#ManCrushMonday #MenBeingCivilBadAssesEdition Ralph Bellamy and the Actors' Equity Association

In 1933, "that guy that looks like Ralph Bellamy" was apart of the building of the Screen Actors Guild along with supporting actors such as Grant Mitchell, Ralph Morgan, and Leon Ames. Bellamy had continued to support the rights of his fellow actors throughout his career, having also been president of the Actors' Equity Association (also known as just Equity) through the hardest years in Hollywood from 1952-1964 during the heights of McCarthyism and the Communist trials. 

"At Equity he helped create the landmark contract that established the first actors' pension fund; presided through the hideous blacklisting of the McCarthy era, fighting consistently against the often trumped up charges of Communist affiliations towards many in its membership. He also took on the merger of Actors' Equity and Chorus Equity and the unionizing of Off-Broadway itself." (WHO REMEMBERS RALPH BELLAMY? - Ron Fassler - Medium) Bellamy would receive an honorary Academy Award for his services in 1987.