About
Veteran British character player Ralph Truman was a pioneer radio actor and appeared in over 5000 broadcasts during his career. Born in London at the turn of the century, his overall film career was commendable but less enviable than his voice work on the airwaves. Originally from the stage, he had just finished a run of "Josef Suss" in 1930 when he moved directly into films, making his unbilled debut in the early talkie Farewell to Love (1931). Throughout the 1930s he would be found steadily in "B" films including The Bells (1931), That's My Uncle (1935), The Lad (1935), Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935), Under the Red Robe (1937) and Dinner at the Ritz (1937). In the 1940s the distinctively balding, hook-nosed actor found featured work in more important films such as his Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's stellar Shakespearean piece Henry V (1944). A natural for period settings, Truman played...
Known for
Danger ManSeries • 1960
Ben-HurMovie • 1959
The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1971
Churchill's PeopleSeries • 1974
The Main ChanceSeries • 1969
The Man Who Knew Too MuchMovie • 1956
Quo VadisMovie • 1951
Treasure IslandMovie • 1950
Oliver TwistMovie • 1948
El CidMovie • 1961
The Master of BallantraeMovie • 1953
ExodusMovie • 1960
Nicholas and AlexandraMovie • 1971
Henry VMovie • 1944
The Golden CoachMovie • 1952
Beau BrummellMovie • 1954
The Night My Number Came UpMovie • 1955
Fire Over EnglandMovie • 1937
Under Ten FlagsMovie • 1960
The Long ArmMovie • 1956
The DrumMovie • 1938
The Saint in LondonMovie • 1939
Malta StoryMovie • 1953