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.

Most Known For

Studio One

as Sergeant MacReynolds

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Soldier (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre

as Mitch

Brigham Young

as Jury Foreman

Laura

as Fred Callahan (uncredited)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

Dick Tracy

as Detective Manning (uncredited)

About Face

as Marine (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie

as Cop (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

International Lady

as Don

His Girl Friday

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet

as Detective (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

as Deputy (uncredited)

My Girl Tisa

Saboteur

as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

Lady Chaser

as Brady