Ron Dean
Acting
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.
As actor 57
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Frasier
1993
The West Wing
1999
Without a Trace
2002
Chicago Hope
1994
Murder, She Wrote
1984
ER
1994
The Dark Knight
2008
Six Feet Under
2001
Numb3rs
2005
T. J. Hooker
1982
Early Edition
1996
Family Law
1999
Crime Story
1986
The Fugitive
1993
Still Standing
2002
The Breakfast Club
1985
The Client
1994
Chain Reaction
1996
Risky Business
1983
Cocktail
1988
Above the Law
1988
Special Unit 2
2001
The Color of Money
1986
Wild Things 2
2004
Life's Work
1996
The Package
1989
Rudy
1993
Angel Street
1992
Raising Dad
2001
Code of Silence
1985
Teachers
1984
Lady Blue
1985
The Duke
1979
Continental Divide
1981
Nothing in Common
1986
The Naked Face
1984
Big Shots
1987
Vegetable House
1985
One Small Hitch
2013
Chicago Cab
1998
Light of Day
1987
Heart of Steel
1983
House of Angels: The Second Summer
1994
Crime Story: Pilot
1986
The Last Affair
1976
The Toughest Man in the World
1984
Lana's Rain
2002
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
Dream Breakers
1989
The Wild Card
2004
Cold Justice
1992
Night of the Lawyers
1997
Pink Nights
1985
Fatal Encounter
1990
Voices from the Graves
2006
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011