Ralph Dunn
Acting
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.
Born: May 22, 1900
Place of Birth: Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Laura
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Scarlet Street
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Who Done It?
The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and find the missing man.
The Asphalt Jungle
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
His Girl Friday
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
The Woman in the Window
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Filmography
as Lt. Rooney
as The Furnace Man
as Myron Hasler
as Baddie (archive footage)
as Sergeant MacReynolds
as Rafferty (uncredited)
as Lieutenant Rooney
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
as Sam (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Traveler
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
as Capt. Rawlins
as Department of Employment Clerk
as Leader of Phantom Gang
as Mr. McKelvey
as Sergeant MacReynolds
as Rhadames
as Bugs
as Jim. Driscoll
as Al Garrity
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
as Police Sgt. Martin
as 'Dutch' Miller
as Stagehand (uncredited)
as Deputy
as Police Detective (uncredited)
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
as Detective Peter Rafferty
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
as Cop (Uncredited)
as New York Detective (uncredited)
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
as Brady
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
as Lt. Gilley
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective O'Hara
as Patrol Car Cop
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
as Pete Rafferty
as Bailiff
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Detective
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
as Cotton (uncredited)
as Detective Lester
as Cleary, the Cop
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
as Chief Sanford
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
as Loomis (uncredited)
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
as Worker (uncredited)
as Marty (uncredited)
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
as Hotel Detective
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
as Cop
as Henderson (uncredited)
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
as Big Boy
as Army Guard
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Policeman Making Bet
as Policeman
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
as Cop
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Don
as Federal Agent
as Customs Officer
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
as Homicide Desk Sergeant
as Work Seeker
as First Bartender
as Police Officer
as Deputy Sheriff
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
as Police Lieutenant
as Jury Foreman
as Policeman
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
as Valley Truck Driver
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
as Bondsman
as Port Policeman
as Det. Berner
as 'General' in the Play
as Guard (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as First Police Dispatcher
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
as Guard
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
as Henchman Lon
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Racetrack Official
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Police Guard (uncredited)
as Trooper Cronin
as Officer (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Cop with McGurk
as Policeman in 1919
as Bart Dolan
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
as Soldier
as Bartender
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
as Detective Egan
as Guard
as Henchman Red
as Prison Guard
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Cop
as Trooper
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
as Convict (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective
as Detective
as Doorman
as Defense Attorney
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
as Radio Station Official
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
as Joe (uncredited)
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
as First Radio Announcer
as G-Man
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
as Racetrack Official