Ralph Truman
Acting
Biography
Ralph Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was a British actor.
Born: May 7, 1900
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Ben-Hur
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Oliver Twist
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
The Golden Coach
A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru.
Quo Vadis
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
The Ship That Died of Shame
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
Filmography
as Earl of Surrey
as Admiral
as Rodzianko
as Foreign Secretary
as Reginald Crowther
as King Ferdinand
as Colonel
as Admiral Bensen
as Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)
as Sir Matthew Sprott
as Sir Robert Wyvern
as George Memsford
as Vice Admiral
as Colonel Blenkinsop
as John Dowling
as Buchanan
as Major Cross
as Inspector Bridger
as Sir Richard
as Wainwright
as Sir Ralph Sidley
as Clarendon
as Vice Adm Willie Banks
as Duc de Castro
as Tigellinus
as George Merry
as Captain
as Inspector Waterson
as Gov. Hotham
as Comber
as Monks
as Richard Brinsley Sheridan
as Merryvale
as Prison Interrogator
as Lord Mandeville
as Maj. Sandor Balinkay
as Police Commissionaire
as Mountjoy - The French Herald
as Bishop
as Horace Chandler
as Kussella
as Diner
as Sir Nathan Israel
as Orderly
as Giordano
as Nursing Home Doctor
as Auctioneer
as Prison Guard
as Lawrence Fuller
as Sam Cohen
as Saunders
as Chief Inspector Elliot
as Blacksmith