Ralph Dunn
Age: N/A | From: Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 110
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Studio One
(1948) Sergeant MacReynolds
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) Lieutenant Rooney
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948) Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Soldier (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940) Deputy (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
(1945) First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
(1939) Doorman (uncredited)
Saboteur
(1942) FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Lt. Rooney | |
| 1960 | The Furnace Man | |
| 1957 | Myron Hasler | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Baddie (archive footage) | ||
| 1955 | Mr. Rudge | |
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Sergeant MacReynolds | |
| Rafferty (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Lieutenant Rooney | |
| Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Mitch | |
| Sam (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Traveler | ||
| Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited) | |
| Capt. Rawlins | ||
| Department of Employment Clerk | ||
| N/A | ||
| Leader of Phantom Gang | ||
| Mr. McKelvey | ||
| 1948 | Sergeant MacReynolds | |
| Rhadames | ||
| Bugs | ||
| Jim. Driscoll | ||
| Al Garrity | ||
| U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens | ||
| Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro | ||
| N/A | ||
| Flophouse Bum (uncredited) | ||
| 1947 | Police Sgt. Martin | |
| 'Dutch' Miller | ||
| Deputy | ||
| Detective Peter Rafferty | ||
| Inspector Pete Rafferty | ||
| Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited) | ||
| Cop (Uncredited) | ||
| 1946 | Sergeant (Uncredited) | |
| Brady | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| Lumberjack (uncredited) | ||
| Lt. Gilley | ||
| Brisbane Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Detective O'Hara | ||
| Patrol Car Cop | ||
| Mac- Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty | ||
| Policeman at Gallery (uncredited) | ||
| Police Detective Faber (uncredited) | ||
| Capt. Dill (uncredited) | ||
| Pete Rafferty | ||
| Bailiff | ||
| Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited) | ||
| 1945 | First Policeman in Park (uncredited) | |
| Man (uncredited) | ||
| Detective | ||
| Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Arresting Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Cotton (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Lester | ||
| Cleary, the Cop | ||
| Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) | |
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Traffic Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Fred Callahan (uncredited) | ||
| Mike McCafferty (Uncredited) | ||
| Air Raid Warden (uncredited) | ||
| Chief Sanford | ||
| Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited) | ||
| MacIntosh 'Mac' | ||
| Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited) | ||
| Worker (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Quartermaster (uncredited) | |
| Hotel Detective | ||
| Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Czech Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Cop | |
| Henderson (uncredited) | ||
| Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited) | ||
| Big Boy | ||
| Army Guard | ||
| First Prison Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman Making Bet | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Detective | ||
| FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited) | ||
| Marine (uncredited) | ||
| Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman | ||
| 1941 | Cop | |
| Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited) | ||
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Don | ||
| Federal Agent | ||
| Customs Officer | ||
| Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited) | ||
| Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited) | ||
| Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman | ||
| Homicide Desk Sergeant | ||
| N/A | ||
| Work Seeker | ||
| 1940 | First Bartender | |
| Police Officer | ||
| Deputy Sheriff | ||
| Deputy with Charlie (uncredited) | ||
| Police Lieutenant | ||
| Jury Foreman | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Valley Truck Driver | ||
| 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Bondsman | ||
| Port Policeman | ||
| Det. Berner | ||
| 'General' in the Play | ||
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Deputy (uncredited) | ||
| First Police Dispatcher | ||
| Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited) | ||
| Medical Captain (uncredited) | ||
| Police Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| Plainclothesman (uncredited) | ||
| Guard | ||
| Andy - Thug (uncredited) | ||
| 1939 | Doorman (uncredited) | |
| Soldier (uncredited) | ||
| Baggage Man (uncredited) | ||
| Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Lon | ||
| Racetrack Official | ||
| Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| Police Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Trooper Cronin | ||
| Officer (uncredited) | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Cop with McGurk | ||
| Policeman in 1919 | ||
| Bart Dolan | ||
| Mechanic (Uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Pug O'Toole | ||
| 1938 | Kennel Guard | |
| Soldier | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Egan | ||
| Guard | ||
| Ralph | ||
| Prison Guard | ||
| Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Cop | |
| Trooper | ||
| Metal Detector Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Convict (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Detective | ||
| Detective | ||
| Doorman | ||
| Defense Attorney | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Officer on the Macon (uncredited) | ||
| Radio Station Official | ||
| Court Clerk #1 (uncredited) | ||
| Joe | ||
| Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | First Radio Announcer | |
| G-Man | ||
| Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Bridge Worker (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | N/A | |
| 1932 | Racetrack Official | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
