Ron Dean
Biography
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
Vegetable House
1985 · 10.0
Night of the Lawyers
1997 · 10.0
Dream Breakers
1989 · 9.0
Fatal Encounter
1990 · 9.0
Cold Justice
1992 · 9.0
The Dark Knight
2008 · 8.5
The West Wing
1999 · 8.3
Six Feet Under
2001 · 8.1
Family Law
1999 · 8.1
Crime Story
1986 · 8.0
Crime Story: Pilot
1986 · 8.0
ER
1994 · 7.8
The Breakfast Club
1985 · 7.7
Frasier
1993 · 7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Raising Dad
2001 · 7.5
Life's Work
1996 · 7.5
The Fugitive
1993 · 7.5
Rudy
1993 · 7.4
Early Edition
1996 · 7.4
Lana's Rain
2002 · 7.3
Without a Trace
2002 · 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994 · 7.2
Special Unit 2
2001 · 7.2
Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0
Angel Street
1992 · 7.0
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990 · 7.0
The Last Affair
1976 · 7.0
Still Standing
2002 · 6.9
The Color of Money
1986 · 6.9
The Client
1994 · 6.7
Lady Blue
1985 · 6.6
One Small Hitch
2013 · 6.6
Big Shots
1987 · 6.6
Risky Business
1983 · 6.6
T. J. Hooker
1982 · 6.5
The Duke
1979 · 6.5
Pink Nights
1985 · 6.2
Cocktail
1988 · 6.1
Above the Law
1988 · 6.1
The Package
1989 · 6.1
Continental Divide
1981 · 6.1
Code of Silence
1985 · 6.0
Nothing in Common
1986 · 5.9
Chicago Cab
1998 · 5.9
Chain Reaction
1996 · 5.8
The Toughest Man in the World
1984 · 5.8
Teachers
1984 · 5.7
The Naked Face
1984 · 5.6
Light of Day
1987 · 5.5
Wild Things 2
2004 · 5.2
House of Angels: The Second Summer
1994 · 4.5
The Wild Card
2004 · 4.3
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011 · 1.0
Voices from the Graves
2006 · 0.0