Ralph Foody

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-11-13 (71 years old)

Deathday

1999-11-21

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois

Ralph Foody

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 o...

Acting

1988

Above the Law

as Federal Clerk

1992

Cold Justice

as Ernie

1988

Betrayed

as Lyle

1991

Curly Sue

as Drifter

1990

Home Alone

as Gangster #1 (Johnny)

1988

Vice Versa

as Doorman

1965

Mickey One

as Police Captain

1989

The Package

as Building Manager

1985

1986

Raw Deal

as Captain

1992

Straight Talk

as Desk Clerk

1989

Music Box

as Pawn Broker

1981

Chicago Story

as Sergeant Hesper

1978

Towing

as Lou

2018

Google Assistant: Home Alone Again

as Gangster (archive footage)

1991

Dillinger

as Dillinger's Father

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