Eddie Dunn
Acting · Directing
Born March 29, 1896, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Frank Dunn (March 31, 1896 – May 5, 1951) was an American actor best known for his roles in comedy films, supporting many comedians such as Charley Chase (with whom he co-directed several short films), Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and Laurel and Hardy. Dunn also appeared as Detective Grimes in several of The Falcon series of films in the 1940s which starred George Sanders and later on Sanders' brother Tom Conway, and in many small and uncredited parts in many feature films until his death in 1951 aged 55.
Filmography
- 1985The Velveteen Rabbit — Doctor (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas — Stage Driver
- 1950Gun Crazy — State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)
- 1950Lonely Heart Bandits — Sheriff York
- 1950Summer Stock — Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1950The Secret Fury — Eddie (uncredited)
- 1950Whirlpool — Watchman (uncredited)
- 1949I Shot Jesse James — Joe, Silver King Bartender
- 1949The Doolins of Oklahoma — Train Engineer (uncredited)
- 1948Call Northside 777 — Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
- 1948Here Comes Trouble — Pit Violinist (uncredited)
- 1948Hollow Triumph — Marty (uncredited)
- 1948Homicide for Three — Circus Doorman
- 1948Incident — Police Lt. Madigan
- 1948Shed No Tears — Loan Company Representative (Uncredited)
- 1948The Man from Texas — Deputy (uncredited)
- 1947Buck Privates Come Home — Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)
- 1947Deep Valley — Posseman
- 1947High Wall
- 1947I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now — Stagehand (uncredited)
- 1947Key Witness — Detective Lt. Dillon (uncredited)
- 1947Philo Vance Returns — Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited)
- 1947The Flame — Police Officer
- 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge — Northerner (uncredited)
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder — Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1946Bowery Bombshell — Police Officer O'Hara
- Face to Face — Host
- 1945Bewitched — Prison Janitor (uncredited)
- 1945Circumstantial Evidence — Guard
- 1945Dangerous Partners — Lunch Counter Operator (uncredited)
- 1945Here Come the Co-Eds — Officer Flannigan (uncredited)
- 1945Lady on a Train
- 1945Life with Blondie — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945Patrick the Great — Plumber
- 1945Two O'Clock Courage — Policeman at Clothing Store (uncredited)
- 1944A Fig Leaf for Eve — Gus Hoffman
- 1944Christmas Holiday — Jim (uncredited)
- 1944Dead Man's Eyes — Police Guard Moriarty
- 1944Greenwich Village — Set designer
- 1944Lost in a Harem — Sentry (uncredited)
- 1944Moon Over Las Vegas — Conductor
- 1943A Stranger in Town — Henry
- 1943Dixie Dugan — Policeman
- 1943Fired Wife — Stagehand
- 1943Hello, Frisco, Hello — Forman of Renovation Crew
- 1943Hit the Ice — Officer Murphy (uncredited)
- 1943Margin for Error — Desk Sergeant
- 1943So's Your Uncle — Propietor
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- 1943The Falcon in Danger — Det. Grimes
- 1942A Date with the Falcon — Det. Grimes (uncredited)
- 1942A Night to Remember — Matthews (uncredited)
- 1942Fly By Night — Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
- 1942Invisible Agent — S.S. Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1942Jackass Mail — Man
- 1942Lady in a Jam — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1942Mexican Spitfire at Sea — George Skinner
- 1942Mississippi Gambler — Police Detective Sergeant Dexter
- 1942My Sister Eileen — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942Ride 'Em Cowboy — Railroad Detective #1 (uncredited)
- 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point — O'Toole
- 1942The Big Street — Officer Mulvaney (uncredited)
- 1942The Falcon's Brother — Detective Grimes
- 1942The Secret Code — Weather Bureau Man
- 1941Appointment for Love — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1941At the Stroke of Twelve — Policeman
- 1941Billy the Kid — Pat Shanahan
- 1941I Wake Up Screaming — Detective (uncredited)
- 1941In the Navy — Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)
- 1941Parachute Battalion — Recruiting Sergeant
- 1941Sea Raiders — Whaler Captain
- 1941The Gay Falcon — Detective Grimes
- 1941The Saint In Palm Springs — Det. Barker
- 1941Three Girls About Town — Policeman Eddie
- 1940Black Friday — Det. Farnow
- 1940Boom Town — Wildcatter (uncredited)
- 1940Double Alibi — Policeman
- 1940He Married His Wife — The Jailer
- 1940Love Thy Neighbor — Driver
- 1940Men Against the Sky — Plainclothesman
- 1940Mexican Spitfire Out West — Mr. Skinner
- 1940Pop Always Pays — Detective Winton
- 1940The Bank Dick — James the Chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1940The Golden Fleecing — McGurk (uncredited)
- 1940The Great Dictator — Whitewashed Storm Trooper
- 1940The Great Profile — Furniture Man
- 1940The Green Hornet — D.H. Sligby
- 1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! — Foley - Racketeer
- 1940The Howards of Virginia — Dunkel
- 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Jim
- 1940The Villain Still Pursued Her — Stevens - the Coach Driver (uncredited)
- 1939Cafe Society — Newsreel Reporter
- 1939Charlie McCarthy, Detective — Officer Walsh
- 1939Chicken Wagon Family — Stu
- 1939Dog-Gone — Dr. Kittle
- 1939Henry Goes Arizona — Slim Pickins (uncredited)
- 1939I Stole a Million — Trucking Superintendent
- 1939Let Freedom Ring — Curly
- 1939Of Mice and Men — Bus Driver (uncredited)
- 1939Second Fiddle — Road Construction Workman
- 1939Tail Spin — Eddie, Mechanic (Uncredited)
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams — Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- 1939The Big Guy — Dawes (uncredited)
- 1939The Cisco Kid and the Lady — Jailer
- 1939The Day the Bookies Wept — Racetrack Detective (uncredited)
- 1939The Phantom Creeps — Policeman
- 1939The Wrong Room — The Attorney
- 1939Three Smart Girls Grow Up — Decorator
- 1939Too Busy to Work — Truck Driver
- 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man — Cop (uncredited)
- 1938A Clean Sweep — Salesman Crew Boss
- 1938Beaux and Errors — Jimmy Dugan, Old Beaux
- 1938Change of Heart — Dog Owner
- 1938Give Me a Sailor — Newsreel Director (uncredited)
- 1938His Pest Friend
- 1938Kentucky — Moving Man
- 1938Love on a Budget — Expressman
- 1938Men with Wings — Field Employee
- 1938The Arkansas Traveler — Hobo
- 1938The Chaser — Eddie
- 1938There Goes My Heart — Norman - Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- 1938Too Hot to Handle — Newsreel Man (uncredited)
- 1938While New York Sleeps — 1st Cop
- 1937Angel's Holiday — Detective
- 1937Dumb's the Word — Neighbor
- 1937Man Of The People — Kitty "The Horse" Schwartz (uncredited)
- 1937Many Unhappy Returns — Jones - Mr. Morgan's Secretary
- 1937One Mile from Heaven — Detective
- 1937Slave Ship — Ostler
- 1937Tramp Trouble — Railroad Detective
- 1937Wells Fargo — Ed Slocum - Stagecoach Driver
- 1936A Face in the Fog — Policeman Kelly (uncredited)
- 1936And Sudden Death — Gas Station Attendant
- 1936Border Flight — Mechanic
- 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Grip (uncredited)
- 1936Let's Make a Million — Taggert
- 1936Murder with Pictures — Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1936Rhythm on the Range — Cowboy
- 1936The Accusing Finger — Sergeant at Arms
- 1936The Preview Murder Mystery — Tub Wilson (Uncredited)
- 1936The Princess Comes Across — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1936To Mary - with Love — Politician
- 1935'G' Men — Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
- 1935Alibi Racket — Detective
- 1935Car 99 — Mack
- 1935Cardinal Richelieu — Tradesman
- 1935Here Comes Cookie — Gracie’s Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1935Powdersmoke Range — Elliott
- 1935Stolen Harmony — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1935The Gilded Lily — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1935The Rainmakers — Dispatcher
- 1934Another Wild Idea — Director
- 1934Four Parts — Director
- 1934I'll Take Vanilla — Director
- 1934It Happened One Day — Director
- 1934Next Week-End — Director
- 1934The Cracked Ice Man — Director
- 1933Asleep in the Feet — Sailor
- 1933Fallen Arches — The Thief
- 1933Private Detective 62 — Club Doorman (Uncredited)
- 1933The Midnight Patrol — Sergeant
- 1932Always Kickin'
- 1932In Walked Charley
- 1932Million Dollar Legs — Coachman / Guard (uncredited)
- 1932Off His Base — Gallagher - Reporter
- 1932South of Santa Fe — Lankey
- 1932What Price Hollywood? — Doorman at Grauman's Theater (uncredited)
- 1931Finn and Hattie — N. Y. Taxi Driver
- 1931Hasty Marriage — Eddie Jenkins
- 1931Love Fever — Theatrical Agent
- 1931Riders of the North — Tim 'Mac' McGuire
- 1931The Pajama Party — Eddie
- 1931The Sunrise Trail — Rand Kennedy
- 1930Another Fine Mess — Meadows the Butler (uncredited)
- 1930Headin' North — Palace Master of Ceremonies
- 1930Looser Than Loose — Night Club Waiter
- 1930The Fighting Parson — The Piano Player
- 1930The Head Guy — Mr. Dunn, the Producer
- 1930The Land of Missing Men — Sheriff Bower
- 1930The Real McCoy — Mountain Man (uncredited)
- 1930True to the Navy — Albert
- 1930Whispering Whoopee — Ricketts, the Butler
- 1929Bouncing Babies — Eddie - Father (uncredited)
- 1929Crazy Feet — Thelma's Dancing Partner
- 1929Dad's Day — Jimmie
- 1929Hotter Than Hot
- 1929Madame Q — Defense Lawyer
- 1929Sky Boy — Pilot
- 1929The Saturday Night Kid — Jim (uncredited)
- 1929The Unkissed Man
- 1929Thundering Toupees
- 1929Why Is a Plumber?
- 1928Say Ah-h!
- 1928The Fleet's In — Al Pearce
- 1928The Road to Ruin — Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
- 1927Many a Slip
- 1926Fatal Footsteps
- 1926The Sorrows of Satan — Marriage Clerk (uncredited)
- 1920The Blood Barrier — Eddie Brown
- 1919Dawn — John McGuire
- 1919His Home Sweet Home — A Crook
- 1919The Moonshine Trail — Eddie Cassidy
- 1918My Own United States — Gen. Wilkinson
- 1917Bullies and Bullets — Soldier
- 1917Flatheads and Flivvers
- 1917Footlights and Fakers — Ed - Grips
- 1917Plagues And Puppy Love
- 1917Rips and Rushes
- 1917Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
- 1917Turks and Troubles — Haffed - The Terrible Turk
- 1916A Villainous Villain — Gentleman Joe
- 1916Hash and Havoc
- 1916Losing Weight
- 1916There and Back — John Dubo
- 1916Walls and Wallops — The Villain
- 1915Boobley's Baby
- 1915The Vanishing Vault
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 1929Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon — Himself