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Ron Dean (born August 15, 1938) [1] 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 as Det. Marion Zeke Crumb in the fantasy comedy-drama television series Early Edition .
Dean attended DeKalb School of the Arts. [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Last Affair | David | |
| 1981 | Continental Divide | Plesko | |
| 1983 | Risky Business | Detective With Bullhorn | |
| The Big Score | Kowalski | ||
| 1984 | Teachers | Guard | |
| 1985 | Code of Silence | Detective Brennan | |
| The Breakfast Club | Mr. Clark, Andy's Father | ||
| 1986 | Nothing in Common | Ed Bedsole | |
| The Color of Money | Guy In Crowd | ||
| 1987 | Big Shots | Policeman #2 | |
| Light of Day | Mourner | ||
| 1988 | Above the Law | Detective Lukich | |
| Cocktail | Uncle Pat | ||
| 1989 | The Package | Karl Richards | |
| 1992 | The Babe | Umpire Owens | |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Detective Kelly | |
| Rudy | Coach Yonto | ||
| 1994 | The Client | Johnny "Uncle Johnny" Sulari | |
| House of Angels – The Second Summer | Sven Pettersson | ||
| 1995 | Steal Big Steal Little | Nick's Boy | |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Detective At McCann House | |
| Chain Reaction | Sergeant Nick Zingaro | ||
| 1997 | Chicago Cab | Old Snack Trucker | |
| 2002 | Swimming Upstream | Coach Cramer | |
| 2004 | Wild Things 2 | Judge Ruben | Straight-to-video |
| 2006 | The Guardian | Navy Captain | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Detective Wuertz | |
| 2012 | One Small Hitch | Art Burke |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1986 | Lady Blue | Sergeant Gino Gianelli | Main cast |
| 1985 | T. J. Hooker | Detective #2 | 1 episode |
| 1986-1987 | Crime Story | Chief Kramer | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 1988 | Wiseguy | Detective Mulcahy | 1 episode |
| 1990 | DEA | Detective Tom Neally | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Perfect Strangers | Fire Chief Newton | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Angel Street | Detective Branigan | Main cast, 4 episodes (4 unaired) |
| 1993 | Flying Blind | John Doe | 1 episode |
| 1994-1998 | Frasier | Frank | 3 episodes |
| 1994-2004 | NYPD Blue | Joe Brockhurst / Vincent Mackie | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | Tony Falcone | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Shawn Reilly | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Life's Work | Mr. Zafrani | 2 episodes |
| 1996-2000 | Early Edition | Detective Marion "Zeke" Crumb | Recurring role, 16 episodes |
| 1998 | ER | Uncle Joey | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | Baseball Scout | 1 episode |
| 2001 | What About Joan? | Mr. Howard Evans | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | Police Captain | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Raising Dad | Mr. Zafrani | 1 episode |
| 2004 | The West Wing | Tom Broderick | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Willie | 1 episode |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Woody | 1 episode |
| 2004-2006 | Still Standing | "Slim" Callahan | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Peter Watson | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | Karl Holzenchenko | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Troy Cage In 2005 | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Beast | Petransky | 1 episode |
| 2012-2013 | Chicago Fire | James Whoritsky | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Sense8 | "Duke" | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Chicago P.D. | Ray Sharansky | 1 episode |
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