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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).
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).
Apr 22, 2023 · The last of these actors, Ralph Byrd, was born April 22, 1909, in Dayton, Ohio. By the time he played Tracy for the first time in 1937, he had already been in approximately 20 films (in mostly uncredited roles).
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.
Jun 21, 2018 · Ralph Byrd was most famous for playing the comic strip character Dick Tracy on screen, in serials, movies and television. Republic cast Byrd as Chester Gould's comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in the 1937 serial of the same name.
Ralph Byrd (1909-1952) was an American actor. He had the distinction of being the first actor to portray Dick Tracy on screen, and in more projects for film and television than any other performer. Byrd first played Tracy in the 1937 Republic Serial Dick Tracy.
Jul 17, 2021 · Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette. A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick in early 15 chapter ...
Feb 22, 2020 · Ralph Byrd. April 29th, 1909 — August 18th, 1952. Above: Ralph Byrd in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (RKO, 1947), one of his post-serial feature films.
Dick Tracy (1937) is a 15-chapter Republic movie serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. [2] It was directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor .
