Ralph Foody
Acting
Ralph Wesley Foody was an American character actor. He has several screen credits from the 1980s, but is probably best known for his bit part in the 1990 film Home Alone and its 1992 sequel as a stereotypical 1930s mobster "Johnny" in two black-and-white gangster films-within-the-films Angels with Filthy Souls and its sequel Angels with Even Filthier Souls (both are a parody of the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces by Warner Bros.), along with his famous catchphrases 'Keep the change ya filthy animal/Merry Christmas ya filthy animal and a Happy New Year'. Foody also played "Det. Cragie", the alcoholic and the negligent Chicago cop in Code of Silence, as well as the police dispatcher in The Blues Brothers. He was also known for his incredible wit and was often referred to as "The Witster" on set. Foody died of cancer in 1999 at age 71.
Known for
1992Cold Justice
Ernie
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Gangster
1992Straight Talk
Desk Clerk
1991Curly Sue
Drifter
1991Dillinger
Dillinger's Father
1990Home Alone
Gangster #1 (Johnny)
1989The Package
Building Manager
1989Music Box
Pawn Broker
1988Above the Law
Federal Clerk
1988Betrayed
Lyle
1988Vice Versa
Doorman
1986Raw Deal
Captain
1985Code of Silence
Cragie
1984The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1981Chicago Story
Sergeant Hesper
1980The Blues Brothers
Police Dispatcher
1978Towing
Lou
1965Mickey One
Police Captain