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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1900
Died
February 19, 1968
Place of Birth
Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Ralph Dunn
0.2 Popularity
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
6.5
Lt. Rooney
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
7.0
The Furnace Man
The Devil to Pay
1960
6.3
Myron Hasler
The Pajama Game
1957
0.0
Crowded Paradise
1956
6.0
Baddie (archive footage)
For Crimin' Out Loud
1956
🎬
0.0
Mr. Rudge
Norby
1955
🎬
0.0
Summer Playhouse
1954
7.3
Sergeant MacReynolds
Sentence of Death
1953
6.4
Rafferty (uncredited)
Taxi
1953
8.6
Lieutenant Rooney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Credits
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Lt. Rooney
1962
6.5
The Devil to Pay
as The Furnace Man
1960
7.0
The Pajama Game
as Myron Hasler
1957
6.3
Crowded Paradise
1956
0.0
For Crimin' Out Loud
as Baddie (archive footage)
1956
6.0
🎬
Norby
as Mr. Rudge
1955
0.0
🎬
Summer Playhouse
1954
0.0
Sentence of Death
as Sergeant MacReynolds
1953
7.3
Taxi
as Rafferty (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lieutenant Rooney
1951
8.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1951
6.3
The Enforcer
1951
7.1
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Mitch
1950
6.3
No Way Out
as Sam (uncredited)
1950
6.9
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman (uncredited)
1950
7.5
Singing Guns
as Traveler
1950
6.0
The Secret Fury
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
1950
5.4
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Mr. Soft Touch
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Lost Tribe
as Capt. Rawlins
1949
5.0
Homicide
as Department of Employment Clerk
1949
5.3
The Walking Hills
1949
6.0
Who Done It?
as Leader of Phantom Gang
1949
7.5
Miss Mink of 1949
as Mr. McKelvey
1949
0.0
Studio One
as Sergeant MacReynolds
1948
5.0
Mummy's Dummies
as Rhadames
1948
6.4
Incident
as Bugs
1948
5.1
The Golden Eye
as Jim. Driscoll
1948
5.4
Lady at Midnight
as Al Garrity
1948
0.0
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Mark Stevens
1948
6.0
Jinx Money
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
1948
4.8
My Girl Tisa
1948
0.0
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
1948
8.0
Dragnet
as Police Sgt. Martin
1947
6.0
News Hounds
as 'Dutch' Miller
1947
6.0
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Deep Valley
as Deputy
1947
5.6
Heartaches
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1947
4.5
Possessed
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
1947
6.9
Too Many Winners
as Detective Peter Rafferty
1947
5.5
Buck Privates Come Home
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Three on a Ticket
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
1947
5.8
Undercover Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
1947
8.0
Nora Prentiss
as New York Detective (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Lady in the Lake
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
1946
6.0
Lady Chaser
as Brady
1946
6.0
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Policeman (uncredited)
1946
5.3
Nobody Lives Forever
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Strange Woman
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Genius at Work
as Lt. Gilley
1946
6.0
Sister Kenny
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
1946
6.8
Gas House Kids
as Detective O'Hara
1946
6.0
Step by Step
as Patrol Car Cop
1946
6.2
Big Town
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
1946
4.8
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Policeman
1946
5.9
Larceny in Her Heart
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
1946
6.0
The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
1946
6.5
The Truth About Murder
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
1946
4.0
Deadline at Dawn
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Murder Is My Business
as Pete Rafferty
1946
6.0
From This Day Forward
as Bailiff
1946
5.2
Little Giant
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
1946
5.1
Scarlet Street
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Dick Tracy
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
1945
5.0
Hold That Blonde!
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Senorita from the West
as Man (uncredited)
1945
5.0
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Detective
1945
4.0
Anchors Aweigh
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
1945
6.8
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Along Came Jones
as Cotton (uncredited)
1945
5.6
Phantoms, Inc.
as Detective Lester
1945
5.5
Circumstantial Evidence
as Cleary, the Cop
1945
4.8
Escape in the Fog
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1945
5.3
Salty O'Rourke
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
1945
5.3
Hollywood Canteen
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
1944
7.3
Murder, My Sweet
as Detective (uncredited)
1944
7.2
Laura
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
1944
7.6
The Woman in the Window
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1944
7.4
Strange Affair
as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
1944
6.2
Up in Mabel's Room
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Dark Mountain
as Chief Sanford
1944
4.9
In Society
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
1944
5.8
Trial by Trigger
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
1944
2.0
Follow the Boys
as Loomis (uncredited)
1944
5.3
The Whistler
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
1944
6.1
Phantom Lady
as Worker (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Marty (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Action in the North Atlantic
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
1943
7.1
All by Myself
as Hotel Detective
1943
0.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
1943
5.5
Hangmen Also Die!
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Mug Town
as Cop
1942
7.0
A Night to Remember
as Henderson (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Strictly in the Groove
as Big Boy
1942
0.0
Lucky Jordan
as Army Guard
1942
6.0
I Married a Witch
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Get Hep to Love
as Policeman Making Bet
1942
4.0
Moontide
as Policeman
1942
6.3
Grand Central Murder
as Policeman (uncredited)
1942
5.7
Twin Beds
as Detective
1942
2.8
Saboteur
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Fingers at the Window
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
1942
5.5
About Face
as Marine (uncredited)
1942
6.0
Blondie Goes to College
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
1942
6.4
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
1941
6.3
The Corsican Brothers
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
1941
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
1941
6.9
International Lady
as Don
1941
6.5
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Federal Agent
1941
5.0
Sun Valley Serenade
as Customs Officer
1941
7.0
Manpower
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
1941
6.7
In the Navy
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
1941
6.4
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
1941
4.6
Dead Men Tell
as Homicide Desk Sergeant
1941
6.3
Sleepers West
1941
6.3
Western Union
as Work Seeker
1941
6.0
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as First Bartender
1940
6.5
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Deputy Sheriff
1940
0.0
Murder Over New York
as Police Officer
1940
6.1
Gallant Sons
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
1940
7.2
So You Won't Talk?
as Police Lieutenant
1940
5.0
Brigham Young
as Jury Foreman
1940
4.4
Public Deb No. 1
as Policeman
1940
4.4
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1940
6.8
You're Not So Tough
as Valley Truck Driver
1940
4.3
We Who Are Young
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
1940
5.8
New Moon
as Bondsman
1940
6.5
Phantom Raiders
as Port Policeman
1940
6.1
Girl in 313
as Det. Berner
1940
5.4
An Angel from Texas
as 'General' in the Play
1940
4.8
Johnny Apollo
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
1940
7.8
Double Alibi
as First Police Dispatcher
1940
4.0
Castle on the Hudson
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Fighting 69th
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
1940
5.5
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
5.7
His Girl Friday
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1940
7.4
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Guard
1940
4.0
The Green Hornet
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Invisible Stripes
as Doorman (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Another Thin Man
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Smashing the Money Ring
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Desperate Trails
as Henchman Lon
1939
4.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier (uncredited)
1939
7.3
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
1939
5.0
I Stole a Million
as Bartender (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Blind Alley
as Trooper Cronin
1939
5.7
Rose of Washington Square
as Officer (uncredited)
1939
5.8
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Cop with McGurk
1939
6.7
Sergeant Madden
as Policeman in 1919
1939
6.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Bart Dolan
1939
6.0
Tail Spin
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
1939
5.8
Scouts to the Rescue
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
1939
0.0
Next Time I Marry
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Storm Over Bengal
as Soldier
1938
5.3
Straight, Place and Show
as Bartender
1938
6.0
Garden of the Moon
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Detective Egan
1938
5.0
Gateway
as Guard
1938
6.5
Numbered Woman
as Ralph
1938
0.0
Over the Wall
as Prison Guard
1938
5.0
A Slight Case of Murder
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
1938
6.2
The Patient in Room 18
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1938
4.5
Borrowing Trouble
as Cop
1937
6.0
Big Town Girl
as Trooper
1937
6.0
Alcatraz Island
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
1937
4.9
The Wrong Road
as Convict (uncredited)
1937
4.4
Hot Water
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Dangerously Yours
as Detective
1937
3.5
The Game That Kills
as Detective
1937
5.3
One Mile from Heaven
as Doorman
1937
6.7
White Bondage
as Defense Attorney
1937
6.0
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
1937
7.0
The Go-Getter
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Melody for Two
as Radio Station Official
1937
0.0
Marked Woman
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
1937
6.5
Penrod and Sam
as Joe (uncredited)
1937
6.0
The Great O'Malley
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Fugitive in the Sky
as First Radio Announcer
1936
6.0
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as G-Man
1936
6.4
China Clipper
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
1936
5.6
Bullets or Ballots
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
1936
6.6
Stranded
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
1935
5.8
Lady Killer
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
1933
6.9
The Crowd Roars
as Racetrack Official
1932
5.9