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Ralph Manza

Highest Rated: 86% The Enemy Below (1957)

Lowest Rated: 50% The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Birthday: Dec 1, 1921

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

Ralph Manza is a well-known film and television character actor with over 125 screen credits. Manza made his television debut in 1954 with a small role in "The New Adventures of China Smith," and soon found steady work on such films as "The Enemy Below" and "The Hunters." In 1959 he landed a recurring role on the legal drama "The D.A.'s Men," and worked through the early '60s on numerous series, including "Twilight Zone," "77 Sunset Strip," and "Perry Mason." Manza made multiple appearances on "Get Smart," "Barney Miller," and "Adam-12," and played a variety of characters on each. In 1972 he landed a high-profile role on the Polish-American detective series "Banacek," and later appeared as an ambulance aide in the 1978 medical drama "A.E.S. Hudson Street." During the '80s he guest-starred on many popular primetime series, including "Growing Pains," "The Golden Girls," and "Hart to Hart." Between 1985 and 1990 he appeared on over 15 episodes of "Newhart," and later landed supporting roles in movies like "Get Shorty" and "Hollywood Boulevard."

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Highest rated movies

86% 88% The Enemy Below
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67% 59% The Cat From Outer Space
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55% 57% The One and Only
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50% 40% The Philadelphia Experiment
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Three Guns for Texas
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A Cry for Help
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Horse of a Slightly Different Color
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Too Soon to Love
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Detour to Nowhere
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The Vanishing Chalice
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 20% Lookin' Italian Manza (Character) - 1998
50% 40% The Philadelphia Experiment Older Jim (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 53% The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Little Man (Character) - 1979
55% 57% The One and Only Bellman (Character) - 1978
67% 59% The Cat From Outer Space Weasel (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Terraces Nick Parisi (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Cry for Help Tony Garafolas (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Horse of a Slightly Different Color Jay Drury (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vanishing Chalice Jay Drury (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fly Me -- If You Can Find Me Jay Drury (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Now You See Me, Now You Don't Jay Drury (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack Jay Drury (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The $3 Million Piracy Jay Drury (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Greatest Collection of Them All Jay Drury (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Detour to Nowhere Jay Drury (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Hear It for a Living Legend Jay Drury (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Steal a King Jay Drury (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Phoenix Jay Drury (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Guns for Texas Blue Dog (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret of Deep Harbor Frank Miner (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too Soon to Love Hughie Wineman (Character) - 1960
86% 88% The Enemy Below Lt. Bonelli (Character) - 1957

TV

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No Score Yet 86% Boy Meets World Uncle Morrie (Guest Star) 2000
78% 93% Friends The Old Man (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Viper Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Living Single Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grace Under Fire Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Saul (Guest Star) 1995-1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dave's World Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caroline in the City Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sister, Sister Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bringing Up Jack Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 71% Home Improvement Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
89% 92% Seinfeld Gepetto (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet 91% The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who's the Boss? Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Father Anselmo (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Bud (Character) 1985-1987 1989-1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anything but Love Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Punky Brewster Mall Santa Claus (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing Pains Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Charley Carthy (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mama's Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Augustine Bagatelli (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mama Malone Padre Guardiano (Character) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joanie Loves Chachi Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Mr. Balducci (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barney Miller Eddie Blake (Guest Star) 1975 1977-1978 1980-1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Day at a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 1981-1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Morris Wine (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet 95% Soap Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chico and the Man Unknown (Guest Star) 1975 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Jay Drury (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1972-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Chaparral Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1967-1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Affair Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Marco (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet He & She Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1966-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Please Don't Eat the Daisies Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Sam (Guest Star) 1966
72% 79% Batman Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Dr. Lieberson (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Dietz (Guest Star) 1961 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961-1962
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Doorkeeper (Character) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Pino (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Waiter (Character) 1956