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name: "Ralf Harolde"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralf-harolde"
fi1m_id: "ralf-harolde"
imdb_id: "nm0363753"
tmdb_id: 101886
wikidata_id: "Q15069921"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1899"
died: "1 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:41:05.261737+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ralf Harolde

## Identity

Ralf Harolde

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ralf-harolde
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ralf-harolde
- **IMDb ID:** nm0363753
- **TMDB ID:** 101886
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15069921
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_Harolde, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15069921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101886

Actor. Born 16 May 1899 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 1 November 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1899, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 1 November 1974
- **Also known as:** Ralph Harold Wigger, Ralf Harold, Ralfe Harolde, Ralph Harolde, Rolf Harolde
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_Harolde, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15069921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101886

## Biography

Ralf Harolde, born Ralph Harold Wigger, was an American character actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 17 May 1899 and began his career on the stage with local stock companies there. After serving in the US Marines during the First World War, he continued in theatre before moving into film in the 1920s.

Between 1920 and 1963 he appeared in nearly 100 films, often playing gangsters and other unsavoury characters. His credits include *Night Nurse* (1931), *I'm No Angel* (1933), *Our Relations* (1936), *The Sea Wolf* (1941) and *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), in which he played Dr Sonderborg. He also appeared in *Safe in Hell* (1931) and *Desperate* (1947).

Harolde died in Santa Monica, California, in November 1974.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), Fi1m 82, as Dr. Sonderborg — [page](https://film.one/film/murder-my-sweet.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Best of Laurel and Hardy* (1968), as Gangster's Bos (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *A New Kind of Love* (1963), as French Waiter (uncredited)
- *Miami Undercover* (1961), series, Actor
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond* (1960), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *Killer Shark* (1950), as Slattery
- *Alaska Patrol* (1949), as Steele
- *Behind Locked Doors* (1948), as Fred Hopps
- *Hazard* (1948), as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- *Assigned to Danger* (1948), as Matty Farmer
- *The Crimson Key* (1947), as Gunman
- *Desperate* (1947), as Walt's Doctor (uncredited)
- *Jewels of Brandenburg* (1947), as Koslic
- *Backlash* (1947), as X-Ray Technician
- *The Phantom Speaks* (1945), as Frankie Teal
- *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), as Dr. Sonderborg — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/murder-my-sweet.md)
- *A Lady Takes a Chance* (1943), as Croupier
- *Secret Service In Darkest Africa* (1943), as River Boat Captain
- *Sin Town* (1942), as 'Kentucky'Jones
- *Baby Face Morgan* (1942), as Joe Torelli
- *Broadway* (1942), as Dolph
- *Gang Busters* (1942), as Halliger
- *Sealed Lips* (1942), as Lips Haggarty
- *I Killed That Man* (1941), as Nick Ross
- *The Stork Pays Off* (1941), as 'Stud' Rocco
- *Bad Man of Deadwood* (1941), as Jake Marvel
- *Rags to Riches* (1941), as Slip Conlan
- *Raiders of the Desert* (1941), as Sheik Talifer
- *Horror Island* (1941), as Rod Grady
- *The Sea Wolf* (1941), Actor
- *Ridin' on a Rainbow* (1941), as Blake, Bank Robber
- *Lucky Devils* (1941), as R. W. Ritter
- *The Rookie Cop* (1939), as Joey Anderman, Roadhouse Owner
- *Undercover Agent* (1939), as Bartel
- *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), as Moxie McGrath
- *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), as Lola’s Friend (uncredited)
- *Her Husband Lies* (1937), as Steve Burdick
- *A Man Betrayed* (1936), as Tony Maroc
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Lean, Angry Convict
- *15 Maiden Lane* (1936), as Tony
- *Our Relations* (1936), as Gangster Boss
- *Human Cargo* (1936), as Tony Sculla
- *Song and Dance Man* (1936), as Crosby
- *The Little Red Schoolhouse* (1936), as Pete Scardoni
- *My Marriage* (1936), as Jones
- *If You Could Only Cook* (1935), as Swig
- *Forced Landing* (1935), as Burns
- *Woman Wanted* (1935), as Monk Shelby (uncredited)
- *Silk Hat Kid* (1935), as Lefty Phillips
- *Stolen Harmony* (1935), as Dude Williams (uncredited)
- *Great God Gold* (1935), as Frank Nitto
- *The Perfect Clue* (1935), as Sid Barkley
- *Sweepstake Annie* (1935), as Hobart - Screenwriter (uncredited)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (1934), as Mac
- *She Loves Me Not* (1934), as J. B. Marshall
- *Once to Every Bachelor* (1934), as Schuyler
- *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), as Trigger Stone
- *He Was Her Man* (1934), as Frank 'Red' Deering
- *The Witching Hour* (1934), as Frank Hardmuth
- *Jimmy the Gent* (1934), as Hendrickson
- *I'm No Angel* (1933), as Slick Wiley
- *Night Flight* (1933), as Pilot
- *Picture Snatcher* (1933), as Jerry the Mug
- *Cheating Blondes* (1933), as Lawson Rolt
- *Winner Take All* (1932), as Legs Davis, Diamond Ring Seller
- *Hollywood Speaks* (1932), as Carp
- *The Expert* (1932), as Jim Crowley
- *Safe in Hell* (1931), as Piet van Saal
- *The Secret Witness* (1931), as Lewis Leroy
- *Are These Our Children?* (1931), as Prosecutor
- *The Tip-Off* (1931), as Nick Vatelli
- *Alexander Hamilton* (1931), as James Reynolds
- *Night Nurse* (1931), as Dr. Milton Ranger
- *Creation* (1931), as Ned Hallet
- *Smart Money* (1931), as Sleepy Sam
- *Hook, Line and Sinker* (1930), as John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
- *Check and Double Check* (1930), as Ralph Crawford
- *Dixiana* (1930), as Royal Montague
- *Young Desire* (1930), as Blackie
- *Framed* (1930), as Chuck Gaines
- *Officer O'Brien* (1930), as Mike Patello
- *Babe Comes Home* (1927), as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
- *Headin' Home* (1920), as John Tobin (as Ralph Harolds)

## Gallery

- ![Ralf Harolde (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3859914/gallery-f49705e1a950.jpg) Ralf Harolde (2022) — Kensoup, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Ralf_Harolde_in_Dixiana_%281930%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ralf Harolde](https://film.one/media/person/3859914/gallery-6adf236c08de.jpg) Ralf Harolde — Playgoers Pictures / Associated Exhibitors, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Sunshine_Harbor_%281922%29_-_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ralf Harolde](https://film.one/media/person/3859914/gallery-8d67dcf63350.jpg) Ralf Harolde — Image via TMDB

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