Ron Dean

This article is about the actor. For the Australian footballer for Collingwood, see Ron Dean (footballer, born 1916). For the Australian footballer for Richmond, see Ron Dean (footballer, born 1943).

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]

Select filmography

Film

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

Television

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