Ralph Foody
Actor
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 of Silence, as well as the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers. He was also known for his incredible wit and was often referred to as "The Witster" on set.
Foody died of cancer in 1999 at age 71.
Filmography
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Gangster 1992
The Blues Brothers
as Police Dispatcher 1980
Raw Deal
as Captain 1986
Above the Law
as Federal Clerk 1988
Curly Sue
as Drifter 1991
The Package
as Building Manager 1989
Code of Silence
as Cragie 1985
Vice Versa
as Doorman 1988
Music Box
as Pawn Broker 1989
Betrayed
as Lyle 1988
Straight Talk
as Desk Clerk 1992
Mickey One
as Police Captain 1965
Dillinger
as Dillinger's Father 1991
Towing
as Lou 1978
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1984
Chicago Story
as Sergeant Hesper 1981