Ralph Dunn
Prolific character actor Ralph Dunn was born in Titusville, PA, in 1902. He attended college for a while, but dropped out to join a traveling vaudeville troupe, and performed in minstrel shows and melodramas until 1935, when he headed to Hollywood, but not for the usual reasons vaudevillians made that trip--his parents lived there and his father was in poor health, so he went to help his mother take care of him. In order to make some money he signed up with Central Casting, where his stocky tough-guy look secured him a succession of jobs as cops, thugs, bouncers, bartenders, fight managers, and the like. His Hollywood career lasted more than 30 years, during which time he kept his hand in stage work. He appeared in the 1951 Broadway production of "The Moon Is Blue" and played the pajama factory owner in the Broadway classic "The Pajama Game", a role he repeated when it was made into a film in 1957. He had more than 300 credits to his name, including television work. His last film role was as a priest in Black Like Me (1964), and his final appearance was in an episode of the series N.Y.P.D. (1967). He died in Flushing, NY, in 1968.
Ralph Dunton
Ralph Dunton is an actor and production manager, known for Redeemer (2016).
Ralph Dunton
Ralph Dunton is an actor and production manager, known for Redeemer (2016).
Ralph E. Portillo
Ralph E. Portillo is a Mexican-American film director and producer. He has directed and produced numerous feature films and television projects including the sports drama "My Many Sons" starring Judge Reinhold and the inspirational family film "Christmas on Salvation Street". He co-produced the critically acclaimed "Fighting with My Family" starring Dwayne Johnson, Florence Pugh and Vince Vaughn and the heartwarming family action comedy, "The Main Event" starring Tachina Arnold and Adam Pally as well as the comedy "Buddy Games" starring Josh Duhamel, Dax Shepard and Kevin Dillon. He directed/produced the family drama "Set Apart", starring Richard Roundtree, John Schneider and Jennifer O'Neil, which garnered awards at film festivals and is being distributed worldwide by Sony/Provident films. He directed "The Grift", with an ensemble cast including John Savage, Jeremy London, Billy Burke and William McNamara. His family film, "The Last Great Ride" starring Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine and Eileen Brennan has aired on major networks and streaming. "Big Brother Trouble" directed by Mr. Portillo and starring Dick Van Patten, Mario Lopez and Melanie Chartoff made its US cable debut on Showtime. In addition to film and television programming, Mr. Portillo directed and produced the critically acclaimed documentary "The Spirit of Albert Schweitzer" which was a finalist at the New York Film Festival as well as receiving honors from the prestigious Cindy Awards. Mr. Portillo was born in Los Angeles, son of the Mexican film director Rafael Portillo. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He and his wife live in Los Angeles, California.
Ralph Eastman
Ralph Eastman is known for Prey, in Cold Blood (2016).
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison was born on 1 March 1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for Invisible Man, American Masters (1985) and The Fifties (1997). He was married to Fanny McConnell and Rose Poindexter. He died on 16 April 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.
Ralph Engle
Ralph Engle is known for Hugot (2023), Billie & Emma (2018) and Salisihan (2024).
Ralph Farquhar
Ralph Farquhar was born on September 19, 1951 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013), Moesha (1996) and Married with Children (1987). He is married to Melba Katzman Farquhar. They have one child.
Ralph Fiennes
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; Sophie Fiennes, a producer; and Joseph Fiennes, an actor. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992), opposite Juliette Binoche. 1993 was his "breakout year". He had a major role in the controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Mâcon (1993), with Julia Ormond, which was poorly received. Later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). For this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He did not win, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role, as well as Best Supporting Actor honors from numerous critics groups, including the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York, Chicago, Boston, and London Film Critics associations. His portrayal as Göth also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute's list of Top 50 Film Villains. To look suitable to represent Goeth, Fiennes gained weight, but he managed to shed it afterwards. In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994). In 1996, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Count Almásy the World War II epic romance, and another Best Picture winner, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996), in which he starred with Kristin Scott Thomas. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations, one for Best Actor and another shared with the film's ensemble cast. Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Strange Days (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), the animated The Prince of Egypt (1998), István Szabó's Sunshine (1999), Neil Jordan-directed films The End of the Affair (1999) and The Good Thief (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), co-starring Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar®-winning The Hurt Locker (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Mike Newell's screen adaptation of Charles Dickens'Great Expectations (2012), with Helena Bonham Carter and Jeremy Irvine, and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the Harry Potter film series (2005-2011), in which he played the evil Lord Voldemort. His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin played Tom Riddle, the young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Ralph also appears in the James Bond series, in which he has played M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall (2012). In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy political thriller Coriolanus (2011), in which he also played the title character, opposite Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave. Fiennes has won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway. In 2015, Fiennes played a music producer in Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash (2015), starring opposite Tilda Swinton and Matthias Schoenaerts, and in 2016, Fiennes starred in Joel and Ethan Coen's Hail, Caesar! (2016). Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK.
Ralph Fisher
Ralph Fisher is known for Bernie (2011) and ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas (2019).