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