Ralph Foody
Ralph Wesley Foody was an American character actor.
He has several screen credits from the 1980s, but is probably best known for his bit part in the 1990 film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel as a stereotypical 1930s mobster "Johnny" in two black-and-white gangster films-within-the-films Angels with Filthy Souls and its sequel Angels with Even Filthier Souls (both are a parody of the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces by Warner Bros.), along with his famous catchphrases 'Keep the change ya filthy animal/Merry Christmas ya filthy animal and a Happy New Year'.
Foody also played "Det. Cragie", the alcoholic and the negligent Chicago cop in Code of Silence, as well as the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers. He was also known for his incredible wit and was often referred to as "The Witster" on set.
Foody died of cancer in 1999 at age 71.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.572 |
Birthday | 1928-11-13 |
Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois |
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1990
Home Alone
7.435/10965
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. Bu...
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Home Alone
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
6.744/9359
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1988
Vice Versa
5.8/190
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
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Vice Versa
1991
Curly Sue
6.4/515
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but a...
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Curly Sue
1989
The Package
6.1/208
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gal...
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The Package
1985
Code of Silence
5.905/199
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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Code of Silence
1986
Raw Deal
5.8/761
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief H...
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Raw Deal
1992
Straight Talk
6/69
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in...
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Straight Talk
1989
Music Box
7.111/144
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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Music Box
1984
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
4/1
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.
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The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1981
Chicago Story
6/1
A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angl...
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Chicago Story
1988
Above the Law
6.072/674
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his jo...
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Above the Law
1992
Cold Justice
0/0
When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he...
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Cold Justice
1988
Betrayed
6/120
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
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