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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Deputy (uncredited)
3. His Girl Friday (1940) — Plainclothesman (uncredited)
4. Laura (1944) — Fred Callahan (uncredited)
5. Saboteur (1942) — FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
6. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — Policeman (uncredited)
7. Scarlet Street (1945) — First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
8. The Woman in the Window (1944) — Traffic Cop (uncredited)
9. Murder, My Sweet (1944) — Detective (uncredited)
10. I Married a Witch (1942) — First Prison Guard (uncredited)
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — Soldier (uncredited)
12. Anchors Aweigh (1945) — Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
13. Hangmen Also Die! (1943) — Czech Policeman (uncredited)
14. Another Thin Man (1939) — Baggage Man (uncredited)
15. Phantom Lady (1944) — Worker (uncredited)
16. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) — Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
17. The Enforcer (1951)
18. Lady in the Lake (1946) — Sergeant (Uncredited)
19. No Way Out (1950) — Sam (uncredited)
20. Western Union (1941) — Work Seeker
21. Possessed (1947) — Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
22. I Wake Up Screaming (1941) — Detective (uncredited)
23. Marked Woman (1937) — Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
24. The Dark Corner (1946) — Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
25. The Pajama Game (1957) — Myron Hasler
26. Action in the North Atlantic (1943) — Quartermaster (uncredited)
27. Kid Galahad (1937) — Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
28. Bullets or Ballots (1936) — Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
29. Moontide (1942) — Policeman
30. A Slight Case of Murder (1938) — Third Policeman (uncredited)
31. The Strange Woman (1946) — Lumberjack (uncredited)
32. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) — Marty (uncredited)
33. Lady Killer (1933) — Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
34. In the Navy (1941) — Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
35. Escape in the Fog (1945) — Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
36. Along Came Jones (1945) — Cotton (uncredited)
37. Deadline at Dawn (1946) — Capt. Dill (uncredited)
38. Buck Privates Come Home (1947) — Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
39. Sun Valley Serenade (1941) — Customs Officer
40. The Whistler (1944) — Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)