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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 20, 1899
Died
June 20, 1963
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Ralph Dayton Sanford
Ralph Sanford
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ralph Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently appeared in Westerns and often portrayed "tough guys". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Known For
6.7
Policeman
Mister Ed
1961
6.5
Sleeping Man (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
Man in Park (uncredited)
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.0
Fred (uncredited)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
6.2
Townsman (uncredited)
The Deputy
1959
5.5
John Decker
The Oregon Trail
1959
7.6
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Big Country
1958
5.5
Sam
Up In Smoke
1957
6.9
Fats Flannaghan
Leave It to Beaver
1957
3.0
Gallagher
The Restless Gun
1957
Credits
Mister Ed
as Policeman
1961
6.7
Dennis the Menace
as Sleeping Man (uncredited)
1959
6.5
Dennis the Menace
as Man in Park (uncredited)
1959
6.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Fred (uncredited)
1959
6.0
The Deputy
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
6.2
The Oregon Trail
as John Decker
1959
5.5
The Big Country
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
7.6
Up In Smoke
as Sam
1957
5.5
Leave It to Beaver
as Fats Flannaghan
1957
6.9
The Restless Gun
as Gallagher
1957
3.0
Maverick
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Pat
1957
7.7
Beginning of the End
as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
1957
3.8
Footsteps in the Night
as Bartender (Uncredited)
1957
5.5
Friendly Persuasion
as Businessman (uncredited)
1956
6.7
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Policeman
1956
6.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Expressman
1956
6.0
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.3
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Jim Kelley
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Bartender Larsen
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Butch McGuire
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Slip Madigan
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Fireman Whitty
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Jim Kelley (uncredited)
1955
6.8
Shotgun
as Chris
1955
5.4
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Store Clerk (uncredited)
1954
5.6
Climax!
as The Warden
1954
3.3
Climax!
1954
3.3
December Bride
as Guard
1954
5.5
Father Knows Best
as Guest at Hotel (uncredited)
1954
6.5
The Forty-Niners
as Bartender Joe
1954
5.7
River of No Return
as Bartender (uncredited)
1954
6.7
Annie Oakley
as Pete the Drunk
1954
5.2
Torpedo Alley
as Charles Hedley
1953
0.0
The Pride of the Family
as Uncle Harry
1953
5.0
I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Nunnally LaVitte
1953
1.0
Count the Hours!
as Alvin Taylor
1953
5.2
General Electric Theater
as Backstage Doorman
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Watchman
1953
6.4
The Life Of Riley
as Hawkins
1953
6.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Police Sergeant
1952
7.2
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Chief Bates
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Man in hallway holding newspaper
1952
7.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Man (voice)
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as George - Customer
1952
6.6
Adventures of Superman
as Buckets
1952
6.6
Sea Tiger
as Fat Harry, Innkeeper
1952
5.0
The Turning Point
as Harry (uncredited)
1952
6.2
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
Rancho Notorious
as Politician (uncredited)
1952
6.5
🎬
Gang Busters
1952
0.0
Let's Make It Legal
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1951
5.4
I Love Lucy
as Guard (uncredited)
1951
7.9
Fort Defiance
as Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver
1951
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Graft collector
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as the Admiral
1951
7.4
Rhubarb
as Eddie - Brooklyn Police Chief (uncredited)
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
🎬
Front Page Detective
1951
0.0
Kentucky Jubilee
as Steve Frome
1951
5.0
Danger Zone
as Larry Dunlap
1951
3.9
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Harvey Stokes - Blacksmith
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Doc Bunion
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Storekeeper Buck Jameson
1951
4.5
Missing Women
as Sam (man at ballpark)
1951
6.2
Rogue River
as Max Bonner
1951
0.0
Rhythm Inn
as Pete Harris
1951
2.0
Father's Wild Game
as First Policeman
1950
0.0
Union Station
as Detective Fay
1950
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Police Sergeant
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as McConigle
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as McGee
1950
6.3
The Glass Menagerie
as Mendoza
1950
5.6
🎬
So You Want to Move
1950
0.0
The Gene Autry Show
as 'Doc' Bailey
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Harper, the Hustler
1950
4.2
Hi-Jacked
as Stephen Clark
1950
5.0
The Damned Don't Cry
as Norman Riley (uncredited)
1950
7.0
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1950
5.8
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Appointment with Danger
as Maxie Wilder
1950
5.5
🎬
So You Want to Be an Actor
as Mr. Sherbert
1949
0.0
The Heiress
as Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)
1949
7.7
The Lone Ranger
as Ben Chalmers
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Sheriff Wirt
1949
6.8
In the Good Old Summertime
as Burly Policeman (uncredited)
1949
6.6
Champion
as Hammond
1949
6.6
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Police Lt. Steve Mulford
1948
6.0
Easter Parade
as Hotel Detective (uncredited)
1948
7.0
French Leave
as Skipper Muldoon
1948
0.0
Let's Live Again
as Policeman
1948
5.0
Linda, Be Good
as Nunnally LaVitte
1947
0.0
Web of Danger
as Peterson, 2nd Crew Foreman
1947
4.8
🎬
So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
1947
5.8
Copacabana
as Liggett
1947
5.3
It's a Joke, Son!
as Knifey
1947
6.9
The Best Years of Our Lives
as George H. Gibbons (uncredited)
1946
7.8
That Brennan Girl
as Fatso (uncredited)
1946
5.1
Sioux City Sue
as Big Gulliver
1946
0.0
Never Say Goodbye
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946
6.2
My Pal Trigger
as Auctioneer Al
1946
5.4
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)
1946
6.0
They Made Me a Killer
as Patrolman Roach
1946
5.4
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Charlie Sargent
1945
6.7
High Powered
as Sheriff
1945
5.0
🎬
There Goes Kelly
as Police Lt. Marty Phillips
1945
0.0
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
as Mike, Police Detective Sergeant
1945
4.8
Lost in a Harem
as Mr. Ormulu
1944
5.4
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Sawyer, the garage owner [Chs. 5, 10]
1944
6.0
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
6.2
Wilson
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Take It or Leave It
as Taxi Driver
1944
4.0
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Gilhooley
1944
4.0
Minesweeper
as Seaman Cox
1943
5.0
Submarine Alert
as Agent Freddie Grayson
1943
4.3
Alaska Highway
as Frosty Gimble
1943
5.0
High Explosive
as Squinchy Andrews
1943
5.7
Aerial Gunner
as Pvt. Barclay - Target-Tow Operator
1943
4.4
A Night for Crime
as Det. Hoffman
1943
3.9
No Place for a Lady
as Hal, truck driver-henchman
1943
6.0
Lucky Legs
as Bartender
1942
0.0
Wildcat
as 'Grits' O'Malley
1942
3.5
I Live on Danger
as Angie Moss
1942
5.7
Come on Danger
as Bartender
1942
5.7
Meet the Stewarts
as Cop (uncredited)
1942
4.3
Obliging Young Lady
as Pudgy - Court Policeman (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Torpedo Boat
as Hector Bobry
1942
6.0
No Hands on the Clock
as Officer Gimble
1941
4.9
Who's a Dummy?
1941
0.0
Down in San Diego
as Man (uncredited)
1941
5.5
Melody for Three
as Landing Field Worker (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Men of the Timberland
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1941
0.0
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Police Desk Sergeant
1941
6.0
Blondie Goes Latin
as Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)
1941
6.2
Blonde Inspiration
as Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)
1941
5.4
Four Mothers
as Bill (uncredited)
1941
6.2
East of the River
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)
1940
6.4
They Drive by Night
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Carolina Moon
as Foreman Nelson
1940
5.0
Cross-Country Romance
as Henry
1940
6.4
Gaucho Serenade
as Motorcycle Cop
1940
6.0
Tear Gas Squad
as Officer
1940
4.8
Kid Nightingale
as First Drunk at Soxey's (uncredited)
1939
5.5
Smashing the Money Ring
as Second Night Guard (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Arresting Officer #1 (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Quiet, Please
as Tony (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Undercover Agent
as Joe Blake
1939
3.7
Dodge City
as Brawler (uncredited)
1939
6.9
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Girls on Probation
as First Detective
1938
5.9
If I Were King
as Cook (uncredited)
1938
6.8
Give Me a Sailor
as Iceman (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Blondes at Work
as Detective Ed Healy (uncredited)
1938
6.1
The Patient in Room 18
as Detective Donahue
1938
4.5
🎬
Sea Racketeers
as Henchman Turk
1937
1.0
While the Cat's Away
as Superintendent (uncredited)
1936
0.0
The Policy Girl
as Radio Station Usher
1934
0.0
🎬
Kissing Time
as Corporal (uncredited)
1933
5.9
In the Dough
as Cop
1933
5.3
Salt Water Daffy
as Cop (uncredited)
1933
5.2
The Radio Murder Mystery
as Pat the detective
1933
0.0
Nearly Naked
1933
2.0
What Price Pants
as Bartender (uncredited)
1931
5.0
🎬
Grounds for Murder
1930
0.0