Ralph Dunn

from Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

Artwork for Anchors AweighImage of 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.

Timeline

1962Aged 62

  • Poster for Arsenic & Old Lace

    Lieutenant Rooney

1960Aged 60

  • Poster for The Devil to Pay

    The Furnace Man

1957Aged 57

  • Poster for The Pajama Game

    Myron Hasler

1956Aged 56

  • Poster for For Crimin' Out Loud

    Baddie (archive footage)

  • Poster for Crowded Paradise

    (Unknown)

1953Aged 53

  • Poster for Taxi

    Rafferty (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sentence of Death

    Sergeant MacReynolds

1951Aged 51

  • Poster for The Enforcer

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

    Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1950Aged 50

  • Poster for The Secret Fury

    Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)

  • Poster for Singing Guns

    Traveler

  • The Great Plane Robbery

    Police Inspector Bruce

  • Poster for The Asphalt Jungle

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for No Way Out

    Sam (uncredited)

1949Aged 49

  • Poster for Miss Mink of 1949

    Mr. McKelvey

  • Poster for Who Done It?

    Leader of Phantom Gang

  • Poster for The Walking Hills

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Homicide

    Department of Employment Clerk

  • Poster for The Lost Tribe

    Capt. Rawlins

  • Poster for Mr. Soft Touch

    Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)

1948Aged 48

  • Poster for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Girl Tisa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for King of the Gamblers

    Cassidy

  • Poster for Jinx Money

    Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro

  • Train to Alcatraz

    Mark Stevens

  • Poster for Lady at Midnight

    Al Garrity

  • Poster for The Golden Eye

    Jim. Driscoll

  • Poster for Incident

    Bugs

  • Poster for Mummy's Dummies

    Rhadames

1947Aged 47

  • Poster for Nora Prentiss

    New York Detective (uncredited)

  • Poster for Undercover Maisie

    Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Three on a Ticket

    Inspector Pete Rafferty

  • Poster for Buck Privates Come Home

    Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)

  • Poster for Too Many Winners

    Detective Peter Rafferty

  • Poster for Possessed

    Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Heartaches

    Police Detective (uncredited)

  • Poster for Deep Valley

    Deputy

  • Poster for I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

    Stagehand (uncredited)

  • Poster for News Hounds

    'Dutch' Miller

  • Poster for Dragnet

    Police Sgt. Martin

1946Aged 46

  • Poster for Little Giant

    Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

  • Poster for From This Day Forward

    Bailiff

  • Poster for Murder Is My Business

    Pete Rafferty

  • Poster for Deadline at Dawn

    Capt. Dill (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Truth About Murder

    Police Detective Faber (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Dark Corner

    Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)

  • Poster for Larceny in Her Heart

    Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

  • Poster for The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    Policeman

  • Poster for Step by Step

    Patrol Car Cop

  • Poster for Big Town

    Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Gas House Kids

    Detective O'Hara

  • Poster for Sister Kenny

    Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Genius at Work

    Lt. Gilley

  • Poster for The Strange Woman

    Lumberjack (uncredited)

  • Poster for Nobody Lives Forever

    Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lady Chaser

    Brady

  • Poster for Lady in the Lake

    Sergeant (Uncredited)

1945Aged 45

  • Poster for Salty O'Rourke

    Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)

  • Poster for Escape in the Fog

    Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for Circumstantial Evidence

    Cleary, the Cop

  • Poster for Phantoms, Inc.

    Detective Lester

  • Poster for Along Came Jones

    Cotton (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Falcon in San Francisco

    Arresting Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Anchors Aweigh

    Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Detective

  • Poster for Senorita from the West

    Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hold That Blonde!

    Radio Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dick Tracy

    Detective Manning (uncredited)

  • Poster for Scarlet Street

    First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

1944Aged 44

  • Poster for Phantom Lady

    Worker (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Whistler

    Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Follow the Boys

    Loomis (uncredited)

  • Poster for Trial by Trigger

    MacIntosh 'Mac'

  • Poster for In Society

    Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dark Mountain

    Chief Sanford

  • Poster for Up in Mabel's Room

    Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

  • Poster for Strange Affair

    Mike McCafferty (uncredited)

  • Poster for Laura

    Fred Callahan (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Woman in the Window

    Traffic Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Murder, My Sweet

    Detective (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hollywood Canteen

    Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

1943Aged 43

  • Poster for Hangmen Also Die!

    Czech Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for All by Myself

    Hotel Detective

  • Poster for Action in the North Atlantic

    Quartermaster (uncredited)

  • Poster for Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Marty (uncredited)

1942Aged 42

  • Poster for Blondie Goes to College

    Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

  • Poster for About Face

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Poster for Saboteur

    FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

  • Poster for Fingers at the Window

    Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)

  • Poster for Twin Beds

    Detective

  • Poster for Grand Central Murder

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Moontide

    Policeman

  • Poster for Get Hep to Love

    Policeman Making Bet

  • Poster for I Married a Witch

    First Prison Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lucky Jordan

    Army Guard

  • Poster for Strictly in the Groove

    Big Boy

  • Poster for Keep 'Em Sailing

    Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Night to Remember

    Henderson (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mug Town

    Cop

1941Aged 41

  • Poster for Western Union

    Work Seeker

  • Poster for Sleepers West

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Dead Men Tell

    Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lady from Cheyenne

    Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman

  • Poster for In the Navy

    Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)

  • Poster for Manpower

    Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sun Valley Serenade

    Customs Officer

  • Poster for Two Latins from Manhattan

    Federal Agent

  • Poster for International Lady

    Don

  • Poster for I Wake Up Screaming

    Detective (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Corsican Brothers

    Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Pacific Blackout

    Cop

1940Aged 40

  • Poster for The Green Hornet

    Andy - Thug (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    Guard

  • Poster for His Girl Friday

    Plainclothesman (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Saint's Double Trouble

    Police Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Fighting 69th

    Medical Captain (uncredited)

  • Poster for Castle on the Hudson

    Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

  • Poster for Double Alibi

    First Police Dispatcher

  • Poster for The Grapes of Wrath

    Deputy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Johnny Apollo

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for An Angel from Texas

    'General' in the Play

  • Poster for Girl in 313

    Det. Berner

  • Poster for Phantom Raiders

    Port Policeman

  • Poster for New Moon

    Bondsman

  • Poster for We Who Are Young

    2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for You're Not So Tough

    Valley Truck Driver

  • Poster for Dr. Kildare Goes Home

    Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Public Deb No. 1

    Policeman

  • Poster for Brigham Young

    Jury Foreman

  • Poster for So You Won't Talk?

    Police Lieutenant

  • Poster for Gallant Sons

    Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)

  • Poster for Trail of the Vigilantes

    Deputy Sheriff

  • Poster for Murder Over New York

    Police Officer

  • Poster for Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    First Bartender

1939Aged 39

  • Poster for Scouts to the Rescue

    Henchman Pug O'Toole

  • Poster for Tail Spin

    Mechanic (Uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lone Ranger Rides Again

    Bart Dolan

  • Poster for Sergeant Madden

    Policeman in 1919

  • Poster for Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    Cop with McGurk

  • Poster for The Return of the Cisco Kid

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for Rose of Washington Square

    Officer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Blind Alley

    Trooper Cronin

  • Poster for Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

    Police Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for I Stole a Million

    Bartender (uncredited)

  • Poster for Indianapolis Speedway

    Racetrack Official

  • Poster for The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Desperate Trails

    Henchman Lon

  • Poster for Smashing the Money Ring

    Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

  • Poster for Blondie Brings Up Baby

    Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for Another Thin Man

    Baggage Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Invisible Stripes

    Doorman (uncredited)

1938Aged 38

  • Poster for The Patient in Room 18

    Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Slight Case of Murder

    Third Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Over the Wall

    Prison Guard

  • Poster for Numbered Woman

    Henchman Red

  • Poster for Gateway

    Guard

  • Poster for Tenth Avenue Kid

    Detective Egan

  • Poster for Garden of the Moon

    Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

  • Poster for Straight, Place and Show

    Bartender

  • Poster for Storm Over Bengal

    Soldier

  • Poster for Next Time I Marry

    Kennel Guard (uncredited)

1937Aged 37

  • Poster for The Great O'Malley

    Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)

  • Poster for Penrod and Sam

    Joe (uncredited)

  • Poster for Marked Woman

    Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

  • Poster for Melody for Two

    Radio Station Official

  • Poster for The Go-Getter

    Officer on the Macon (uncredited)

  • Poster for Kid Galahad

    Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)

  • Poster for White Bondage

    Defense Attorney

  • Poster for One Mile from Heaven

    Doorman

  • Poster for Dangerously Yours

    Detective

  • Poster for The Game That Kills

    Detective

  • Poster for Hot Water

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Wrong Road

    Convict (uncredited)

  • Poster for Alcatraz Island

    Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for Big Town Girl

    Trooper

  • Poster for Borrowing Trouble

    Cop

1936Aged 36

  • Poster for Bullets or Ballots

    Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

  • Poster for China Clipper

    Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)

  • Poster for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    G-Man

  • Poster for Fugitive in the Sky

    First Radio Announcer

1935Aged 35

  • Poster for Stranded

    Bridge Worker (uncredited)

1933Aged 33

  • Poster for Lady Killer

    Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)

1932Aged 32

  • Poster for The Crowd Roars

    Racetrack Official