Ralph Foody
Birthday: 1928-11-13
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Biography: 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.
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Above the Law
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthod...
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Cold Justice
When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he ne...
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Betrayed
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who live...
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Curly Sue
Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his par...
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Home Alone
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves...
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel ...
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Vice Versa
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa....
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The Package
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Bo...
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Code of Silence
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants...
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Raw Deal
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sher...
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Straight Talk
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Acc...
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Music Box
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects....
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The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist....
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Chicago Story
A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-yea...
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Towing
An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar ma...
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Dillinger
Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI af...
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The Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
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