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