---
name: "Ralph Truman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralph-truman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 May 1900"
died: "15 October 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T05:28:27.641734+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."
---

# Ralph Truman

Actor. Born 7 May 1900 in London, England, UK. Died 15 October 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 May 1900, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 October 1977
- **Active:** 1944–1971
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 82 (1), 1950s 70 (2), 1970s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 3, War 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $21m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Truman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874298/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89064

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Henry V*](https://film.one/film/henry-v-1944.md) (82), [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (65)

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## Biography

Ralph Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor. Born in London, he studied at the Royal College of Music and began performing on radio in 1925, appearing in an estimated 5,000 broadcasts. He also worked on the stage before moving into film in the early 1930s.

Truman was frequently cast as villains or authority figures and appeared in numerous period films and epics. His credits include Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's *Henry V* (1944), Monks in *Oliver Twist* (1948), George Merry in *Treasure Island* (1950), Tigellinus in *Quo Vadis* (1951), Buchanan in *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), and roles in *El Cid* (1961), *Exodus* (1960), and *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971). He was married to radio actress Ellis Powell from 1928 until her death in 1963.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Fi1m 58, as Rodzianko — [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, as Tigellinus — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Henry V* (1944), Fi1m 82, as Mountjoy - The French Herald — [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v-1944.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, as Aide to Tiberius (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Earl of Surrey
- *Lady Caroline Lamb* (1972), as Admiral
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), as Rodzianko — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Foreign Secretary
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Reginald Crowther
- *El Cid* (1961), as King Ferdinand
- *Exodus* (1960), as Colonel
- *Under Ten Flags* (1960), as Admiral Bensen
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Minister
- *Ben-Hur* (1959), as Aide to Tiberius (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)
- *Web of Evidence* (1959), as Sir Matthew Sprott
- *The Spaniard's Curse* (1958), as Sir Robert Wyvern
- *The Good Companions* (1957), as George Memsford
- *Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst* (1957), as Vice Admiral
- *The Long Arm* (1956), as Colonel Blenkinsop
- *Wicked as They Come* (1956), as John Dowling
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), as Buchanan
- *The Black Tent* (1956), as Major Cross
- *Tons of Trouble* (1956), as Inspector Bridger
- *The Ship That Died of Shame* (1955), as Sir Richard
- *The Night My Number Came Up* (1955), as Wainwright
- *Beau Brummell* (1954), as Sir Ralph Sidley
- *The Master of Ballantrae* (1953), as Clarendon
- *Malta Story* (1953), as Vice Adm Willie Banks
- *The Golden Coach* (1952), as Duc de Castro
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Tigellinus — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Treasure Island* (1950), as George Merry
- *The Reluctant Widow* (1950), as Scowler
- *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Captain
- *The Interrupted Journey* (1949), as Inspector Waterson
- *Eureka Stockade* (1949), as Gov. Hotham
- *Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill* (1948), as Comber
- *Oliver Twist* (1948), as Monks
- *Mrs. Fitzherbert* (1947), as Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- *The Adventures of Dusty Bates* (1947), as Merryvale
- *The Man Within* (1947), as Prison Interrogator
- *The Laughing Lady* (1946), as Lord Mandeville
- *Papworth Village Settlement* (1946), as Narrator (voice)
- *Beware of Pity* (1946), as Maj. Sandor Balinkay
- *Lisbon Story* (1946), as Police Commissionaire
- *Read All About It* (1945), as Robertson
- *Henry V* (1944), as Mountjoy - The French Herald — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v-1944.md)
- *The Butler's Dilemma* (1943), as Bishop
- *Sabotage at Sea* (1942), as Horace Chandler
- *The Seventh Survivor* (1942), as Captain
- *The Saint in London* (1939), as Kussella
- *Black Eyes* (1939), as Diner
- *The Outsider* (1939), as Sir Nathan Israel
- *Life of St. Paul* (1938), as Orderly
- *The Challenge* (1938), as Giordano
- *South Riding* (1938), as Nursing Home Doctor
- *The Drum* (1938), as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
- *Dinner at the Ritz* (1937), as Auctioneer
- *Change for a Sovereign* (1937), as Archduke Paul
- *Secret Lives* (1937), as Prison Guard
- *Fire Over England* (1937), as Spanish Inquisition Representative (uncredited)
- *Dusty Ermine* (1936), as Second Thug (uncredited)
- *The Crimson Circle* (1936), as Lawrence Fuller
- *The Marriage of Corbal* (1936), as Charles
- *Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk* (1935), as Sam Cohen
- *Captain Bill* (1935), as Red
- *The Silent Passenger* (1935), as Saunders
- *The Case of Gabriel Perry* (1935), as Inspector White
- *Three Witnesses* (1935), as Bellman
- *The Perfect Flaw* (1934), as Richard Drexel
- *The Shadow* (1933), as Chief Inspector Elliot
- *Partners Please* (1932), as CID Man
- *The Bells* (1931), as Blacksmith

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