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Ralph Dumke

Actor

Ralph Dumke

Born July 25, 1899 in South Bend, Indiana, USADied January 4, 196440 films

Ralph Dumke (July 25, 1899 - January 4, 1964) was an American actor.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers posterFirst watchInvasion of the Body Snatchers19567.5as Police Chief Nick GrivettA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The War of the Worlds poster6.8The War of the Worlds1953Elmer Gantry poster7.3Elmer Gantry1960All the King's Men poster7.0All the King's Men1949The Desperate Hours poster7.0The Desperate Hours1955Artists and Models poster6.6Artists and Models1955The Breaking Point poster7.0The Breaking Point1950It Should Happen to You poster7.1It Should Happen to You1954Violent Saturday poster6.7Violent Saturday1955

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. 1961All in a Night's WorkBaker
  2. 1960Elmer GantrySalesman in Saloon (uncredited)
  3. 1960Wake Me When It's OverSenator Gillespie (uncredited)
  4. 1957Loving YouJim Tallman
  5. 1957The Buster Keaton StoryMr. Jennings (uncredited)
  6. 1956The Solid Gold CadillacWarren Gillie
  7. 1956Francis in the Haunted HouseMayor Hargrove
  8. 1956When Gangland StrikesWalter Pritchard
  9. 1956Forever, DarlingHenry Opdyke
  10. 1956Invasion of the Body SnatchersPolice Chief Nick Grivett
  11. 1955Artists and ModelsMr. Trimm (uncredited)
  12. 1955The Desperate HoursClint
  13. 1955Hell's IslandCasino Drunk
  14. 1955Violent SaturdayHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  15. 1954They Rode WestDr. Gibson
  16. 1954Massacre CanyonPhineas J. Canfield
  17. 1954Rails Into LaramieFrank Logan
  18. 1954She Couldn't Say NoSheriff
  19. 1954Alaska SeasDad Jackson
  20. 1954It Should Happen to YouBeckhard (uncredited)
  21. 1953Hannah Lee: An American PrimitiveAlesworth
  22. 1953The President's LadyCol. Stark
  23. 1953The War of the WorldsBuck Monahan (uncredited)
  24. 1953Count the Hours!
  25. 1953LiliM. Corvier
  26. 1953The Mississippi GamblerCaldwell
  27. 1952Hurricane SmithBen Hawkins
  28. 1952Holiday for SinnersMike Hennighan
  29. 1952We're Not Married!Twitchell (uncredited)
  30. 1952The San Francisco StoryWinfield Holbert (as Ralph E. Dumke)
  31. 1952Carbine WilliamsAndrew White
  32. 1952Boots MaloneBeckett
  33. 1951The MobPolice Commissioner
  34. 1951The Law and the LadyJames Horace Caighn
  35. 1951When I Grow UpCarp
  36. 1950Where Danger LivesKlauber
  37. 1950The FireballBruno Crystal
  38. 1950The Breaking PointHannagan
  39. 1950Mystery StreetJim Black the Tattooist
  40. 1949All the King's MenTiny Duffy