Biographies: Ralph Dumke - Actor

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Ralph Dumke was born in South Bend, Indiana, USA on July 25, 1899, and died in Sherman Oaks, California, USA on January 4, 1964, of heart disease. His most important works include The Fireball (1950), Mystery Street (1950), and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He had an active career from the early 1920s until his death in 1964, and was best known as a member of a comedy duo with Ed East at Chicago's Vaudeville Theater (1922-1932), then starred in a popular radio show on NBC Radio (1930-1937), then worked as a musician with the Charlie Orchestra. In the forties, he worked in Broadway musicals, and from 1949 until 1964 he worked in American television and cinema. Ralph Dumke graduated from the University of Notre Dame and was a college football player. He began his film career with a number of short films, the first of which was Sea Sore (1934), while his first feature film was All the King's Men (1949). His most prominent television work was The Mickey Mouse Club (1958), and his last work was the television series The Andy Griffith Show (1961).

• 2 September 2021
• Dalia Saad