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.
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Manpower
Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
My Girl Tisa
Policeman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Lady Killer
Myron Hasler
The Pajama Game
Cleary, the Cop
Circumstantial Evidence
Federal Agent
Two Latins from Manhattan
Cotton (uncredited)
Along Came Jones
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Worker (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Jim. Driscoll
The Golden Eye
Detective O'Hara
Gas House Kids
Chief Sanford
Dark Mountain
Pete Rafferty
Murder Is My Business
Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
Racetrack Official
The Crowd Roars
Detective Egan
Tenth Avenue Kid
U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens
Train to Alcatraz
Al Garrity
Lady at Midnight
(uncredited)
Kid Galahad
Rhadames
Mummy's Dummies
Leader of Phantom Gang
Who Done It?
Baddie (archive footage)
For Crimin' Out Loud
Traveler
Singing Guns
The Walking Hills
The Furnace Man
The Devil to Pay
Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
Detective
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Detective
The Game That Kills
Ralph
Numbered Woman
Lt. Gilley
Genius at Work
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Patient in Room 18
Detective Peter Rafferty
Too Many Winners
Rafferty (uncredited)
Taxi
Detective (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
Bart Dolan
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Policeman (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
Kennel Guard
Next Time I Marry
G-Man
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
The Enforcer
First Radio Announcer
Fugitive in the Sky
Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Garden of the Moon
Radio Station Official
Melody for Two
Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Smashing the Money Ring
Mechanic (Uncredited)
Tail Spin
Cop with McGurk
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Trooper Cronin
Blind Alley
(uncredited)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Officer (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
Racetrack Official
Indianapolis Speedway
Police Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Big Town
Policeman in 1919
Sergeant Madden
Soldier (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Bugs
Incident
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Guard
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Valley Truck Driver
You're Not So Tough
Deputy (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Capt. Dill (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
Detective
Dangerously Yours
Police Officer
Murder Over New York
Medical Captain (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
Andy - Thug (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
Inspector Pete Rafferty
Three on a Ticket
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Laura
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
Larceny in Her Heart
FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
Saboteur
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
The Whistler
Hotel Detective
All by Myself
Deputy Sheriff
Trail of the Vigilantes
Jury Foreman
Brigham Young
Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
The Lady from Cheyenne
Henchman Lon
Desperate Trails
Defense Attorney
White Bondage
Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
Customs Officer
Sun Valley Serenade
First Bartender
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Guard
Gateway
Doorman
One Mile from Heaven
Bondsman
New Moon
Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Port Policeman
Phantom Raiders
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
'General' in the Play
An Angel from Texas
Det. Berner
Girl in 313
Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
'Dutch' Miller
News Hounds
Marty (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Soldier
Storm Over Bengal
Prison Guard
Over the Wall
Capt. Rawlins
The Lost Tribe
Detective Lester
Phantoms, Inc.
Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Blondie Goes to College
Stagehand (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Cop
Mug Town
Henchman Pug O'Toole
Scouts to the Rescue
Man (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
Work Seeker
Western Union
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Dead Men Tell
Trooper
Big Town Girl
Bartender (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Bartender
Straight, Place and Show
First Police Dispatcher
Double Alibi
Policeman Making Bet
Get Hep to Love
Detective
Twin Beds
Marine (uncredited)
About Face
Cop
Pacific Blackout
Sergeant MacReynolds
Sentence of Death
Police Sgt. Martin
Dragnet
Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Detective (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
Bridge Worker (uncredited)
Stranded
Mr. McKelvey
Miss Mink of 1949
Don
International Lady
Quartermaster (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
Jinx Money
Deputy
Deep Valley
Policeman (uncredited)
Hot Water
Cop
Borrowing Trouble
Joe
Penrod and Sam
Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Strange Woman
Policeman
Public Deb No. 1
Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
The Secret Fury
Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco
Brady
Lady Chaser
Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
Policeman (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
First Prison Guard (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Henderson (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
Army Guard
Lucky Jordan
Bailiff
From This Day Forward
Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
Strange Affair
Department of Employment Clerk
Homicide
2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Sam (uncredited)
No Way Out
Convict (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Marked Woman
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
In the Navy
Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
In Society
Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Little Giant
Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
China Clipper
Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
Policeman
Moontide
Lt. Rooney
Arsenic & Old Lace
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
Doorman (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Police Lieutenant
So You Won't Talk?
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
Sleepers West
MacIntosh 'Mac'
Trial by Trigger
Big Boy
Strictly in the Groove
Cop (Uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
Sergeant (Uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Patrol Car Cop
Step by Step
Crowded Paradise
Detective Manning (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Police Detective (uncredited)
Heartaches
New York Detective (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
178
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-05-22
Place of Birth
Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As