Ralph Sanford

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

Perry Mason

Maverick

Climax!

Climax!

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Leave It to Beaver

I Love Lucy

All Movies (118)

• The Oregon Trail1959 · as John Decker
• The Big Country1958 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Up In Smoke1957 · as Sam
• Beginning of the End1957 · as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
• Footsteps in the Night1957 · as Bartender (Uncredited)
• Friendly Persuasion1956 · as Businessman (uncredited)
• Shotgun1955 · as Chris
• Cattle Queen of Montana1954 · as Store Clerk (uncredited)
• The Forty-Niners1954 · as Bartender Joe
• River of No Return1954 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Torpedo Alley1953 · as Charles Hedley
• I Was a Burlesque Queen1953 · as Nunnally LaVitte
• Count the Hours!1953 · as Alvin Taylor
• Springfield Rifle1952 · as Barfly (uncredited)
• Sea Tiger1952 · as Fat Harry, Innkeeper
• The Turning Point1952 · as Harry (uncredited)
• Rancho Notorious1952 · as Politician (uncredited)
• Let's Make It Legal1951 · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Fort Defiance1951 · as Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver
• Rhubarb1951 · as Eddie - Brooklyn Police Chief (uncredited)
• Kentucky Jubilee1951 · as Steve Frome
• Danger Zone1951 · as Larry Dunlap
• Missing Women1951 · as Sam (man at ballpark)
• Rogue River1951 · as Max Bonner
• Rhythm Inn1951 · as Pete Harris
• Father's Wild Game1950 · as First Policeman
• Union Station1950 · as Detective Fay
• The Glass Menagerie1950 · as Mendoza
• So You Want to Move1950
• Hi-Jacked1950 · as Stephen Clark
• The Damned Don't Cry1950 · as Norman Riley (uncredited)
• So You Think You're Not Guilty1950 · as Prison Warden (uncredited)
• Appointment with Danger1950 · as Maxie Wilder
• So You Want to Be an Actor1949 · as Mr. Sherbert
• The Heiress1949 · as Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)
• In the Good Old Summertime1949 · as Burly Policeman (uncredited)
• Champion1949 · as Hammond
• Joe Palooka in Winner Take All1948 · as Police Lt. Steve Mulford
• Easter Parade1948 · as Hotel Detective (uncredited)
• Shaggy1948 · as Fuzzy
• French Leave1948 · as Skipper Muldoon
• Let's Live Again1948 · as Policeman
• Linda, Be Good1947 · as Nunnally LaVitte
• Web of Danger1947 · as Peterson, 2nd Crew Foreman
• So You Want to Be in Pictures1947 · as Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
• Copacabana1947 · as Liggett
• It's a Joke, Son!1947 · as Knifey
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as George H. Gibbons (uncredited)
• That Brennan Girl1946 · as Fatso (uncredited)
• Sioux City Sue1946 · as Big Gulliver
• Never Say Goodbye1946 · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• My Pal Trigger1946 · as Auctioneer Al
• Two Sisters from Boston1946 · as Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)
• They Made Me a Killer1946 · as Patrolman Roach
• Girl on the Spot1946 · as Detective Thomas (uncredited)
• Thunderhead: Son of Flicka1945 · as Charlie Sargent
• High Powered1945 · as Sheriff
• There Goes Kelly1945 · as Police Lt. Marty Phillips
• Adventures of Kitty O'Day1945 · as Mike, Police Detective Sergeant
• Lost in a Harem1944 · as Mr. Ormulu
• Mystery of the Riverboat1944 · as Sawyer, the garage owner [Chs. 5, 10]
• Maisie Goes to Reno1944 · as Policeman (Uncredited)
• Wilson1944 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Take It or Leave It1944 · as Taxi Driver
• Sweethearts of the U.S.A.1944 · as Gilhooley
• Minesweeper1943 · as Seaman Cox
• Submarine Alert1943 · as Agent Freddie Grayson
• Alaska Highway1943 · as Frosty Gimble
• High Explosive1943 · as Squinchy Andrews
• Aerial Gunner1943 · as Pvt. Barclay - Target-Tow Operator
• A Night for Crime1943 · as Det. Hoffman
• No Place for a Lady1943 · as Hal, truck driver-henchman
• Lucky Legs1942 · as Bartender
• Wildcat1942 · as 'Grits' O'Malley
• I Live on Danger1942 · as Angie Moss
• Come on Danger1942 · as Bartender
• Meet the Stewarts1942 · as Cop (uncredited)
• Obliging Young Lady1942 · as Pudgy - Court Policeman (uncredited)
• Torpedo Boat1942 · as Hector Bobry
• No Hands on the Clock1941 · as Officer Gimble
• Who's a Dummy?1941
• Down in San Diego1941 · as Man (uncredited)
• Melody for Three1941 · as Landing Field Worker (uncredited)
• Men of the Timberland1941 · as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
• The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance1941 · as Police Desk Sergeant
• Blondie Goes Latin1941 · as Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)
• Blonde Inspiration1941 · as Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)
• Four Mothers1941 · as Bill (uncredited)
• East of the River1940 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• Dance, Girl, Dance1940 · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• Stranger on the Third Floor1940 · as Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)
• They Drive by Night1940 · as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
• Carolina Moon1940 · as Foreman Nelson
• Cross-Country Romance1940 · as Henry
• Gaucho Serenade1940 · as Motorcycle Cop
• Tear Gas Squad1940 · as Officer
• Kid Nightingale1939 · as First Drunk at Soxey's (uncredited)
• Smashing the Money Ring1939 · as Second Night Guard (uncredited)
• Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite1939 · as Arresting Officer #1 (uncredited)
• Quiet, Please1939 · as Tony (uncredited)
• Undercover Agent1939 · as Joe Blake
• Dodge City1939 · as Brawler (uncredited)
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man1939 · as Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Girls on Probation1938 · as First Detective
• If I Were King1938 · as Cook (uncredited)
• Give Me a Sailor1938 · as Iceman (uncredited)
• Blondes at Work1938 · as Detective Ed Healy (uncredited)
• The Patient in Room 181938 · as Detective Donahue
• Sea Racketeers1937 · as Henchman Turk
• While the Cat's Away1936 · as Superintendent (uncredited)
• The Policy Girl1934 · as Radio Station Usher
• Kissing Time1933 · as Corporal (uncredited)
• In the Dough1933 · as Cop
• Salt Water Daffy1933 · as Cop (uncredited)
• The Radio Murder Mystery1933 · as Pat the detective
• Nearly Naked1933
• What Price Pants1931 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Grounds for Murder1930

All TV Shows (53)

• Mister Ed1961 · as Policeman
• Dennis the Menace1959 · as Sleeping Man (uncredited)
• Dennis the Menace1959 · as Man in Park (uncredited)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Fred (uncredited)
• The Deputy1959 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• Leave It to Beaver1957 · as Fats Flannaghan
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Gallagher
• Maverick1957 · as Sheriff (uncredited)
• Perry Mason1957 · as Pat
• Hey, Jeannie!1956 · as Policeman
• Hey, Jeannie!1956 · as Expressman
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon1955
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Mayor Jim Kelley
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Slip Madigan
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Bartender Larsen
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Mayor Jim Kelley (uncredited)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Butch McGuire
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Fireman Whitty
• Climax!1954 · as The Warden
• Climax!1954
• December Bride1954 · as Guard
• Father Knows Best1954 · as Guest at Hotel (uncredited)
• Annie Oakley1954 · as Pete the Drunk
• The Pride of the Family1953 · as Uncle Harry
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Backstage Doorman
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Watchman
• The Life Of Riley1953 · as Hawkins
• The Abbott and Costello Show1952 · as Police Sergeant
• Mr. & Mrs. North1952
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Chief Bates
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Man in hallway holding newspaper
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Man (voice)
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as Buckets
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as George - Customer
• My Little Margie1952
• Gang Busters1952
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Guard (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Graft Collector
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Admiral
• The Adventures of Kit Carson1951
• Front Page Detective1951
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951 · as Doc Bunion
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951 · as Harvey Stokes - Blacksmith
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951 · as Storekeeper Buck Jameson
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Police Sergeant
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as McConigle
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as McGee
• The Gene Autry Show1950 · as 'Doc' Bailey
• The Gene Autry Show1950 · as Harper, the Hustler
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Ben Chalmers
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Sheriff Wirt