Ron Dean

Acting

Ron Dean

Born 1938-08-15 Chicago, Illinois, USA 37 films

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.

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Filmography

37 films
The Wild Card poster

A Los Angeles trophy wife and her beautiful step daughter are kidnapped in Las Vegas by four gangst…

The Wild Card

★ 4.3 2004

Wild Things 2 poster

Two Florida high school vixens hatch a murderous plan to win an inheritance, but they hadn't bargai…

Wild Things 2

★ 5.2 2004

Lana's Rain poster

This powerful, hard-edged crime drama explores the dark side of the American immigrant experience a…

Lana's Rain

★ 7.3 2002

Chicago Cab poster

A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad pa…

Chicago Cab

★ 5.9 1998

Chain Reaction poster

At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasal…

Chain Reaction

★ 5.8 1996

The Client poster

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, wh…

The Client

★ 6.7 1994