- The Saint in London · Kussella
- Black Eyes · Diner
- Salverò tua figlia · Sir Nathan Israel
- Life of St. Paul · Orderly
- South Riding · Nursing Home Doctor
- The Challenge · Giordano
- Il principe Azim · Dinner Guest (uncredited)
- Pranzo al Ritz · Auctioneer
- Change for a Sovereign · Archduke Paul
- Secret Lives · Prison Guard
- Elisabetta d'Inghilterra · Spanish Inquisition Representative (uncredited)
- Dusty Ermine · Second Thug (uncredited)
- The Crimson Circle · Lawrence Fuller
- The Marriage of Corbal · Charles
- Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk · Sam Cohen
- Captain Bill · Red
- The Silent Passenger · Saunders
- The Case of Gabriel Perry · Inspector White
- Three Witnesses · Bellman
- The Perfect Flaw · Richard Drexel
- The Shadow · Chief Inspector Elliot
- Partners Please · CID Man
- The Bells · Blacksmith