Ralph Moody (November 5, 1886 – September 6, 1971 ) was an American actor with over 50 movie and over 100 television appearances, plus numerous radio appearances.
Moody spent more than four decades working in stock theater throughout the United States, including having his own troupe for almost half of that span.
In 1939, he began working in radio at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. Later, he became an announcer and actor at WLW radio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Moody was a regular supporting actor, in various roles, on radio broadcasts of Gunsmoke and Dragnet,Dunning, op. cit., "Dragnet" pp. 208-211 and also performed on the Roy Rogers ShowDunning, op. cit., "The Roy Rogers Show" pp. 590-591 and Wild Bill Hickok.Dunning, op. cit., "Wild Bill Hickok" pp. 721-722 He portrayed Gramps on The Trouble with the Truitts on NBC Radio.
At the age of 62, Moody began a string of film and television appearances, including films such as Road to Bali, Toward the Unknown, The Legend of Tom Dooley, and The Story of Ruth.
On television, he played Jay Burrage in The Rifleman. He was also seen in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Circus Boy, Mr. Adams and Eve, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel as Judge Howell in "The Silver Queen" (1958) and as Elmer Jansen in S3 E23 "The Lady on the Wall" (1960),Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, Rescue 8, and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. He was also among a rotation of actors used by Jack Webb in the 1950s version, as well as the 1967–70 revival of Dragnet, and in 1970 appeared in the last Dragnet episode produced by Webb. His most frequent television roles were as a kindly old man or Native American.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1948 Tex Granger Wilkins Uncredited1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon Villager 1949 Square Dance Jubilee Indian Chief 1950 Rock Island Trail Keokuk Uncredited1950 The Gunfighter Old Man Uncredited1950 Bright Leaf Blacksmith Uncredited voice1951 Ace in the Hole Kusac – Miner Uncredited1951 Strangers on a Train Seedy Man at Carnival Uncredited1951 Red Mountain George Meredyth, Undertaker 1952 Talk About a Stranger Shaw, Hardware Storekeeper Uncredited1952 Carrie Vagrant Uncredited1952 Wagons West Kaw Chief Uncredited1952 The Story of Will Rogers Dr. Busheyhead Uncredited1952 Affair in Trinidad Coroner 1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Villager / Peddler Uncredited1952 My Man and I Rogers Uncredited1952 Road to Bali Bhoma Da 1953 Seminole Kulak 1953 Salome Old Scholar Uncredited1953 The Juggler Mukhtar Scenes deleted1953 Column South Joe Copper Face 1953 Pickup on South Street Coffin Boat Captain Uncredited1953 Tumbleweed Aguila 1954 The Rocket Man Mr. Farrow Uncredited1954 Day of Triumph Pharisee Uncredited1955 Many Rivers to Cross Sandak 1955 Rage at Dawn Noah Euall Uncredited1955 Strange Lady in Town General Lew Wallace Uncredited1955 The Far Horizons Le Borgne 1955 I Died a Thousand Times Pa Goodhue 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Local Citizen Season 1 Episode 33: "The Belfry" 1956 The Steel Jungle Andy Griffith 1956 The Last Hunt Indian Agent 1956 Toward the Unknown H. G. Gilbert 1956 Reprisal! Matara Played an Indian as the Grandfather to Halfbreed Frank Madden Guy Madison1957 The Monster That Challenged the World Watchman at Lock 57 Uncredited1957 Pawnee Chief Wise Eagle 1957 Perry Mason George Ballard The Sun Bather's Diary1958 Going Steady Justice of the Peace 1958 Cry Terror! Kelly's Dentist Uncredited1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold Padre Vincente Esteban1959 Perry Mason Dennison Case of the Calendar Girl 1959 The Legend of Tom Dooley Doc Henry 1959 The Big Fisherman Aged Pharisee 1960 The Story of Ruth Cleshed Uncredited1961 Posse from Hell Henry Uncredited1961 Homicidal First Hotel Clerk Uncredited1961 The Outsider Uncle 1962 Gunsmoke Kip Marston "Old Comrade" S8E161962 Kid Galahad Peter J. Prohosko Uncredited1963 Perry Mason Mr. Morgan The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang 1965 The Rounders Horse Doctor Uncredited1966 Gunsmoke Joseph-Walks-In-Darkness "Honor Before Justice" S11E241966 The Chase Townsman Uncredited
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