Portrait of Ralph Dunn

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

Filmography

1962
Arsenic & Old Lace

as Lt. Rooney

1960
The Devil to Pay

as The Furnace Man

1957
The Pajama Game

as Myron Hasler

1956
For Crimin' Out Loud

as Baddie (archive footage)

1953
Sentence of Death

as Sergeant MacReynolds

1953
Taxi

as Rafferty (uncredited)

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lieutenant Rooney

1951
1950
No Way Out

as Sam (uncredited)

1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as Policeman (uncredited)

1950
Singing Guns

as Traveler

1950
The Secret Fury

as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)

1949
Mr. Soft Touch

as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)

1949
The Lost Tribe

as Capt. Rawlins

1949
Homicide

as Department of Employment Clerk

1949
Who Done It?

as Leader of Phantom Gang

1949
Miss Mink of 1949

as Mr. McKelvey

1948
Studio One

as Sergeant MacReynolds

1948
Mummy's Dummies

as Rhadames

1948
Incident

as Bugs

1948
The Golden Eye

as Jim. Driscoll

1948
Lady at Midnight

as Al Garrity

1948
Jinx Money

as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro

1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

1947
Dragnet

as Police Sgt. Martin

1947
News Hounds

as 'Dutch' Miller

1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

as Stagehand (uncredited)

1947
Deep Valley

as Deputy

1947
Heartaches

as Police Detective (uncredited)

1947
Possessed

as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)

1947
Too Many Winners

as Detective Peter Rafferty

1947
Buck Privates Come Home

as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)

1947
Three on a Ticket

as Inspector Pete Rafferty

1947
Undercover Maisie

as Cop (Uncredited)

1947
Nora Prentiss

as New York Detective (uncredited)

1946
Lady in the Lake

as Sergeant (Uncredited)

1946
Lady Chaser

as Brady

1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946
Nobody Lives Forever

as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)

1946
The Strange Woman

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

1946
Genius at Work

as Lt. Gilley

1946
Sister Kenny

as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

1946
Gas House Kids

as Detective O'Hara

1946
Step by Step

as Patrol Car Cop

1946
Big Town

as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

1946
Larceny in Her Heart

as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

1946
The Dark Corner

as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)

1946
The Truth About Murder

as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)

1946
Deadline at Dawn

as Capt. Dill (uncredited)

1946
Murder Is My Business

as Pete Rafferty

1946
1946
Little Giant

as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

1945
Scarlet Street

as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

1945
Dick Tracy

as Detective Manning (uncredited)

1945
Hold That Blonde!

as Radio Cop (uncredited)

1945
Senorita from the West

as Man (uncredited)

1945
1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

1945
The Falcon in San Francisco

as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)

1945
Along Came Jones

as Cotton (uncredited)

1945
Phantoms, Inc.

as Detective Lester

1945
Circumstantial Evidence

as Cleary, the Cop

1945
Escape in the Fog

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1945
Salty O'Rourke

as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)

1944
Hollywood Canteen

as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

1944
Murder, My Sweet

as Detective (uncredited)

1944
Laura

as Fred Callahan (uncredited)

1944
The Woman in the Window

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

1944
Strange Affair

as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)

1944
Up in Mabel's Room

as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

1944
Dark Mountain

as Chief Sanford

1944
In Society

as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)

1944
Trial by Trigger

as MacIntosh 'Mac'

1944
The Whistler

as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

1944
Phantom Lady

as Worker (uncredited)

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Marty (uncredited)

1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Quartermaster (uncredited)

1943
All by Myself

as Hotel Detective

1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

1943
Hangmen Also Die!

as Czech Policeman (uncredited)

1942
Mug Town

as Cop

1942
A Night to Remember

as Henderson (uncredited)

1942
Keep 'Em Sailing

as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)

1942
Lucky Jordan

as Army Guard

1942
I Married a Witch

as First Prison Guard (uncredited)

1942
Get Hep to Love

as Policeman Making Bet

1942
Moontide

as Policeman

1942
Grand Central Murder

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942
Twin Beds

as Detective

1942
Saboteur

as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

1942
Fingers at the Window

as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)

1942
About Face

as Marine (uncredited)

1942
Blondie Goes to College

as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

1941
The Corsican Brothers

as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)

1941
I Wake Up Screaming

as Detective (uncredited)

1941
1941
Sun Valley Serenade

as Customs Officer

1941
Manpower

as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)

1941
In the Navy

as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman

1941
Dead Men Tell

as Homicide Desk Sergeant

1941
Western Union

as Work Seeker

1940
1940
Murder Over New York

as Police Officer

1940
Trail of the Vigilantes

as Deputy Sheriff

1940
Gallant Sons

as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)

1940
So You Won't Talk?

as Police Lieutenant

1940
Brigham Young

as Jury Foreman

1940
Public Deb No. 1

as Policeman

1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1940
You're Not So Tough

as Valley Truck Driver

1940
We Who Are Young

as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

1940
New Moon

as Bondsman

1940
Phantom Raiders

as Port Policeman

1940
Girl in 313

as Det. Berner

1940
An Angel from Texas

as 'General' in the Play

1940
Johnny Apollo

as Guard (uncredited)

1940
The Grapes of Wrath

as Deputy (uncredited)

1940
Double Alibi

as First Police Dispatcher

1940
Castle on the Hudson

as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

1940
The Fighting 69th

as Medical Captain (uncredited)

1940
The Saint's Double Trouble

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1940
His Girl Friday

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1940
The Green Hornet

as Andy - Thug (uncredited)

1939
Invisible Stripes

as Doorman (uncredited)

1939
Another Thin Man

as Baggage Man (uncredited)

1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1939
Smashing the Money Ring

as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

1939
Desperate Trails

as Henchman Lon

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Soldier (uncredited)

1939
Indianapolis Speedway

as Racetrack Official

1939
I Stole a Million

as Bartender (uncredited)

1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

as Police Guard (uncredited)

1939
Blind Alley

as Trooper Cronin

1939
Rose of Washington Square

as Officer (uncredited)

1939
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Cop with McGurk

1939
Sergeant Madden

as Policeman in 1919

1939
Tail Spin

as Mechanic (Uncredited)

1939
Scouts to the Rescue

as Henchman Pug O'Toole

1938
Next Time I Marry

as Kennel Guard (uncredited)

1938
1938
1938
Garden of the Moon

as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

1938
Tenth Avenue Kid

as Detective Egan

1938
Gateway

as Guard

1938
1938
Over the Wall

as Prison Guard

1938
A Slight Case of Murder

as Third Policeman (uncredited)

1938
The Patient in Room 18

as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1937
Big Town Girl

as Trooper

1937
Alcatraz Island

as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)

1937
The Wrong Road

as Convict (uncredited)

1937
Hot Water

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937
1937
Dangerously Yours

as Detective

1937
1937
White Bondage

as Defense Attorney

1937
Kid Galahad

as (uncredited)

1937
The Go-Getter

as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)

1937
Melody for Two

as Radio Station Official

1937
Marked Woman

as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

1937
Penrod and Sam

as Joe (uncredited)

1937
The Great O'Malley

as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)

1936
Fugitive in the Sky

as First Radio Announcer

1936
China Clipper

as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)

1936
Bullets or Ballots

as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

1935
Stranded

as Bridge Worker (uncredited)

1933
Lady Killer

as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)

1932
The Crowd Roars

as Racetrack Official

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