Ralph Moody

Known for ActingBorn 1886-11-05Died 1971-09-16Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Moody was a regular on radio broadcasts of Gunsmoke, and also performed on the Roy Rogers Show, Wild Bill Hickok and X Minus One. He portrayed Gramps on The Trouble with the Truitts on NBC Rado. 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, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun - Will Travel, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Wanted Dead or Alive, 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. CLRRead more

Movies & web series

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains

The Twilight Zone

Going Steady

The Impatient Heart

24 Hour Alert

Night Gallery

Ace in the Hole

The Legend of Tom Dooley

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

Strangers on a Train

Bonanza

Law of the Plainsman

Pickup on South Street

The Gunfighter

Adam-12

The Chase

The Rifleman

Dragnet

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Last Hunt

Reprisal!

Alice in Wonderland

Four Star Playhouse

The Lone Ranger

Gunsmoke

Red Mountain

Wagon Train

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

The Outsider

Many Rivers to Cross

Homicidal

Gunslinger

Affair in Trinidad

Rock Island Trail

The Far Horizons

The Wild Country

Black Saddle

Tumbleweed

Pawnee

Rage at Dawn

I Died a Thousand Times

Talk About a Stranger

Road to Bali

Kid Galahad

Column South

The Living Bible