Ralph Sanford

May 20, 1899 - Jun 20, 1963 (64 years old) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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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

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Mayor Jim Kelley

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Leave It to Beaver

Fats Flannaghan

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Four Star Playhouse

Man (voice)

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I Love Lucy

Guard (uncredited)

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The Lone Ranger

Ben Chalmers

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Perry Mason

Pat

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Maverick

Sheriff (uncredited)

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Doc Bunion

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Climax!

The Warden

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Fred (uncredited)

Credits

Mister Ed 1961

Policeman

★ 6.8
Dennis the Menace 1959

Sleeping Man (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

Fred (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Deputy 1959

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Oregon Trail 1959

John Decker

★ 5.3
The Big Country 1958

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Up In Smoke 1957

Sam

★ 5.5
Leave It to Beaver 1957

Fats Flannaghan

★ 6.9
The Restless Gun 1957

Gallagher

★ 3.7
Maverick 1957

Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Perry Mason 1957

Pat

★ 7.7
Beginning of the End 1957

Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

★ 3.8
Footsteps in the Night 1957

Bartender (Uncredited)

★ 5.3
Friendly Persuasion 1956

Businessman (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Hey, Jeannie! 1956

Policeman

★ 5.5
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 1955

★ 5.7
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955

Mayor Jim Kelley

★ 6.6
Shotgun 1955

Chris

★ 5.2
Cattle Queen of Montana 1954

Store Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Climax! 1954

The Warden

★ 3.3
December Bride 1954

Guard

★ 5.5
Father Knows Best 1954

Guest at Hotel (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Forty-Niners 1954

Bartender Joe

★ 5.2
River of No Return 1954

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Annie Oakley 1954

Pete the Drunk

★ 5.2
Torpedo Alley 1953

Charles Hedley

★ NR
The Pride of the Family 1953

Uncle Harry

★ 5
I Was a Burlesque Queen 1953

Nunnally LaVitte

★ 1
Count the Hours! 1953

Alvin Taylor

★ 5.5
General Electric Theater 1953

Backstage Doorman

★ 6.3
The Life Of Riley 1953

Hawkins

★ 6
The Abbott and Costello Show 1952

Police Sergeant

★ 7.1
Springfield Rifle 1952

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Mr. & Mrs. North 1952

★ 4.3
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Chief Bates

★ 7.3
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Man (voice)

★ 6.3
Adventures of Superman 1952

Buckets

★ 6.7
Sea Tiger 1952

Fat Harry, Innkeeper

★ 5
My Little Margie 1952

★ 3
Gang Busters 1952

★ NR
Rancho Notorious 1952

Politician (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Let's Make It Legal 1951

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

★ 6.3
I Love Lucy 1951

Guard (uncredited)

★ 7.9
Fort Defiance 1951

Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver

★ 6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
Rhubarb 1951

Eddie - Brooklyn Police Chief (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Adventures of Kit Carson 1951

★ 5.3
Front Page Detective 1951

★ NR
Kentucky Jubilee 1951

Steve Frome

★ 5
Danger Zone 1951

Larry Dunlap

★ 4.2
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1951

Doc Bunion

★ 4.5
Missing Women 1951

Sam (man at ballpark)

★ 6.2
Rogue River 1951

Max Bonner

★ NR
Rhythm Inn 1951

Pete Harris

★ 2
Father's Wild Game 1950

First Policeman

★ NR
Union Station 1950

Detective Fay

★ 6.4
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Police Sergeant

★ 6.3
The Glass Menagerie 1950

Mendoza

★ 5.8
So You Want to Move 1950

★ NR
The Gene Autry Show 1950

'Doc' Bailey

★ 4.2
Hi-Jacked 1950

Stephen Clark

★ 4.8
The Damned Don't Cry 1950

Norman Riley (uncredited)

★ 7.1
So You Think You're Not Guilty 1950

Prison Warden (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Appointment with Danger 1950

Maxie Wilder

★ 5.6
So You Want to Be an Actor 1949

Mr. Sherbert

★ NR
The Heiress 1949

Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)

★ 7.8
The Lone Ranger 1949

Ben Chalmers

★ 6.7
In the Good Old Summertime 1949

Burly Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Champion 1949

Hammond

★ 6.6
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All 1948

Police Lt. Steve Mulford

★ 6
Easter Parade 1948

Hotel Detective (uncredited)

★ 7
French Leave 1948

Skipper Muldoon

★ NR
Let's Live Again 1948

Policeman

★ 5
Linda, Be Good 1947

Nunnally LaVitte

★ NR
Web of Danger 1947

Peterson, 2nd Crew Foreman

★ 4.8
So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947

Anthony Anguish (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Copacabana 1947

Liggett

★ 5.4
It's a Joke, Son! 1947

Knifey

★ 6.9
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946

George H. Gibbons (uncredited)

★ 7.8
That Brennan Girl 1946

Fatso (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Sioux City Sue 1946

Big Gulliver

★ NR
Never Say Goodbye 1946

Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.3
My Pal Trigger 1946

Auctioneer Al

★ 5.4
Two Sisters from Boston 1946

Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6
They Made Me a Killer 1946

Patrolman Roach

★ 5.6
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka 1945

Charlie Sargent

★ 6.7
High Powered 1945

Sheriff

★ NR
There Goes Kelly 1945

Police Lt. Marty Phillips

★ NR
Adventures of Kitty O'Day 1945

Mike, Police Detective Sergeant

★ 4.8
Lost in a Harem 1944

Mr. Ormulu

★ 5.4
Mystery of the Riverboat 1944

Sawyer, the garage owner [Chs. 5, 10]

★ 6
Maisie Goes to Reno 1944

Policeman (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
Wilson 1944

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Take It or Leave It 1944

Taxi Driver

★ 4
Sweethearts of the U.S.A. 1944

Gilhooley

★ 4
Minesweeper 1943

Seaman Cox

★ 5
Submarine Alert 1943

Agent Freddie Grayson

★ 4.2
Alaska Highway 1943

Frosty Gimble

★ 5
High Explosive 1943

Squinchy Andrews

★ 5.7
Aerial Gunner 1943

Pvt. Barclay - Target-Tow Operator

★ 4.4
A Night for Crime 1943

Det. Hoffman

★ 3.9
No Place for a Lady 1943

Hal, truck driver-henchman

★ 6
Lucky Legs 1942

Bartender

★ NR
Wildcat 1942

'Grits' O'Malley

★ 3.5
I Live on Danger 1942

Angie Moss

★ 5.7
Come on Danger 1942

Bartender

★ 5.7
Meet the Stewarts 1942

Cop (uncredited)

★ 6
Obliging Young Lady 1942

Pudgy - Court Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5
Torpedo Boat 1942

Hector Bobry

★ 6
No Hands on the Clock 1941

Officer Gimble

★ 4.9
Who's a Dummy? 1941

★ NR
Down in San Diego 1941

Man (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Men of the Timberland 1941

Cafe Owner (uncredited)

★ NR
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 1941

Police Desk Sergeant

★ 6
Blondie Goes Latin 1941

Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Blonde Inspiration 1941

Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Four Mothers 1941

Bill (uncredited)

★ 6.2
East of the River 1940

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940

Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)

★ 6.5
They Drive by Night 1940

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Carolina Moon 1940

Foreman Nelson

★ 5
Cross-Country Romance 1940

Henry

★ 6.4
Gaucho Serenade 1940

Motorcycle Cop

★ 6
Tear Gas Squad 1940

Officer

★ 4.8
Kid Nightingale 1939

First Drunk at Soxey's (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Smashing the Money Ring 1939

Second Night Guard (uncredited)

★ 5
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite 1939

Arresting Officer #1 (uncredited)

★ 6
Quiet, Please 1939

Tony (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Undercover Agent 1939

Joe Blake

★ 3.9
Dodge City 1939

Brawler (uncredited)

★ 6.9
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939

Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Girls on Probation 1938

First Detective

★ 5.9
If I Were King 1938

Cook (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Blondes at Work 1938

Detective Ed Healy (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Patient in Room 18 1938

Detective Donahue

★ 5.1
Sea Racketeers 1937

Henchman Turk

★ 1
While the Cat's Away 1936

Superintendent (uncredited)

★ NR
The Policy Girl 1934

Radio Station Usher

★ NR
Kissing Time 1933

Corporal (uncredited)

★ 6.4
In the Dough 1933

Cop

★ 6.5
Salt Water Daffy 1933

Cop (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Radio Murder Mystery 1933

Pat the detective

★ NR
What Price Pants 1931

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5
Grounds for Murder 1930

★ NR