Ralph Dunn

May 22, 1900 - Feb 19, 1968 (67 years old) in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Robert Montgomery Presents

Studio One

Sergeant MacReynolds

Lux Video Theatre

Mitch

Murder, My Sweet

Detective (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Lieutenant Rooney

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

His Girl Friday

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Soldier (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

Deputy (uncredited)

Norby

Mr. Rudge

Credits

Arsenic & Old Lace 1962

Lt. Rooney

★ 6.5
The Devil to Pay 1960

The Furnace Man

★ NR
The Pajama Game 1957

Myron Hasler

★ 6.2
Crowded Paradise 1956

★ NR
For Crimin' Out Loud 1956

Baddie (archive footage)

★ 6.2
Norby 1955

Mr. Rudge

★ NR
Summer Playhouse 1954

★ NR
Sentence of Death 1953

Sergeant MacReynolds

★ 7.3
Taxi 1953

Rafferty (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Lieutenant Rooney

★ 8.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Enforcer 1951

★ 7.1
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Mitch

★ 6.3
No Way Out 1950

Sam (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Asphalt Jungle 1950

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Singing Guns 1950

Traveler

★ 5.8
The Secret Fury 1950

Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

★ 5.6
Mr. Soft Touch 1949

Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Lost Tribe 1949

Capt. Rawlins

★ 5
Homicide 1949

Department of Employment Clerk

★ 5.3
The Walking Hills 1949

★ 6
Who Done It? 1949

Leader of Phantom Gang

★ 7.3
Miss Mink of 1949 1949

Mr. McKelvey

★ NR
Studio One 1948

Sergeant MacReynolds

★ 5
Mummy's Dummies 1948

Rhadames

★ 6.8
Incident 1948

Bugs

★ 5.1
The Golden Eye 1948

Jim. Driscoll

★ 5.4
Lady at Midnight 1948

Al Garrity

★ NR
Train to Alcatraz 1948

U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens

★ 6
Jinx Money 1948

Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro

★ 4.7
My Girl Tisa 1948

★ NR
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948

Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

★ 8
Dragnet 1947

Police Sgt. Martin

★ 6
News Hounds 1947

'Dutch' Miller

★ 6.3
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947

Stagehand (uncredited)

★ 5
Deep Valley 1947

Deputy

★ 5.8
Heartaches 1947

Police Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Too Many Winners 1947

Detective Peter Rafferty

★ 5.5
Three on a Ticket 1947

Inspector Pete Rafferty

★ 5.8
Buck Privates Come Home 1947

Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Undercover Maisie 1947

Cop (Uncredited)

★ 8
Nora Prentiss 1947

New York Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Lady in the Lake 1946

Sergeant (Uncredited)

★ 6
Lady Chaser 1946

Brady

★ 6
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Nobody Lives Forever 1946

Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Strange Woman 1946

Lumberjack (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Genius at Work 1946

Lt. Gilley

★ 6
Sister Kenny 1946

Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Gas House Kids 1946

Detective O'Hara

★ 6
Big Town 1946

Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Step by Step 1946

Patrol Car Cop

★ 6.2
The Walls Came Tumbling Down 1946

Policeman

★ 5.9
Larceny in Her Heart 1946

Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

★ 6
The Dark Corner 1946

Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Truth About Murder 1946

Police Detective Faber (uncredited)

★ 5
Deadline at Dawn 1946

Capt. Dill (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Murder Is My Business 1946

Pete Rafferty

★ 6
From This Day Forward 1946

Bailiff

★ 5.2
Little Giant 1946

Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Scarlet Street 1945

First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Dick Tracy 1945

Detective Manning (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Senorita from the West 1945

Man (uncredited)

★ 5
Love, Honor and Goodbye 1945

Detective

★ 4.5
Anchors Aweigh 1945

Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Falcon in San Francisco 1945

Arresting Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Along Came Jones 1945

Cotton (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Phantoms, Inc. 1945

Detective Lester

★ 5.5
Circumstantial Evidence 1945

Cleary, the Cop

★ 4.8
Escape in the Fog 1945

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Salty O'Rourke 1945

Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Hollywood Canteen 1944

Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Murder, My Sweet 1944

Detective (uncredited)

★ 7.2
The Woman in the Window 1944

Traffic Cop (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Laura 1944

Fred Callahan (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Strange Affair 1944

Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
Up in Mabel's Room 1944

Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

★ 6
Dark Mountain 1944

Chief Sanford

★ 5.3
In Society 1944

Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Trial by Trigger 1944

MacIntosh 'Mac'

★ 2
The Whistler 1944

Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

★ 5.9
Phantom Lady 1944

Worker (uncredited)

★ 7
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943

Marty (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Action in the North Atlantic 1943

Quartermaster (uncredited)

★ 7.1
All by Myself 1943

Hotel Detective

★ NR
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 1943

Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Hangmen Also Die! 1943

Czech Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Mug Town 1942

Cop

★ 7
A Night to Remember 1942

Henderson (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Keep 'Em Sailing 1942

Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)

★ 7
Strictly in the Groove 1942

Big Boy

★ NR
Lucky Jordan 1942

Army Guard

★ 6
I Married a Witch 1942

First Prison Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Get Hep to Love 1942

Policeman Making Bet

★ 4
Moontide 1942

Policeman

★ 6.4
Grand Central Murder 1942

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Twin Beds 1942

Detective

★ 2.7
Saboteur 1942

FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Fingers at the Window 1942

Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)

★ 5.4
About Face 1942

Marine (uncredited)

★ 6
Blondie Goes to College 1942

Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

★ 6.4
Pacific Blackout 1941

Cop

★ 6.3
The Corsican Brothers 1941

Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)

★ 6.7
I Wake Up Screaming 1941

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.8
International Lady 1941

Don

★ 6.4
Two Latins from Manhattan 1941

Federal Agent

★ 5
Sun Valley Serenade 1941

Customs Officer

★ 6.9
Manpower 1941

Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)

★ 6.7
In the Navy 1941

Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941

Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman

★ 5.2
Dead Men Tell 1941

Homicide Desk Sergeant

★ 6.3
Sleepers West 1941

★ 6.3
Western Union 1941

Work Seeker

★ 6
Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940

First Bartender

★ 6.5
Murder Over New York 1940

Police Officer

★ 6.1
Trail of the Vigilantes 1940

Deputy Sheriff

★ NR
Gallant Sons 1940

Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)

★ 7.2
So You Won't Talk? 1940

Police Lieutenant

★ 5
Brigham Young 1940

Jury Foreman

★ 4.4
Public Deb No. 1 1940

Policeman

★ 4.2
Dr. Kildare Goes Home 1940

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.8
You're Not So Tough 1940

Valley Truck Driver

★ 4.3
We Who Are Young 1940

2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.8
New Moon 1940

Bondsman

★ 6.8
Phantom Raiders 1940

Port Policeman

★ 6.1
Girl in 313 1940

Det. Berner

★ 5.6
An Angel from Texas 1940

'General' in the Play

★ 4.8
Johnny Apollo 1940

Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

Deputy (uncredited)

★ 7.8
Double Alibi 1940

First Police Dispatcher

★ 4.5
Castle on the Hudson 1940

Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Fighting 69th 1940

Medical Captain (uncredited)

★ 5.4
The Saint's Double Trouble 1940

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.6
His Girl Friday 1940

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

★ 7.4
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1940

Guard

★ 4
The Green Hornet 1940

Andy - Thug (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Invisible Stripes 1939

Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

Soldier (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Another Thin Man 1939

Baggage Man (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Blondie Brings Up Baby 1939

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Smashing the Money Ring 1939

Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

★ 5
Desperate Trails 1939

Henchman Lon

★ 4.5
Indianapolis Speedway 1939

Racetrack Official

★ 5
I Stole a Million 1939

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1939

Police Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Blind Alley 1939

Trooper Cronin

★ 5.7
Rose of Washington Square 1939

Officer (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Return of the Cisco Kid 1939

(uncredited)

★ 5
Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939

Cop with McGurk

★ 6.7
Sergeant Madden 1939

Policeman in 1919

★ 6
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Bart Dolan

★ 6
Tail Spin 1939

Mechanic (Uncredited)

★ 5.8
Scouts to the Rescue 1939

Henchman Pug O'Toole

★ NR
Next Time I Marry 1938

Kennel Guard

★ 6.8
Storm Over Bengal 1938

Soldier

★ 5.3
Straight, Place and Show 1938

Bartender

★ 6
Garden of the Moon 1938

Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Tenth Avenue Kid 1938

Detective Egan

★ 5
Gateway 1938

Guard

★ 6.5
Numbered Woman 1938

Ralph

★ NR
Over the Wall 1938

Prison Guard

★ 5
The Patient in Room 18 1938

Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Borrowing Trouble 1937

Cop

★ 6
Big Town Girl 1937

Trooper

★ 6
Alcatraz Island 1937

Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)

★ 4.9
The Wrong Road 1937

Convict (uncredited)

★ 4.3
Hot Water 1937

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5
The Game That Kills 1937

Detective

★ 5.3
Dangerously Yours 1937

Detective

★ 6
One Mile from Heaven 1937

Doorman

★ 6.7
White Bondage 1937

Defense Attorney

★ 6
Kid Galahad 1937

(uncredited)

★ 7
The Go-Getter 1937

Officer on the Macon (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Melody for Two 1937

Radio Station Official

★ NR
Marked Woman 1937

Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Penrod and Sam 1937

Joe (uncredited)

★ 6
The Great O'Malley 1937

Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Fugitive in the Sky 1936

First Radio Announcer

★ 6
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie 1936

G-Man

★ 6.4
China Clipper 1936

Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Bullets or Ballots 1936

Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Stranded 1935

Bridge Worker (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Lady Killer 1933

★ 6.8
The Crowd Roars 1932

Racetrack Official

★ 5.9