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Ron Dean (born 1939) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in such movies as Risky Business, The Breakfast Club, Cocktail, The Babe, The Fugitive, The Client, and The Dark Knight. He is known for often playing detectives and other law-enforcement characters.

Filmography

Films

• The Last Affair (1976)
• Continental Divide (1981) as Plesko
• Risky Business (1983) as Detective with Bullhorn
• The Big Score (1983) as Kowalski
• Teachers (1984) as Guard
• Vegetable House (1985)
• Code of Silence (1985) as Detective Brennan
• The Breakfast Club (1985) as Andy's Father
• Pink Nights (1985) as Pop
• Nothing in Common (1986) as Ed Bedsole
• The Color of Money (1986) as Guy in Crowd
• Light of Day (1987) as Mourner
• Big Shots (1987) as Policeman #2
• Above the Law (1988) as Detective Lukich
• Cocktail (1988) as Uncle Pat
• The Package (1989) as Karl Richards
• Elvis Stories (1989) as Lester
• Cold Justice (1989) as Stan Lubinski
• Shaking the Tree (1990) as Duke's Father
• The Babe (1992) as Umpire Owens
• The Fugitive (1993) as Detective Kelly
• Rudy (1993) as Coach Yonto
• The Client (1994) as Johnny Sulari
• Änglagård - andra sommaren (1994) as Sven Pettersson
• Steal Big Steal Little (1995) as Nick's Boy
• Eye for an Eye (1996) as Detective at McCann House
• Chain Reaction (1996) as Sergeant Nick Zingaro
• Chicago Cab (1997) as Old Snack Trucker
• Night of the Lawyers (1997) as Gus
• 35 Miles from Normal (1997) as Dick
• Sailorman (2000) as Willie the Hot Dog Vendor
• Joey Petrone: TV Cop (2001) as Sam G
• Lana's Rain (2002) as Lou
• Swimming Upstream (2002) as Coach Cramer
• The Guardian (2006) as Navy Captain
• Voices from the Graves (2006) as Captain Larsen
• The Dark Knight (2008) as Detective Michael Wuertz
• Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice (2011) as Vladimir
• The Voices from Beyond (2012) as Captain
• One Small Hitch (2013) as Art Burke

TV films

• Heart of Steel (1983) as Lathrop
• The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984)
• The Toughest Man in the World (1984) as Ernie
• Lady Blue (1985) as Sgt. Gino Gianelli
• The Birthday Boy (1986)
• Crime Story (1986) as Chief Kramer
• Dream Breakers (1989) as Sullivan
• Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990) as Sgt. Hill
• Legacy of Lies (1992)
• Angel Street (1992) as Det. Kenny Branigan

Straight-to-video

• Time to Pay (1999)
• Wild Things 2 (2004)
• The Wild Card (2004)
• Raging Goodfellow (2008)

Television

• The Duke (1 episode, 1979)
• Lady Blue (1985) as Sgt. Gino Gianelli
• T.J. Hooker (1 episode, 1985) as Detective #2
• Crime Story (9 episodes, 1986–1987) as Chief Kramer
• Wiseguy (1 episode, 1988) as Detective Mulcahy
• DEA (1 episode, 1990) as Detective Tom Neally
• Perfect Strangers (1 episode, 1991) as Fire Chief Newton
• Angel Street (1992) as Detective Kenny Branigan
• Flying Blind (1 episode, 1993) as John Doe
• Missing Persons (1 episode, 1993)
• Frasier (3 episodes, 1994–1998) as Frank
• NYPD Blue (5 episodes, 1994–2004) as Joe Brockhurst / Vincent Mackie
• Pig Sty (1 episode, 1995) as Tony 'Red Sauce' Falcone
• Murder, She Wrote (1 episode, 1995) as Lt. Shawn Riley
• Life's Work (2 episodes, 1996) as Mr. Zafrani
• Early Edition (16 episodes, 1996–2000) as Det. Marion Zeke Crumb
• ER (1 episode, 1998)
• Chicago Hope (1 episode, 1999) as Baseball Scout
• Family Law (1 episode, 2001)
• What About Joan (1 episode, 2001) as Mr. Howard Evans
• Special Unit 2 (2 episodes, 2001) as Police Captain
• Raising Dad (1 episode, 2002) as Mr. Zafrani
• Karen Sisco (1 episode, 2003)
• The Handler (1 episode, 2004)
• The West Wing (1 episode, 2004) as Tom Broderick
• Without a Trace (1 episode, 2004) as Willie
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode, 2004) as Woody
• Numb3rs (1 episode, 2005) as Peter Watson
• Six Feet Under (1 episode, 2005) as Karl Holzenchenko
• Cold Case (1 episode, 2005) as Troy Cage - 2005
• Still Standing (2 episodes, 2004–2006) as Slim Callahan
• The Beast (1 episode, 2009) as Petransky

External links

• Ron Dean at IMDb

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