Ralph Dumke

Ralph Ernest Dumke (July 25, 1899 – January 4, 1964) was an American actor.

Ralph Dumke
Born
Ralph Ernest Dumke

(1899-07-25)July 25, 1899
South Bend, Indiana, US
DiedJanuary 4, 1964(1964-01-04) (aged 64)
Sherman Oaks, California, US
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
Years active1934–1961
Spouse(s)Greta Leona Edner (1924–1964) (his death)
Children2

Biography

Dumke attended the University of Notre Dame and entertained in vaudeville.[1]

Dumke starred as Captain Billy Bryant in the CBS-TV variety show Captain Billy's Showboat (1948)[2] and was one of the hosts of ABC-TV's Movieland Quiz (1948).[2]:719-720

On old-time radio, in the role of Captain Walt he was the host of Hook 'n' Ladder Follies on NBC (1943-1944)[3] and was host of the parody show Sisters of the Skillet (1930-1934) on NBC-Blue.[3]:305

Personal life

He was married to Greta Leona Edner from 1925 until his death. They had two children.

On January 4, 1964, Dumke died of "a sudden heart seizure" at his home at age 64.[1]

Partial filmography
gollark: Stuff in the rack isn't always connected to other stuff.
gollark: Secondly, the disk in the server *does* have an OS? If you're booting it off a disk drive, make sure that's valid, and is connected.
gollark: So, firstly, is your terminal server connected to the, er, server, in the rack GUI?
gollark: Well, maybe not that slow, I don't know the exact details of OC networking, but at least would make latency a bit higher, and stress any relays you use.
gollark: 4 drives to a server would allow... 12MB? each, which is much more than you can do now, and would give each node a decent amount of computation power (especially with data cards), but splitting everything across the network would be sloooow.

References
  1. "Services for Ralph Dumke Scheduled This Afternoon". The Van Nuys News. California, Van Nuys. January 7, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved September 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  3. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.


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