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

★8.5

The Dark Knight

2008

★7.7

The Breakfast Club

1985

★7.5

The Fugitive

1993

★6.1

Cocktail

1988

★6.9

The Color of Money

1986

★6.6

Risky Business

1983

★6.7

The Client

1994

★7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

★5.8

Chain Reaction

1996

★8.1

Six Feet Under

2001

★7.8

ER

1994

★7.7

Frasier

1993

★6.1

Above the Law

1988

★7.3

Rudy

1993

★8.3

The West Wing

1999

★7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984

★7.0

Numb3rs

2005

★6.1

The Package

1989

★7.2

Without a Trace

2002

★5.9

Code of Silence

1985

★5.2

Wild Things 2

2004

★6.6

One Small Hitch

2013

★7.4

Early Edition

1996

★5.9

Nothing in Common

1986