Ron Dean (born August 15, 1938) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in films including ''
Rudy'', ''
Risky Business
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'', ''
The Breakfast Club
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'', ''
Cocktail
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'', ''
The Babe'', ''
The Fugitive'', ''
The Client'', and ''
The Dark Knight
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''. He is known for often playing detectives and other law-enforcement characters, most notably as Det. Marion Zeke Crumb in the
fantasy
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comedy-drama television series ''
Early Edition
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''.
Dean attended
DeKalb School of the Arts.
You Want A Chicago Actor? Meet Ron Dean.
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American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
1938 births
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