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