Ralph Dunn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-05-22
Day of Death
1968-02-19 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Acting
(1962)
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Lt. Rooney
(1960)
The Devil to Pay
as The Furnace Man
(1957)
The Pajama Game
as Myron Hasler
(1956)
(1956)
For Crimin' Out Loud
as Baddie (archive footage)
(1953)
Sentence of Death
as Sergeant MacReynolds
(1953)
Taxi
as Rafferty (uncredited)
(1951)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1951)
(1950)
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1950)
No Way Out
as Sam (uncredited)
(1950)
Singing Guns
as Traveler
(1950)
The Secret Fury
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
(1949)
The Lost Tribe
as Capt. Rawlins
(1949)
Miss Mink of 1949
as Mr. McKelvey
(1949)
Mr. Soft Touch
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
(1949)
Who Done It?
as Leader of Phantom Gang
(1949)
Homicide
as Department of Employment Clerk
(1949)
(1948)
Train to Alcatraz
as Mark Stevens
(1948)
Incident
as Bugs
(1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
(1948)
Mummy's Dummies
as Rhadames
(1948)
Jinx Money
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
(1948)
The Golden Eye
as Jim. Driscoll
(1948)
Lady at Midnight
as Al Garrity
(1948)
(1947)
Deep Valley
as Deputy
(1947)
Heartaches
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1947)
Three on a Ticket
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
(1947)
Dragnet
as Police Sgt. Martin
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
as New York Detective (uncredited)
(1947)
News Hounds
as 'Dutch' Miller
(1947)
Possessed
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
(1947)
Too Many Winners
as Detective Peter Rafferty
(1947)
Undercover Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
(1947)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Stagehand (uncredited)
(1946)
The Strange Woman
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
(1946)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Policeman
(1946)
Genius at Work
as Lt. Gilley
(1946)
Lady in the Lake
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
(1946)
The Truth About Murder
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
(1946)
Gas House Kids
as Detective O'Hara
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
(1946)
From This Day Forward
as Bailiff
(1946)
Little Giant
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
(1946)
Step by Step
as Patrol Car Cop
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Big Town
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Murder Is My Business
as Pete Rafferty
(1946)
Lady Chaser
as Brady
(1946)
Larceny in Her Heart
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
(1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1945)
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
(1945)
Anchors Aweigh
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
(1945)
Scarlet Street
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
(1945)
Escape in the Fog
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1945)
Along Came Jones
as Cotton (uncredited)
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Cleary, the Cop
(1945)
Senorita from the West
as Man (uncredited)
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
(1945)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Detective
(1945)
Dick Tracy
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
(1945)
Hold That Blonde!
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
(1945)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Detective Lester
(1944)
Trial by Trigger
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
(1944)
The Woman in the Window
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
(1944)
In Society
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
(1944)
Strange Affair
as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
(1944)
Laura
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
(1944)
The Whistler
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
(1944)
Murder, My Sweet
as Detective (uncredited)
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Worker (uncredited)
(1944)
Up in Mabel's Room
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
(1944)
Dark Mountain
as Chief Sanford
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Marty (uncredited)
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1943)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
(1943)
All by Myself
as Hotel Detective
(1942)
Saboteur
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
(1942)
A Night to Remember
as Henderson (uncredited)
(1942)
Grand Central Murder
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
Strictly in the Groove
as Big Boy
(1942)
Mug Town
as Cop
(1942)
I Married a Witch
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1942)
Blondie Goes to College
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
(1942)
Get Hep to Love
as Policeman Making Bet
(1942)
Moontide
as Policeman
(1942)
Fingers at the Window
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
as Army Guard
(1942)
About Face
as Marine (uncredited)
(1942)
Twin Beds
as Detective
(1942)
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
(1941)
Western Union
as Work Seeker
(1941)
(1941)
In the Navy
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
(1941)
The Corsican Brothers
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
(1941)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Customs Officer
(1941)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
(1941)
Manpower
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Federal Agent
(1941)
International Lady
as Don
(1941)
Dead Men Tell
as Homicide Desk Sergeant
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1940)
New Moon
as Bondsman
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as First Bartender
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
(1940)
Gallant Sons
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Port Policeman
(1940)
Double Alibi
as First Police Dispatcher
(1940)
Girl in 313
as Det. Berner
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Police Officer
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Deputy Sheriff
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Policeman
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
as Guard (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Guard
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as 'General' in the Play
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Jury Foreman
(1940)
You're Not So Tough
as Valley Truck Driver
(1940)
The Green Hornet
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
(1940)
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940)
So You Won't Talk?
as Police Lieutenant
(1939)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Cop with McGurk
(1939)
Scouts to the Rescue
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
(1939)
Invisible Stripes
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Trooper Cronin
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Bart Dolan
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
(1939)
Smashing the Money Ring
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
(1939)
Tail Spin
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
as Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Policeman in 1919
(1939)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Police Guard (uncredited)
(1939)
Desperate Trails
as Henchman Lon
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
The Patient in Room 18
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1938)
Gateway
as Guard
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Soldier
(1938)
Numbered Woman
as Ralph
(1938)
Garden of the Moon
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
(1938)
Over the Wall
as Prison Guard
(1938)
Straight, Place and Show
as Bartender
(1938)
Next Time I Marry
as Kennel Guard
(1938)
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Detective Egan
(1937)
Marked Woman
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
(1937)
Borrowing Trouble
as Cop
(1937)
Melody for Two
as Radio Station Official
(1937)
Alcatraz Island
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
(1937)
Hot Water
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1937)
The Game That Kills
as Detective
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
(1937)
One Mile from Heaven
as Doorman
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as Convict (uncredited)
(1937)
Penrod and Sam
as Joe (uncredited)
(1937)
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
(1937)
White Bondage
as Defense Attorney
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Detective
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
(1937)
Big Town Girl
as Trooper
(1936)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as G-Man
(1936)
Fugitive in the Sky
as First Radio Announcer
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
(1936)
China Clipper
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
(1935)
Stranded
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
(1933)
Lady Killer
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1932)
The Crowd Roars
as Racetrack Official