Ralph Dunn

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-05-22

Place of Birth

Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As