Ralph Moody
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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. CLR
Acted in
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as (voice) (archive footage)
The Impatient Heart
1971
as Rothchild
Night Gallery
1970
as Jake (segment "The Little Black Bag")
Adam-12
1968
as Gus Archer
The Chase
1966
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Rounders
1965
as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
1962
as Peter J. Prohosko (uncredited)
The Outsider
1961
as Uncle
Homicidal
1961
as First Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Pa Myrtlebank
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Sam
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Carl Cobb
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Danforth
The Big Fisherman
1959
as Aged Pharisee
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959
as Doc Henry
Black Saddle
1959
as Judge Tennifree
The Rifleman
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Victor Flam
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958
as Padre Vincente Esteban
Going Steady
1958
as Justice of the Peace
Perry Mason
1957
as Jenkins
Pawnee
1957
as Chief Wise Eagle
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
as Watchman at Lock 57
Guns Don't Argue
1957
as Arthur 'Pa' Barker
Reprisal!
1956
as Matara
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Harvey Gilbert
The Last Hunt
1956
as Indian agent
The Steel Jungle
1956
as Andy Griffith
No. 5 Checked Out
1956
as Jarvis
24 Hour Alert
1955
as City Councilman Boggs
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Pa Goodhue
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Jarvis
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Local Citizen
Gunsmoke
1955
as Long Robe
Gunsmoke
1955
as Harvey
The Far Horizons
1955
as Chief Le Borgne (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Gen. Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Noah Euall
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
as Sandak
Tumbleweed
1953
as Aguila
Pickup on South Street
1953
as Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
Column South
1953
as Joe Copper Face
Seminole
1953
as Kulak
Road to Bali
1953
as Bhoma Da
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Realtor
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Conductor
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Doc
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Stranger
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Uncle Lee
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Jarvis Miller
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Moreland
Affair in Trinidad
1952
as Coroner (uncredited)
Talk About a Stranger
1952
as Shaw, Hardware Storekeeper
The Living Bible
1952
as Zacharias
Red Mountain
1951
as George Meredyth, Undertaker
Ace in the Hole
1951
as Kusac - Miner (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
1950
as Old Man (uncredited)
Bright Leaf
1950
as Blacksmith (uncredited) (voice)
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Keokuk
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as Indian Chief
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Swift Eagle
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948
as Villager