About
Ralph Dunn
Overview
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
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| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Actor | Lt. Rooney | 59 Average |
| 1960 | The Devil to Pay | Actor | The Furnace Man | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | The Pajama Game | Actor | Myron Hasler | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1956 | For Crimin' Out Loud | Actor | Baddie (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Norby | Actor | Mr. Rudge | N/A N/A |
| 1953 | Sentence of Death | Actor | Sergeant MacReynolds | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Taxi | Actor | Rafferty (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 1950 | No Way Out | Actor | Sam (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1950 | Singing Guns | Actor | Traveler | 58 Average |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Actor | Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Actor | Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | The Lost Tribe | Actor | Capt. Rawlins | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Homicide | Actor | Department of Employment Clerk | 58 Average |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1949 | Who Done It? | Actor | Leader of Phantom Gang | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Actor | Mr. McKelvey | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | Mummy's Dummies | Actor | Rhadames | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Incident | Actor | Bugs | 58 Average |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Actor | Jim. Driscoll | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | Actor | Al Garrity | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | Train to Alcatraz | Actor | U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Actor | Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro | 58 Average |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Actor | Flophouse Bum (uncredited) | 73 Good |
| 1947 | Dragnet | Actor | Police Sgt. Martin | 58 Average |
| 1947 | News Hounds | Actor | 'Dutch' Miller | 59 Average |
| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Actor | Stagehand (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Actor | Deputy | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Heartaches | Actor | Police Detective (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Too Many Winners | Actor | Detective Peter Rafferty | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Actor | Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Three on a Ticket | Actor | Inspector Pete Rafferty | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Actor | Cop (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss | Actor | New York Detective (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake | Actor | Sergeant (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Lady Chaser | Actor | Brady | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Actor | Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman | Actor | Lumberjack (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Genius at Work | Actor | Lt. Gilley | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Actor | Brisbane Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Gas House Kids | Actor | Detective O'Hara | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Step by Step | Actor | Patrol Car Cop | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Big Town | Actor | Mac- Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Larceny in Her Heart | Actor | Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Actor | Policeman at Gallery (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Actor | Police Detective Faber (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Actor | Capt. Dill (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Murder Is My Business | Actor | Pete Rafferty | 59 Average |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Actor | Bailiff | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Actor | Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Actor | First Policeman in Park (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Actor | Detective Manning (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Actor | Man (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Actor | Detective | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Actor | Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Actor | Arresting Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Actor | Cotton (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Actor | Detective Lester | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Actor | Cleary, the Cop | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Escape in the Fog | Actor | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Actor | Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Actor | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet | Actor | Detective (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window | Actor | Traffic Cop (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1944 | Laura | Actor | Fred Callahan (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Actor | Mike McCafferty (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Up in Mabel's Room | Actor | Air Raid Warden (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Actor | Chief Sanford | 58 Average |
| 1944 | In Society | Actor | Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Trial by Trigger | Actor | MacIntosh 'Mac' | 58 Average |
| 1944 | The Whistler | Actor | Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Actor | Worker (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Actor | Marty (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Actor | Quartermaster (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1943 | All by Myself | Actor | Hotel Detective | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Actor | Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Actor | Czech Policeman (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Actor | Cop | 59 Average |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember | Actor | Henderson (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Keep 'Em Sailing | Actor | Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | Actor | Big Boy | N/A N/A |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Actor | Army Guard | 59 Average |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | Actor | First Prison Guard (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Actor | Policeman Making Bet | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Moontide | Actor | Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Actor | Detective | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Actor | FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Actor | Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | About Face | Actor | Marine (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Actor | Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Actor | Cop | 58 Average |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Actor | Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Actor | Detective (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | International Lady | Actor | Don | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Actor | Federal Agent | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Actor | Customs Officer | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Manpower | Actor | Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Actor | Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Actor | Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Actor | Homicide Desk Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1941 | Western Union | Actor | Work Seeker | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Actor | First Bartender | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Actor | Police Officer | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Actor | Deputy Sheriff | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Actor | Deputy with Charlie (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk? | Actor | Police Lieutenant | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Actor | Jury Foreman | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | You're Not So Tough | Actor | Valley Truck Driver | 58 Average |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Actor | 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | New Moon | Actor | Bondsman | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Actor | Port Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Actor | Det. Berner | 58 Average |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Actor | 'General' in the Play | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Actor | Guard (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Actor | Deputy (uncredited) | 71 Good |
| 1940 | Double Alibi | Actor | First Police Dispatcher | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Actor | Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Actor | Medical Captain (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Actor | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Actor | Plainclothesman (uncredited) | 68 Fair |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Actor | Guard | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | Actor | Andy - Thug (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Actor | Doorman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Actor | Soldier (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Actor | Baggage Man (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Actor | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Actor | Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Actor | Henchman Lon | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Actor | Racetrack Official | 58 Average |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Actor | Police Guard (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Actor | Trooper Cronin | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Actor | Officer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | Actor | (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Actor | Cop with McGurk | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Actor | Policeman in 1919 | 58 Average |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Actor | Bart Dolan | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Actor | Mechanic (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Scouts to the Rescue | Actor | Henchman Pug O'Toole | N/A N/A |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Actor | Kennel Guard | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Actor | Soldier | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Actor | Bartender | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Actor | Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Tenth Avenue Kid | Actor | Detective Egan | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Gateway | Actor | Guard | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Actor | Ralph | N/A N/A |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Actor | Prison Guard | 59 Average |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 | Actor | Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Actor | Cop | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Actor | Trooper | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Actor | Metal Detector Guard (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Actor | Convict (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Actor | Detective | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Actor | Detective | 59 Average |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Actor | Doorman | 59 Average |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Actor | Defense Attorney | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Actor | (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Go-Getter | Actor | Officer on the Macon (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Melody for Two | Actor | Radio Station Official | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Actor | Court Clerk #1 (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Penrod and Sam | Actor | Joe | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Actor | Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | Actor | First Radio Announcer | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Actor | G-Man | 59 Average |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Actor | Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Actor | Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Stranded | Actor | Bridge Worker (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Lady Killer | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Actor | Racetrack Official | 58 Average |