James Dunn
Age: 65 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1901-11-02 10:26:00
Death: 1967-09-03 10:26:00
Aliases: James Howard Dunn , Jimmy Dunn
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 34
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
James Dunn worked on the stage, in vaudeville and as an extra in silent movies before he was signed by Fox in 1931. His first movie with Fox was 1931's Sob Sister (1931). While at Fox, he appeared with Shirley Temple in her first three features: Baby Take a Bow (1934), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Bright Eyes (1934). Dunn's screen character was usually the boy next door or the nice guy. In 1935 musicals at the new 20th Century-Fox were out and Dunn would move to the "B" list, from which he would never return. In The Payoff (1935) he plays the nice guy newspaper columnist whose wife ruins his career. By the late 1930s he was drinking heavily and become unemployable. He would appear in small roles in films during the early 1940s, but those parts were few. In 1945 he was able to make a comeback and win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), but his rejuvenated career would not continue. By 1951 he would again be unemployed and bankrupt. Television would later supply some work and he would be a regular on the series It's a Great Life (1954). Dunn was born 2 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA, and he died 1 September 1967, Santa Monica, California, USA (following abdominal surgery)
Most Famous Work
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Gabe Henshaw
The Virginian
(1962) Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove
The Fugitive
(1963) Lou Bragan
Climax!
(1954) Warren
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Joey
Studio One
(1948) Frank Gabriel
Naked City
(1958) Peter Wilkin
The Great Adventure
(1963) Indian Agent McLeanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Self(archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | Luke Travers | |
| 1966 | TV executive | |
| 1965 | N/A | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Indian Agent McLean | ||
| Lou Bragan | ||
| P.J. Cunningham | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove | ||
| Telegrapher | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Stew Schaffer | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1958 | Peter Wilkin | |
| Gabe Henshaw | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1955 | N/A | |
| 1954 | Warren | |
| Eldon Abernathy | ||
| Earl Morgan | ||
| 1953 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Dan McLain | |
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Joey | |
| Henry Wood | ||
| Joe Riley | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Frank Gabriel | |
| N/A | ||
| Mike | ||
| 1947 | Brian McCoy | |
| 1946 | Denny Reagan | |
| 1945 | Mr. Smith | |
| Johnny Nolan | ||
| 1944 | Terry Moran | |
| Himself | ||
| 1943 | Sergeant Joe Blake | |
| Webster Frye | ||
| 1942 | Nick Trayne | |
| 1940 | Jimmy Parker | |
| Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone | ||
| 1939 | 'Speed' Leslie | |
| Speed Brennan | ||
| 1938 | Johnny McGinty | |
| 1937 | Gary Martin | |
| Buzz Martin | ||
| John Wade | ||
| 1936 | Addison Francis Murphy | |
| Jim Keene | ||
| Mickey | ||
| Lt. Kenneth Reynolds | ||
| 1935 | Eddie Nolan | |
| Richard Foster | ||
| Don McLane | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Joe McCoy | ||
| 1934 | Loop Merritt | |
| James 'Jimmy' Dale | ||
| James 'Jimmie' Flaherty | ||
| Eddie Ellison | ||
| Mark McGowan | ||
| Jimmy Dugan | ||
| Barney Sullivan | ||
| 1933 | Duke Stanley | |
| Jimmy O'Connor | ||
| Smiley Wells | ||
| Dr. Daniel French | ||
| Chuck | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan | ||
| 1932 | Bill Gordon | |
| Johnny Malone | ||
| Jimmy Mulligan | ||
| 1931 | Johnny Shelby as an Adult | |
| Garry Webster | ||
| Eddie Collins | ||
| 1930 | Man in Record Shop | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
