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