Born in 1899 in Springfield, Massachusetts, character actor Ralph Sanford's parents were both non-pros in the business. An actor and stage manager on the Broadway stage in the early years, he appeared in such productions as "Half a Widow" (1927) and "The Constant Sinner" (1931) and "Between Two Worlds" (1934). Sanford then committed to his first screen work at Vitaphone Pictures with early comedy shorts, often as a burly foil to such established two-reeler comics as Shemp Howard, Fatty... imdb
Born in 1899 in Springfield, Massachusetts, character actor Ralph Sanford's parents were both non-pros in the business. An actor and stage manager on the Broadway stage in the early years, he appeared in such productions as "Half a Widow" (1927) and "The www.imdb.com/name/nm0762596/