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Ralph Byrd (April 22, 1909 – August 18, 1952) was an American actor. He was most famous for playing the comic strip character Dick Tracy on screen, in serials, films and television.
Ralph Byrd. Actor: SOS Coast Guard. Handsome, hairy-chested Ralph Byrd had an 18 year career in Hollywood both as a leading man and as a character actor, though he is best remembered for his role as Chester Gould's comic strip detective, Dick Tracy, in several movie serials and on television (first for ABC and then in a syndicated series).
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Ralph Byrd. Actor: SOS Coast Guard. Handsome, hairy-chested Ralph Byrd had an 18 year career in Hollywood both as a leading man and as a character actor, though he is best remembered for his role as Chester Gould's comic strip detective, Dick Tracy, in several movie serials and on television (first for ABC and then in a syndicated series).
- April 22, 1909
- August 18, 1952
Apr 22, 2023 · The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West was a 1947 serial in 15 parts from Columbia Pictures, with Byrd as Greg Sanders and as the title character. In 1950, he returned to playing Tracy in an ABC television series, but the filming of the program was hard work and the long hours were strenuous.
Dick Tracy: With Ralph Byrd, Joe Devlin, William Woodson, Dick Elliott. Intrepid detective Dick Tracy tangles with a bizarre rogue's gallery of villains. But as always our stoic officer of the law, virtuous to a fault, proves himself up to the task of putting the criminals behind bars.
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- 1950-09-11
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Feb 22, 2020 · Above: Ralph Byrd, trapped in the hold of a submerged ship, helps leading lady Maxine Doyle out of the water as Richard Alexander sneaks up behind them in SOS Coast Guard (Republic, 1937). Byrd was now established as a star–albeit at Republic, a studio best-known for serials and B-films.
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Ralph Byrd (April 22, 1909 – August 18, 1952) was an American actor. He was most famous for playing the comic strip character Dick Tracy on screen, in serials, films and television.