Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 22, 1900
Place of Birth:
Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ralph Dunn
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Lt. Rooney |
| 1960 | The Devil to Pay | The Furnace Man |
| 1957 | The Pajama Game | Myron Hasler |
| 1956 | For Crimin' Out Loud | Baddie (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | |
| 1953 | Taxi | Rafferty (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Sentence of Death | Sergeant MacReynolds |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | |
| 1950 | Singing Guns | Traveler |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited) |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Sam (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Who Done It? | Leader of Phantom Gang |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | |
| 1949 | The Lost Tribe | Capt. Rawlins |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Mr. McKelvey |
| 1949 | Homicide | Department of Employment Clerk |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Jim. Driscoll |
| 1948 | Train to Alcatraz | U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | Al Garrity |
| 1948 | Mummy's Dummies | Rhadames |
| 1948 | Incident | Bugs |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Flophouse Bum (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro |
| 1947 | Too Many Winners | Detective Peter Rafferty |
| 1947 | Three on a Ticket | Inspector Pete Rafferty |
| 1947 | News Hounds | 'Dutch' Miller |
| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dragnet | Police Sgt. Martin |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Deputy |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Cop (Uncredited) |
| 1947 | Heartaches | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss | New York Detective (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Gas House Kids | Detective O'Hara |
| 1946 | Murder Is My Business | Pete Rafferty |
| 1946 | Genius at Work | Lt. Gilley |
| 1946 | Big Town | Mac- Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Brisbane Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Capt. Dill (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Police Detective Faber (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Larceny in Her Heart | Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman | Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lady Chaser | Brady |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Bailiff |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake | Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Policeman at Gallery (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Step by Step | Patrol Car Cop |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Policeman |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Cleary, the Cop |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Cotton (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Detective |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | First Policeman in Park (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Detective Lester |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Man (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Arresting Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Escape in the Fog | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Detective Manning (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hold That Blonde! | Radio Cop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Worker (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Chief Sanford |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Laura | Fred Callahan (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window | Traffic Cop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Whistler | Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Up in Mabel's Room | Air Raid Warden (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Mike McCafferty (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In Society | Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Trial by Trigger | MacIntosh 'Mac' |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Czech Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | All by Myself | Hotel Detective |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Marty (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Quartermaster (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Keep 'Em Sailing | Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Saboteur | FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Cop |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Policeman Making Bet |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Detective |
| 1942 | About Face | Marine (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | First Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember | Henderson (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Army Guard |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Moontide | Policeman |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | Big Boy |
| 1941 | Manpower | Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Federal Agent |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Customs Officer |
| 1941 | Western Union | Work Seeker |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Homicide Desk Sergeant |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Cop |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1941 | International Lady | Don |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Guard |
| 1940 | You're Not So Tough | Valley Truck Driver |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Police Officer |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Medical Captain (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | Andy - Thug (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Deputy Sheriff |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Jury Foreman |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Deputy with Charlie (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | First Bartender |
| 1940 | New Moon | Bondsman |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Port Policeman |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | 'General' in the Play |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Det. Berner |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Double Alibi | First Police Dispatcher |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Policeman |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk? | Police Lieutenant |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Bart Dolan |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Mechanic (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Cop with McGurk |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Trooper Cronin |
| 1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Racetrack Official |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Policeman in 1919 |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Henchman Lon |
| 1939 | Scouts to the Rescue | Henchman Pug O'Toole |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Tenth Avenue Kid | Detective Egan |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Ralph |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 | Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Kennel Guard |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Gateway | Guard |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Soldier |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Prison Guard |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Bartender |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Metal Detector Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Detective |
| 1937 | Melody for Two | Radio Station Official |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Detective |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Defense Attorney |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Doorman |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Trooper |
| 1937 | The Go-Getter | Officer on the Macon (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Cop |
| 1937 | Penrod and Sam | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Convict (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Court Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | G-Man |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | First Radio Announcer |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited) |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded | Bridge Worker (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Lady Killer | Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Racetrack Official |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Norby | Mr. Rudge |
| 1954 | Summer Playhouse | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lieutenant Rooney |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mitch |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Sergeant MacReynolds |