Ralph Dunn
Known for Acting · 192 credits
- Born
- 1900-05-22
- Died
- 1968-02-19
- Place of birth
- Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Ralph Dunn was an American film, television, and stage actor.
Dunn was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania and spent early years living with relatives in Canton, Illinois. Dunn's father was a veterinarian for the U.S. Army during WWI, and his mother was an actress. Dunn was enrolled briefly at the University of Pennsylvania, but left after one day to join a Vaudeville troupe.
Ralph Dunn used his burly body and rich, theatrical voice to good effect in hundreds of minor feature-film roles and supporting appearances in two-reel comedies. He came to Hollywood during the early talkie era, beginning his film career with 1932's The Crowd Roars.
A large man with a withering glare, Dunn was an ideal "opposite" for short, bumbling comedians. A frequent visitor to the Columbia short subjects unit, Dunn showed up in the Three Stooges comedies Mummy's Dummies, as well as Who Done It? and its remake, For Crimin' Out Loud
Dunn kept busy into the 1960s, appearing in such TV series as Kitty Foyle, and Norby and such films as Black Like Me.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (186)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Laura
1944
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947
as Cop (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Detective Lester
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Policeman (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
1946
as Brady
Saboteur
1942
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
Brigham Young
1940
as Jury Foreman
Dick Tracy
1945
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
Twin Beds
1942
as Detective
The Enforcer
1951
International Lady
1941
as Don
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
1945
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Along Came Jones
1945
as Cotton (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
About Face
1942
as Marine (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
The Walking Hills
1949
Marked Woman
1937
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Doorman (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
1939
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Western Union
1941
as Work Seeker
Murder, My Sweet
1944
as Detective (uncredited)
The Strange Woman
1946
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950
as Sam (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
as Stagehand (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Detective (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
1944
as Worker (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
1945
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
1942
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
1944
as Loomis (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Policeman in 1919
Deep Valley
1947
as Deputy
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
1946
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1940
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
The Pajama Game
1957
as Myron Hasler
The Secret Fury
1950
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
1937
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Detective
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Cop with McGurk
Singing Guns
1950
as Traveler
Over the Wall
1938
as Prison Guard
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Mark Stevens
King of the Gamblers
1948
as Cassidy
From This Day Forward
1946
as Bailiff
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
Too Many Winners
1947
as Detective Peter Rafferty
Alcatraz Island
1937
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Scouts to the Rescue
1939
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
as Police Inspector Bruce
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
This Is the Life
1944
as Cop (uncredited)
Hold That Blonde!
1945
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Marty (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Port Policeman
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Cleary, the Cop
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Army Guard
The Whistler
1944
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Moontide
1942
as Policeman
The Green Hornet
1940
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
Lady at Midnight
1948
as Al Garrity
Nora Prentiss
1947
as New York Detective (uncredited)
Gateway
1938
as Guard
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Cop
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Policeman
Escape in the Fog
1945
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Homicide
1949
as Department of Employment Clerk
My Girl Tisa
1948
Possessed
1947
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
1942
as Henderson (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
1940
as 'General' in the Play
So You Won't Talk?
1940
as Police Lieutenant
Lady Killer
1933
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Deputy Sheriff
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Soldier
Big Town Girl
1937
as Trooper
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Racetrack Official
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
The Golden Eye
1948
as Jim. Driscoll
Manpower
1941
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Step by Step
1946
as Patrol Car Cop
I Stole a Million
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
All by Myself
1943
as Hotel Detective
The Game That Kills
1937
as Detective
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Policeman
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as First Bartender
Sleepers West
1941
Senorita from the West
1945
as Man (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Police Guard (uncredited)
China Clipper
1936
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as G-Man
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Guard
Gallant Sons
1940
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Gas House Kids
1946
as Detective O'Hara
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Taxi
1953
as Rafferty (uncredited)
About Ralph Dunn
Ralph Dunn was an American film, television, and stage actor. Dunn was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania and spent early years living with relatives in Canton, Illinois. Dunn's father was a veterinarian for the U.S. Army during WWI, and his mother was an actress. Dunn was enrolled briefly at the University of Pennsylvania, but left after one day to join a Vaudeville troupe. Ralph Dunn used his burly body and rich, theatrical voice to good effect in hundreds of minor feature-film roles and supporting appearances in two-reel comedies. He came to… With 192 credits spanning from 1932 to 1962, Ralph Dunn has appeared in 186 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ralph Dunn Movies
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Deputy (uncredited)
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Laura (1944) — as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
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