Ralph Byrd was an American actor. He was most famous for playing the comic strip character Dick Tracy on screen, in serials, films and television.
Byrd in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, and was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977, and various artists and writers have continued it.
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy vs. "the Blank" (January 2, 1938)
Dick Tracy and the famous 2-Way Wrist Radio.
In 1949, Spike Jones was caricatured in the Dick Tracy dailies as Spike Dyke
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy vs. "the Mole" (October 12, 1941)