Ron Dean

Ron Dean

1938-08-15 Chicago, Illinois, USA 37 Credits

Biography

Ron Dean (born August 15, 1938) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in films including Rudy, 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, most notably Det. Marion Zeke Crumb in the television show Early Edition.

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One Small Hitch

One Small Hitch

2013

as Art Burke

6.7
Acting

On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying ...

Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice

Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice

2011

as Vladimir Kosokov

1.0
Acting

When Sam Steele Junior gets a term paper assignment on a visit by the Soviet Premier to the Midwest in the late 1950s he's less than enthused. But whe...

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

2008

as Wuertz

8.5
Acting

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the rema...

Voices from the Graves

2006

as Captain Larsen

Acting

A police detective is investigated when he claims to see ghosts.

The Wild Card

The Wild Card

2004

as Brooks

3.7
Acting
Wild Things 2

Wild Things 2

2004

as Judge Ruben

5.1
Acting

Two Florida high school vixens hatch a murderous plan to win an inheritance, but they hadn't bargained for an escalating whirlpool of blackmail and se...

Lana's Rain

Lana's Rain

2002

as Lou

6.0
Acting

This powerful, hard-edged crime drama explores the dark side of the American immigrant experience and dares to ask, "How far would you go to survive?"...

Chicago Cab

Chicago Cab

1998

as Old Snack Trucker

5.5
Acting

A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of...

Night of the Lawyers

Night of the Lawyers

1997

as Gus

10.0
Acting

They are armed. They are dangerous. They are lawyers. A hard working emergency room doctor is being harassed by a firm on nasty lawyers. An encounter ...

Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

1996

as Sergeant Nick Zingaro

5.8
Acting

At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of ...

House of Angels: The Second Summer

House of Angels: The Second Summer

1994

as Sven Petterson

4.2
Acting

Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father, but ...

The Client

The Client

1994

as Johnny Sulari

6.7
Acting

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a ...

Rudy

Rudy

1993

as Coach Yonto

7.4
Acting

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of p...

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1993

as Detective Kelly

7.5
Acting

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear...

Cold Justice

Cold Justice

1992

as Stan Lubinski

Acting

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...

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

1990

as Sgt. Hill

Acting

After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.

Dream Breakers

Dream Breakers

1989

as Sullivan

Acting

A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder wi...

The Package

The Package

1989

as Karl Richards

6.1
Acting

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gal...

Cocktail

Cocktail

1988

as Uncle Pat

6.1
Acting

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine ar...

Above the Law

Above the Law

1988

as Detective Lukich

6.1
Acting

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his jo...

Big Shots

Big Shots

1987

as Policeman #2

6.3
Acting

Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a you...

Light of Day

Light of Day

1987

as Mourner

5.5
Acting

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

The Color of Money

The Color of Money

1986

as Guy in Crowd

6.9
Acting

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and propo...

Crime Story: Pilot

Crime Story: Pilot

1986

as Chief Kramer

8.3
Acting

One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986

as Ed Bedsole

5.8
Acting

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Pink Nights

Pink Nights

1985

as Pop

6.0
Acting

Danny is shy and always astonished how his friend Jeff can just walk up to a total stranger and say "Hi!". Even more astonishing that Danny meets thre...

Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985

as Det. Brennan

5.9
Acting

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.

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985

as Andy's Father

7.7
Acting

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel ...

Vegetable House

Vegetable House

1985

Acting

Vegetable House is no garden variety comedy. When actor/writers Joe Doyle, Ron Dean (Code of Silence), and Aaron Freeman (America's Political Satirist...

Vegetable House

Vegetable House

1985

Writer

Writing

Vegetable House is no garden variety comedy. When actor/writers Joe Doyle, Ron Dean (Code of Silence), and Aaron Freeman (America's Political Satirist...

The Toughest Man in the World

The Toughest Man in the World

1984

as Ernie

5.0
Acting

Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with...

Teachers

Teachers

1984

as Guard

5.6
Acting

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still canno...

The Naked Face

The Naked Face

1984

as Cortini's Driver (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. Afte...

Heart of Steel

Heart of Steel

1983

as Lathrop

6.0
Acting

A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him i...

Risky Business

Risky Business

1983

as Detective with Bullhorn

6.6
Acting

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home ...

Continental Divide

Continental Divide

1981

as Plesko

6.1
Acting

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

The Last Affair

The Last Affair

1976

as David Hart

Acting

The wife of a sterile man steps outside the marriage with a gigolo in order to conceive.