Ralph Sanford
Popularity:0.206
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1899-05-20
Place of Birth:Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Also Known As:Ralph Dayton Sanford

Grounds for Murder (1930)
A husband becomes infuriated when his wife and household staff abandon him as a result of their fixation with murder trials.

Rogue River (1951)
The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once...

Count the Hours! (1953)
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

Who's a Dummy? (1941)
Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells...

Union Station (1950)
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try...

They Made Me a Killer (1946)
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.

Rancho Notorious (1952)
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from...

Danger Zone (1951)
A San Francisco man is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party.

Missing Women (1951)
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.

Submarine Alert (1943)
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the...

Sioux City Sue (1946)
A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.

So You Want to Move (1950)
Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.

In the Dough (1933)
A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.

Wilson (1944)
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...

Minesweeper (1943)
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and...

River of No Return (1954)
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

Hi-Jacked (1950)
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.

Men of the Timberland (1941)
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich...

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.

Springfield Rifle (1952)
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against...

Rhythm Inn (1951)
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's...

No Hands on the Clock (1941)
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.

Quiet, Please (1939)
A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.

Kissing Time (1933)
An American woman visits a small South American town where she quickly falls for a charming lieutenant.

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una...

Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.

What Price Pants (1931)
The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its illegal shenanigans. Charlie Dale is the greedy owner of a...

Fort Defiance (1951)
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to...

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has...

Undercover Agent (1939)
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Sea Racketeers (1937)
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.

I Live on Danger (1942)
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.

Wildcat (1942)
Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the...

The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles...

Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped.

Aerial Gunner (1943)
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.

A Night for Crime (1943)
A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur...

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.

Alaska Highway (1943)
Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his...

Girls on Probation (1938)
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step...

Dodge City (1939)
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

Kid Nightingale (1939)
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.

High Powered (1945)
Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in which he was injured and another workman was killed.

Carolina Moon (1940)
A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men.

That Brennan Girl (1946)
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a...

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

The Big Country (1958)
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill,...

Linda, Be Good (1947)
A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business.

I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953)
1947 film "Linda, Be Good" with added 3-D scenes with chorus girls.

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939)
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

French Leave (1948)
Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for...

There Goes Kelly (1945)
Musical turned murder mystery set at a radio station.

While the Cat's Away (1936)
Henry and Johnnie need to clean the apartment before the wives get home.

Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's...

Torpedo Alley (1953)
After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for submarine duty. During training he competes with...

Copacabana (1947)
A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his...

Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the...

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a...

East of the River (1940)
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.

They Drive by Night (1940)
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle...

The Heiress (1949)
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who...

Cross-Country Romance (1940)
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Champion (1949)
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

The Glass Menagerie (1950)
An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.

Let's Make It Legal (1951)
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip...

Web of Danger (1947)
Ernie Reardon, the superintendent, and Bill O'Hara, the foreman, of a construction company crew working on a bridge to a remote valley, are...

Lucky Legs (1942)
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the...

Up In Smoke (1957)
The Bowery Boys: In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

My Pal Trigger (1946)
Gabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, the Sovereign gets shot accidentally by...

Four Mothers (1941)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

Down in San Diego (1941)
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at...

Come on Danger (1942)
When a woman turns outlaw, she is suspected of murder.

Beginning of the End (1957)
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation...

Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

The Forty-Niners (1954)
1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers.

Shotgun (1955)
a deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall. Along with a bounty hunter and a half-breed woman they...

The Oregon Trail (1959)
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is...

Blonde Inspiration (1941)
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

Lost in a Harem (1944)
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Obliging Young Lady (1942)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.

Tear Gas Squad (1940)
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

Take It or Leave It (1944)
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

Salt Water Daffy (1933)
In this comedic short, two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.

Footsteps in the Night (1957)
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine...

Appointment with Danger (1950)
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a...

Blondes at Work (1938)
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals...

No Place for a Lady (1943)
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only...

Father's Wild Game (1950)
The fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting for his meat rather than buying it from the store.

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

If I Were King (1938)
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

High Explosive (1943)
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto...

Sea Tiger (1952)
Murder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold ingots secretly hidden on a derelict and abandoned...

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house...

Rhubarb (1951)
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money...

Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny...

The Policy Girl (1934)
An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy.

Torpedo Boat (1942)
Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a lightweight, high-speed torpedo boat (hence the...

Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.

Meet the Stewarts (1942)
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

The Radio Murder Mystery (1933)
This short, introduced and closed by Louis Sobol, features Richard Gordon as ‘Sherlock Holmes of the air.’ Not long after one broadcast...

Let's Live Again (1948)
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.

So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and...

Easter Parade (1948)
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract...

Mister Ed (1961)
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his...

I Love Lucy (1951)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

Perry Mason (1957)
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

General Electric Theater (1953)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

Leave It to Beaver (1957)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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The Gene Autry Show (1950)
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Climax! (1954)
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My Little Margie (1952)
My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and...

Front Page Detective (1951)
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The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
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Gang Busters (1952)
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Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
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Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
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Dennis the Menace (1959)
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
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Dennis the Menace (1959)
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The Restless Gun (1957)
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The Deputy (1959)
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Maverick (1957)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour...

December Bride (1954)
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The Life Of Riley (1953)
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed...

Annie Oakley (1954)
Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to...

Father Knows Best (1954)
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

The Gene Autry Show (1950)
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
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The Pride of the Family (1953)
The Pride of the Family was a half-hour situation comedy starring Paul Hartman, Fay Wray, Natalie Wood, and Robert Hyatt, which aired for forty...

Adventures of Superman (1952)
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single...

The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations...

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
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The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses...

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
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The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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Adventures of Superman (1952)
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single...

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
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The Lone Ranger (1949)
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The...

The Lone Ranger (1949)
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The...

General Electric Theater (1953)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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The Bob Hope Show (1950)
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night...

Four Star Playhouse (1952)
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Climax! (1954)
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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