
Ralph Dunn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1900
- Died
- February 19, 1968 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography

Arsenic & Old Lace
Movie · as Lieutenant Rooney

The Devil to Pay
Movie · as The Furnace Man

The Pajama Game
Movie · as Myron Hasler

For Crimin' Out Loud
Movie · as Baddie (archive footage)

Crowded Paradise
Movie
Norby
TV · as Mr. Rudge · 13 eps
Summer Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Taxi
Movie · as Rafferty (uncredited)

Sentence of Death
Movie · as Sergeant MacReynolds

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie · as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Enforcer
Movie

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Lieutenant Rooney · 1 ep

Singing Guns
Movie · as Traveler

The Asphalt Jungle
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

The Secret Fury
Movie · as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)

No Way Out
Movie · as Sam (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
Movie · as Police Inspector Bruce

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mitch · 1 ep

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 1 ep

Who Done It?
Movie · as Leader of Phantom Gang

The Walking Hills
Movie

The Lost Tribe
Movie · as Capt. Rawlins

Miss Mink of 1949
Movie · as Mr. McKelvey

Homicide
Movie · as Department of Employment Clerk

Mr. Soft Touch
Movie · as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)

On the Right Side
Movie · as Hood

My Girl Tisa
Movie

The Golden Eye
Movie · as Jim. Driscoll
Train to Alcatraz
Movie · as Mark Stevens

Lady at Midnight
Movie · as Al Garrity

Mummy's Dummies
Movie · as Rhadames

Incident
Movie · as Bugs

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Movie · as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

Jinx Money
Movie · as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro

King of the Gamblers
Movie · as Cassidy

Studio One
TV · as Sergeant MacReynolds · 1 ep

Too Many Winners
Movie · as Detective Peter Rafferty

Three on a Ticket
Movie · as Inspector Pete Rafferty

News Hounds
Movie · as 'Dutch' Miller

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Movie · as Stagehand (uncredited)

Dragnet
Movie · as Police Sgt. Martin

Deep Valley
Movie · as Deputy

Buck Privates Come Home
Movie · as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Heartaches
Movie · as Police Detective (uncredited)

Nora Prentiss
Movie · as New York Detective (uncredited)

Possessed
Movie · as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Gas House Kids
Movie · as Detective O'Hara

Murder Is My Business
Movie · as Pete Rafferty

Genius at Work
Movie · as Lt. Gilley

Big Town
Movie · as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

Sister Kenny
Movie · as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Capt. Dill (uncredited)

The Truth About Murder
Movie · as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)

Larceny in Her Heart
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

The Strange Woman
Movie · as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Lady Chaser
Movie · as Brady

From This Day Forward
Movie · as Bailiff

Little Giant
Movie · as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)

Lady in the Lake
Movie · as Sergeant (Uncredited)

The Dark Corner
Movie · as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)

Step by Step
Movie · as Patrol Car Cop

The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Movie · as Policeman

Blondie's Lucky Day
Movie · as 1st Cop (uncredited)

Gallant Bess
Movie · as Tractor Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

Salty O'Rourke
Movie · as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Cleary, the Cop

Along Came Jones
Movie · as Cotton (uncredited)

Love, Honor and Goodbye
Movie · as Detective

Scarlet Street
Movie · as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

Phantoms, Inc.
Movie · as Detective Lester

Senorita from the West
Movie · as Man (uncredited)

The Falcon in San Francisco
Movie · as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh
Movie · as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

Escape in the Fog
Movie · as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Dick Tracy
Movie · as Detective Manning (uncredited)

Hold That Blonde!
Movie · as Radio Cop (uncredited)

Phantom Lady
Movie · as Worker (uncredited)

Dark Mountain
Movie · as Chief Sanford

Murder, My Sweet
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Laura
Movie · as Fred Callahan (uncredited)

The Woman in the Window
Movie · as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

The Whistler
Movie · as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

Up in Mabel's Room
Movie · as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

Strange Affair
Movie · as Mike McCafferty (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen
Movie · as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

In Society
Movie · as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)

Trial by Trigger
Movie · as MacIntosh 'Mac'

Follow the Boys
Movie · as Loomis (uncredited)

This Is the Life
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Hangmen Also Die!
Movie · as Czech Policeman (uncredited)

All by Myself
Movie · as Hotel Detective

Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · as Marty (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · as Quartermaster (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie · as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Sailing
Movie · as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)

Saboteur
Movie · as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

Blondie Goes to College
Movie · as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

Mug Town
Movie · as Cop

Twin Beds
Movie · as Detective

Get Hep to Love
Movie · as Policeman Making Bet

About Face
Movie · as Marine (uncredited)

The Corsican Brothers
Movie · as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)

Grand Central Murder
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

I Married a Witch
Movie · as First Prison Guard (uncredited)

A Night to Remember
Movie · as Henderson (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan
Movie · as Army Guard

Fingers at the Window
Movie · as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)

Moontide
Movie · as Policeman

Strictly in the Groove
Movie · as Big Boy

Manpower
Movie · as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)

Two Latins from Manhattan
Movie · as Federal Agent

The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie · as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman

Sun Valley Serenade
Movie · as Customs Officer

Western Union
Movie · as Work Seeker

Dead Men Tell
Movie · as Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Pacific Blackout
Movie · as Cop

I Wake Up Screaming
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

International Lady
Movie · as Don

In the Navy
Movie · as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)

Sleepers West
Movie

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie · as Guard

You're Not So Tough
Movie · as Valley Truck Driver

The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)

Murder Over New York
Movie · as Police Officer

The Fighting 69th
Movie · as Medical Captain (uncredited)

The Saint's Double Trouble
Movie · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

His Girl Friday
Movie · as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

The Green Hornet
Movie · as Andy - Thug (uncredited)

Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff

Brigham Young
Movie · as Jury Foreman

Gallant Sons
Movie · as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie · as First Bartender

New Moon
Movie · as Bondsman

Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders
Movie · as Port Policeman

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie · as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

An Angel from Texas
Movie · as 'General' in the Play

Girl in 313
Movie · as Det. Berner

Johnny Apollo
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)

Double Alibi
Movie · as First Police Dispatcher

Public Deb No. 1
Movie · as Policeman

We Who Are Young
Movie · as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

So You Won't Talk?
Movie · as Police Lieutenant

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie · as Bart Dolan

Smashing the Money Ring
Movie · as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

Tail Spin
Movie · as Mechanic (Uncredited)

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie · as Cop with McGurk

Blind Alley
Movie · as Trooper Cronin

The Return of the Cisco Kid
Movie · as (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)

Another Thin Man
Movie · as Baggage Man (uncredited)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie · as Police Guard (uncredited)

Indianapolis Speedway
Movie · as Racetrack Official

Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Policeman in 1919

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)

Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie · as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Desperate Trails
Movie · as Henchman Lon

Scouts to the Rescue
Movie · as Henchman Pug O'Toole

I Stole a Million
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

Tenth Avenue Kid
Movie · as Detective Egan

Numbered Woman
Movie · as Henchman Red

The Patient in Room 18
Movie · as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Next Time I Marry
Movie · as Kennel Guard (uncredited)

Garden of the Moon
Movie · as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

Gateway
Movie · as Guard

Storm Over Bengal
Movie · as Soldier

Over the Wall
Movie · as Prison Guard

Straight, Place and Show
Movie · as Bartender

A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · as Third Policeman (uncredited)

Alcatraz Island
Movie · as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)

Kid Galahad
Movie · as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)

The Game That Kills
Movie · as Detective

Melody for Two
Movie · as Radio Station Official

The Great O'Malley
Movie · as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)

Dangerously Yours
Movie · as Detective

White Bondage
Movie · as Defense Attorney

One Mile from Heaven
Movie · as Doorman

Big Town Girl
Movie · as Trooper

The Go-Getter
Movie · as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)

Hot Water
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Borrowing Trouble
Movie · as Cop

Penrod and Sam
Movie · as Joe (uncredited)

The Wrong Road
Movie · as Convict (uncredited)

Marked Woman
Movie · as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Movie · as G-Man

Fugitive in the Sky
Movie · as First Radio Announcer

Bullets or Ballots
Movie · as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

China Clipper
Movie · as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)

Stranded
Movie · as Bridge Worker (uncredited)

Lady Killer
Movie · as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)

The Crowd Roars
Movie · as Racetrack Official