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