Ron Dean
Known for: Actor
Born: 15 August 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 5 October 2025
Credits: 57 titles
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.
Filmography
One Small Hitch
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
The Dark Knight
Voices from the Graves
Numb3rs
The Wild Card
Wild Things 2
Lana's Rain
Still Standing
Without a Trace
Raising Dad
Six Feet Under
Special Unit 2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The West Wing
Family Law
Chicago Cab
Night of the Lawyers
Early Edition
Life's Work
Chain Reaction
House of Angels: The Second Summer
ER
Chicago Hope
The Client
Rudy
Frasier
The Fugitive
Angel Street
Cold Justice
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Fatal Encounter
Dream Breakers
The Package
Cocktail
Above the Law
Big Shots
Light of Day
The Color of Money
Crime Story
Crime Story: Pilot
Nothing in Common
Pink Nights
Lady Blue
Code of Silence
The Breakfast Club
Vegetable House
The Toughest Man in the World
Teachers
Murder, She Wrote
The Naked Face
Heart of Steel
Risky Business
T. J. Hooker
Continental Divide
The Duke
The Last Affair