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