Ron Dean

Born: 1938-08-15, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2025-10-05

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

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
• Frasier (1993)
• Without a Trace (2002)
• Chicago Hope (1994)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Numb3rs (2005)
• Six Feet Under (2001)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• T. J. Hooker (1982)
• Early Edition (1996)
• Crime Story (1986)
• The Fugitive (1993)
• The Breakfast Club (1985)
• The Client (1994)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Above the Law (1988)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Life's Work (1996)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• Rudy (1993)
• Code of Silence (1985)
• Wild Things 2 (2004)
• Vegetable House (1985)
• Nothing in Common (1986)
• Light of Day (1987)
• The Naked Face (1984)
• One Small Hitch (2013)
• Continental Divide (1981)
• Chicago Cab (1998)