
Acting
Ron Dean
Born 1938-08-15· Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ron Dean (August 15, 1938 — October 5, 2025) was 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 was known for often playing detectives and other law-enforcement characters, most notably Det. Marion Zeke Crumb in the television show Early Edition.
Known for
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The Dark Knight
2008
ACTION
Frasier
1993
COMEDY
The West Wing
1999
DRAMA
ER
1994
DRAMA
Murder, She Wrote
1984
MYSTERY
Without a Trace
2002
CRIME
Chicago Hope
1994
SOAP
Numb3rs
2005
CRIME
Six Feet Under
2001
DRAMA
T. J. Hooker
1982
DRAMA
Early Edition
1996
SCI-FI
Still Standing
2002
COMEDY
Crime Story
1986
CRIME
The Fugitive
1993
ACTION
The Breakfast Club
1985
COMEDY
Special Unit 2
2001
SCI-FI
The Color of Money
1986
DRAMA
Above the Law
1988
ACTION
The Client
1994
DRAMA
Cocktail
1988
ROMANCE
Risky Business
1983
ROMANCE
Rudy
1993
DRAMA
Chain Reaction
1996
THRILLER
Code of Silence
1985
ACTION
Nothing in Common
1986
DRAMA
The Package
1989
THRILLER