
Ralph Sanford
Actor · Died June 20, 1963, aged 64 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ralph Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently appeared in Westerns and often portrayed "tough guys". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 20, 1899
- June 20, 1963 (aged 64)
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Actor
- 70 on MovieCove · 154 credits in all
What are Ralph Sanford's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 9 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 6 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 10 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1
Casual 10 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ralph Sanford's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (25).
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) · actor · free
- The Big Country (1958) · actor · free
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor · free
- Dodge City (1939) · actor · free
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) · actor · free
- Adventures of Superman (1952) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor · free
- Sioux City Sue (1946) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) · actor · free
- Leave It to Beaver (1957) · actor
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor
- Sioux City Sue (1946) · actor
- Gaucho Serenade (1940) · actor
- Dennis the Menace (1959) · actor
- The Gene Autry Show (1950) · actor
- +5 more
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) · actor · free
- The Big Country (1958) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- I Love Lucy (1951) · actor · free
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) · actor · free
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor · free
- Sioux City Sue (1946) · actor · free
- Annie Oakley (1954) · actor · free
- Dennis the Menace (1959) · actor · free
- +4 more
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) · actor · free
- The Red Skelton Hour (1951) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- Leave It to Beaver (1957) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Father Knows Best (1954) · actor · free
- Sioux City Sue (1946) · actor · free
- Gaucho Serenade (1940) · actor · free
- Annie Oakley (1954) · actor · free
- Dennis the Menace (1959) · actor · free
- Mr. & Mrs. North (1952) · actor · free
- The Gene Autry Show (1950) · actor · free
- +4 more
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 7 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Shout! TV, show their 6 titles on Shout! TV
- Cineverse, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their 3 titles on Dove Channel
- IndieFlix, show their 3 titles on IndieFlix
- Best TV Ever, show their 2 titles on Best TV Ever
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
Subscription and free streaming for Ralph Sanford's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
154 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Mister Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dennis the Menace(1959)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Deputy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Big Country(1958)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Up In Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Leave It to Beaver(1957)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Restless Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Beginning of the End(1957)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Footsteps in the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Friendly Persuasion(1956)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Hey, Jeannie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Crossroads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Seven Year Itch(1955)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Shotgun(1955)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Cattle Queen of Montana(1954)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Father Knows Best(1954)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Forty-Niners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

River of No Return(1954)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Annie Oakley(1954)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Torpedo Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Pride of the Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

I Was a Burlesque Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Count the Hours!(1953)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Life Of Riley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Springfield Rifle(1952)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Mr. & Mrs. North(1952)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
The Ford Television Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Four Star Playhouse(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Adventures of Superman(1952)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Sea Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Turning Point(1952)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
My Little Margie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Rancho Notorious(1952)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all filmsGang Busters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Let's Make It Legal(1951)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
I Love Lucy(1951)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Fort Defiance(1951)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Red Skelton Hour(1951)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Rhubarb(1951)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Front Page Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Kentucky Jubilee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Danger Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Missing Women(1951)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Rogue River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Rhythm Inn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Father's Wild Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Union Station(1950)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all filmsLux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Glass Menagerie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
So You Want to Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Gene Autry Show(1950)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Hi-Jacked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Damned Don't Cry(1950)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
So You Think You're Not Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Appointment with Danger(1950)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all filmsSo You Want to Be an Actor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Heiress(1949)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Lone Ranger(1949)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Champion(1949)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Easter Parade(1948)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Shaggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

French Leave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Let's Live Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Linda, Be Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Web of Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
So You Want to Be in Pictures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Copacabana(1947)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
It's a Joke, Son!(1947)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
That Brennan Girl(1946)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Sioux City Sue(1946)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Never Say Goodbye(1946)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
My Pal Trigger(1946)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Two Sisters from Boston(1946)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
They Made Me a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Girl on the Spot(1946)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

High Powered(1945)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
There Goes Kelly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Lost in a Harem(1944)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Maisie Goes to Reno(1944)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Wilson(1944)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Take It or Leave It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Minesweeper(1943)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Submarine Alert(1943)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Alaska Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

High Explosive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Aerial Gunner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

A Night for Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

No Place for a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Lucky Legs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Wildcat(1942)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
I Live on Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Come on Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Meet the Stewarts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Obliging Young Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Torpedo Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

No Hands on the Clock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Who's a Dummy? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Down in San Diego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Melody for Three(1941)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Men of the Timberland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Blondie Goes Latin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Blonde Inspiration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Four Mothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

East of the River(1940)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Dance, Girl, Dance(1940)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
They Drive by Night(1940)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Carolina Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Cross-Country Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Gaucho Serenade(1940)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Tear Gas Squad(1940)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Kid Nightingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Smashing the Money Ring(1939)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Quiet, Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Undercover Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Dodge City(1939)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Girls on Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

If I Were King(1938)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Give Me a Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Blondes at Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

The Patient in Room 18 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Sea Racketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

While the Cat's Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

The Policy Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Kissing Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

In the Dough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

Salt Water Daffy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

The Radio Murder Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

Nearly Naked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

What Price Pants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Grounds for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Career shape
Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 154 titles from 1930 to 1961.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Ralph Sanford's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 54; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th26
- 25th to 49th17
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
40 of their 70 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Crowd Pleaser40
- Broadly Agreed13
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ralph Sanford work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ralph Sanford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frank McDonald shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Frank McDonaldShared titles: My Pal Trigger (1946), Sioux City Sue (1946), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 4 shared titles with Frank McDonald

- William BerkeShared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943)See all 2 shared titles with William Berke
Writers
- Maxwell ShaneShared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 4 shared titles with Maxwell Shane
- John K. ButlerShared titles: Missing Women (1951), My Pal Trigger (1946)See all 2 shared titles with John K. Butler
Actors
- Richard ArlenShared titles: Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Arlen

- Dick ElliottShared titles: Fort Defiance (1951), Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)See all 2 shared titles with Dick Elliott

- William ForrestShared titles: Missing Women (1951), Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)See all 2 shared titles with William Forrest

- Marilyn MaxwellShared titles: Champion (1949), Lost in a Harem (1944)See all 2 shared titles with Marilyn Maxwell

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Fred Jackman Jr.Shared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 4 shared titles with Fred Jackman Jr.
- William H. ZieglerShared titles: Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 3 shared titles with William H. Ziegler
- R. Dale ButtsShared titles: My Pal Trigger (1946), Sioux City Sue (1946)See all 2 shared titles with R. Dale Butts
- Howard A. SmithShared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Howard A. Smith
Producers
- William C. ThomasShared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 4 shared titles with William C. Thomas

- William H. PineShared titles: High Powered (1945), Minesweeper (1943), Submarine Alert (1943), Wildcat (1942)See all 4 shared titles with William H. Pine

- Armand SchaeferShared titles: My Pal Trigger (1946), Sioux City Sue (1946)See all 2 shared titles with Armand Schaefer




