Ralph Dumke
American actor (1899-1964) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 64
Ralph Ernest Dumke was an American comedian and actor who had an active career from the early 1920s up until his death in 1964.
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All in a Night's WorkFilm, Baker1960
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries, Greendale Mayor Purdy
Elmer GantryFilm, 1960Salesman in Saloon (uncredited)
Wake Me When It's OverFilm, 1960Senator Gillespie (uncredited)1959
Dennis the MenaceSeries, Mr. Burnley1958
Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries, Tooley1957
AnnetteSeries, Mr. Abernathy
Loving YouFilm, 1957Jim Tallman1956
The Gale Storm ShowSeries, Clem Thompson
Forever, DarlingFilm, 1956Henry Opdyke1955
Artists and ModelsFilm, Mr. Trimm (uncredited)1954
December BrideSeries, Dr. Nelson
Alaska SeasFilm, 1954Dad Jackson1953
The Life Of RileySeries, Coach Donovan
Count the Hours!Film, 1953
The War of the WorldsFilm, 1953Buck Monahan (uncredited)1952
The Ford Television TheatreSeries, Mayor Holcomb
Boots MaloneFilm, 1952Beckett1951
I Love LucySeries, Husband (uncredited)
The Law and the LadyFilm, 1951James Horace Caighn1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Kibbe
Mystery StreetFilm, 1950Jim Black the Tattooist
The Breaking PointFilm, 1950Hannagan1949
All the King's MenFilm, Tiny Duffy1899Born25 July 1899Known for
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
Elmer Gantry 1960
The Desperate Hours 1955
It Should Happen to You 1954
The Breaking Point 1950
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Don Siegel Directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957)- Robert Parrish Directed The Mob and The San Francisco Story
King Donovan Also in All the King's Men (1950)
Whit Bissell Also in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957)
John Doucette Also in The Breaking Point and Carbine Williams- Phil Karlson Directed They Rode West (1954)
Jerry Hopper Directed Hurricane Smith (1952)
William Bowers Wrote The Mob and The San Francisco Story
John McIntire Also in The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Dabbs Greer Also in She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Sherry Jackson Also in The Breaking Point and When I Grow Up
Dayton Lummis Also in The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Ernest Borgnine Also in The Mob and Violent Saturday
Robert Mitchum Also in Where Danger Lives (1950)
Richard Fleischer Directed Violent Saturday (1955)
John Ireland Also in Hurricane Smith and All the King's Men
Natalie Schafer Also in The Law and the Lady (1951)
William Campbell Also in The Breaking Point (1950)- Frank de Kova Also in The Mob and They Rode West
Carmen Dragon Wrote Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957)
Roy Engel Also in The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Sol C. Siegel Produced The President's Lady (1953)
Burt Mustin Also in She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Edmon Ryan Also in Mystery Street and The Breaking Point
Also in Français
Filmography 40
68 credits on file
Television 20
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
He rose to fame as part of a comedy duo with Ed East, performing nationally in vaudeville on the B. F. Keith Circuit from 1922 to 1932 and then headlining the nationally popular daily afternoon radio program "Sisters of the Skillet" on NBC Radio. In the 1940s Dumke worked as a character actor in Broadway musicals, and from 1949 to 1964 he worked in American film and television.
