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Ralph Wesley Foody was an American character actor. He has several screen credits from the 1980s, but is probably best known for his bit part in the 1990 film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel as a stereotypical 1930s mobster "Johnny" in two black-and-white gangster films-within-the-films Angels with Filthy Souls and its sequel Angels with Even Filthier Souls (both are a parody of the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces by Warner Bros.), along with his famous catchphrases 'Keep the change ya filthy animal/Merry Christmas ya filthy animal and a Happy New Year'. Foody also played "Det. Cragie", the alcoholic and the negligent Chicago cop in Code of Silence, as well as the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers. He was also known for his incredible wit and was often referred to as "The Witster" on set. Foody died of cancer in 1999 at age 71.

Known For

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Gangster

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

6.0

Desk Clerk

Straight Talk

1992

0.0

Ernie

Cold Justice

1992

6.4

Drifter

Curly Sue

1991

4.7

Dillinger's Father

Dillinger

1991

7.5

Gangster #1 (Johnny)

Home Alone

1990

7.1

Pawn Broker

Music Box

1989

6.1

Building Manager

The Package

1989

6.1

Lyle

Betrayed

1988

6.1

Federal Clerk

Above the Law

1988

Credits

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

as Gangster

1992

6.8

Straight Talk

as Desk Clerk

1992

6.0

Cold Justice

as Ernie

1992

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Curly Sue

as Drifter

1991

6.4

Dillinger

as Dillinger's Father

1991

4.7

Home Alone

as Gangster #1 (Johnny)

1990

7.5

Music Box

as Pawn Broker

1989

7.1

The Package

as Building Manager

1989

6.1

Betrayed

as Lyle

1988

6.1

Above the Law

as Federal Clerk

1988

6.1

Vice Versa

as Doorman

1988

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Raw Deal

as Captain

1986

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Lady Blue

as Howe

1985

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Code of Silence

as Cragie

1985

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The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

1984

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Chicago Story

as Sergeant Hesper

1981

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The Blues Brothers

as Police Dispatcher

1980

7.7

Towing

as Lou

1978

4.0

Mickey One

as Police Captain

1965

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