Acting
Ron Dean
Chicago, Illinois, USABorn 1938
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.
36
Films
20
TV Shows
1
Crew Credits
Known For
56 Credits
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Woody
2000
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Shawn Riley
1984
Frasier
as Frank
1993
ER
as Uncle Joey
1994
The West Wing
as Tom Broderick
1999
Without a Trace
as Willie
2002
The Dark Knight
as Wuertz
2008
Numb3rs
as Peter Watson
2005
Chicago Hope
as Baseball Scout
1994
Six Feet Under
as Karl
2001
T. J. Hooker
as Detective
1982
Early Edition
as Marion Zeke Crumb, P.I.
1996
