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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Biography
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Ralph Bellamy papers
    Creator: Bellamy, Ralph
    Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0224
    Physical Description: 1.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1926-1982
    Date (bulk): 1980-1982
    Abstract: Ralph Bellamy has acted on stage, film, and motion pictures. The collection consists primarily of materials related his role in the television mini series Winds of War, including scripts as well as production and press material.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift.

    Organization and Arrangement

    The files are arranged alphabetically by file titles which reflect the contents of the folders.

    Biography

    Born in Chicago, Illinois on June 17, 1904, Ralph Bellamy began acting in high school. Upon graduation, he embarked on a theatre apprenticeship, touring the country and playing over 400 different roles over the course of nine years. Bellamy later moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in motion pictures, starring in over 83 films including Spitfire, The Wedding Night, His Girl Friday and Boy Meets Girl from 1930-1942. In the early 1940's Bellamy became disenchanted with Hollywood and, though successful, left to pursue other acting interests. Though Bellamy would continue to act in the occassional film, such as Rosemary's Baby amd Coming to America, the majority of his career from 1942 until his death was in television and stage productions. Arguably his most famous role, Bellamy portrayed President Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the stage and screen productions of Sunrise at Campobello in 1958 and 1960 respectively. Bellamy also portrayed President Roosevelt in the 1982 television miniseries The Winds of War. Throughout his career, Bellamy garnered multiple awards for his performances including a Tony Award for Sunrise at Campobello, a best actor award from the Academy of Radio and Television Arts and Sciences for Man Against Crime in 1950, four Emmy Award nominations and an honorary Academy Award in 1987 for his contributions to the industry. In addition to his acting career, Bellamy also participated in the Screen Actors Guild, as a founder and board member, and Actor's Equity, as president. A dedicated performer, he continued to work until the year before his death, acting in the film Pretty Woman in 1990. Ralph Bellamy died in Los Angeles, CA of lung disease on November 29, 1991.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9944361783606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ralph Bellamy Papers (Collection PASC 224). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    Scope and Content

    The collection consists primarily of material related to Ralph Bellamy's role in the television mini-series Winds of War. Including in the collection are scripts and ephemera from the Winds of War television production,as well as small amount of articles and ephemera related to Bellamy's career.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- Archives.
    Television scripts.
    Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991--Archives.