Actor

Ralph Foody

New Wave Era1928–1999DramaCrimeComedyAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

18 acting credits

as Gangster #1 (Johnny)

Home Alone

as Gangster #1 (Johnny)

1990

Home Alone

as Police Dispatcher

The Blues Brothers

as Police Dispatcher

1980

The Blues Brothers

Filmography

1992Cold JusticeErnie9.0 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkGangster6.8 1992Straight TalkDesk Clerk6.0 1991Curly SueDrifter6.4 1991DillingerDillinger's Father5.6 1990Home AloneGangster #1 (Johnny)7.5

About

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.

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