Ron Dean
Acting
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.
Filmography
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One Small Hitch
2013
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011
The Dark Knight
2008
Voices from the Graves
Voices from the Graves
2006
Numb3rs
2005
The Wild Card
2004
Wild Things 2
2004
Lana's Rain
2002
Still Standing
2002
Without a Trace
2002
Raising Dad
2001
Six Feet Under
2001
Special Unit 2
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The West Wing
1999
Family Law
1999
Chicago Cab
1998
Night of the Lawyers
1997
Early Edition
1996
Life's Work
1996
Chain Reaction
1996
House of Angels: The Second Summer
1994
ER
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
The Client
1994
Rudy
1993
Frasier
1993
The Fugitive
1993
Angel Street
1992
Cold Justice
1992
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
Fatal Encounter
1990
Dream Breakers
1989
The Package
1989
Cocktail
1988
Above the Law
1988
Big Shots
1987
Light of Day
1987
The Color of Money
1986
Crime Story
1986
Crime Story: Pilot
1986
Nothing in Common
1986
Pink Nights
1985
Lady Blue
1985
Code of Silence
1985
The Breakfast Club
1985
Vegetable House
1985
The Toughest Man in the World
1984
Teachers
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Naked Face
1984
Heart of Steel
1983
Risky Business
1983
T. J. Hooker
1982
Continental Divide
1981
The Duke
1979
The Last Affair
1976