Ralph Dunn
Acting1900Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
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
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Laura
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Saboteur
FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Acting History
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)
1955
Norby
TVas Mr. Rudge
1954
1953
Taxi
as Rafferty (uncredited)
Sentence of Death
as Sergeant MacReynolds
Studio One
TVas Sergeant MacReynolds• 1 eps
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Lieutenant Rooney
1950
Singing Guns
as Traveler
The Great Plane Robbery
as Police Inspector Bruce
No Way Out
as Sam (uncredited)
The Secret Fury
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Mitch
1949
Who Done It?
as Leader of Phantom Gang
The Lost Tribe
as Capt. Rawlins
Mr. Soft Touch
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
Homicide
as Department of Employment Clerk
Miss Mink of 1949
as Mr. McKelvey
1948
Incident
as Bugs
The Golden Eye
as Jim. Driscoll
Train to Alcatraz
as Mark Stevens
Jinx Money
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
Lady at Midnight
as Al Garrity
Mummy's Dummies
as Rhadames
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
1947
Three on a Ticket
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
Nora Prentiss
as New York Detective (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
Possessed
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
Deep Valley
as Deputy
Dragnet
as Police Sgt. Martin
Buck Privates Come Home
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Too Many Winners
as Detective Peter Rafferty
News Hounds
as 'Dutch' Miller
Heartaches
as Police Detective (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1946
Genius at Work
as Lt. Gilley
The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Big Town
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Little Giant
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Murder Is My Business
as Pete Rafferty
Larceny in Her Heart
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
Gas House Kids
as Detective O'Hara
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Policeman (uncredited)
Step by Step
as Patrol Car Cop
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Policeman
From This Day Forward
as Bailiff
The Truth About Murder
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
as Brady
The Strange Woman
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1945
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Along Came Jones
as Cotton (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Hold That Blonde!
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Detective
Phantoms, Inc.
as Detective Lester
Senorita from the West
as Man (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Cleary, the Cop
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
as Worker (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
Laura
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
The Whistler
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
as Detective (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
as Loomis (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
as Chief Sanford
Up in Mabel's Room
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
In Society
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
Strange Affair
as Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Marty (uncredited)
All by Myself
as Hotel Detective
1942
Grand Central Murder
as Policeman (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
as Policeman Making Bet
Lucky Jordan
as Army Guard
About Face
as Marine (uncredited)
Mug Town
as Cop
Blondie Goes to College
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
I Married a Witch
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
as Henderson (uncredited)
Twin Beds
as Detective
Saboteur
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
Moontide
as Policeman
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove
as Big Boy
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Dead Men Tell
as Homicide Desk Sergeant
Manpower
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Western Union
as Work Seeker
Sun Valley Serenade
as Customs Officer
I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
In the Navy
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
International Lady
as Don
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Federal Agent
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
1940
Brigham Young
as Jury Foreman
So You Won't Talk?
as Police Lieutenant
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
Murder Over New York
as Police Officer
His Girl Friday
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
New Moon
as Bondsman
Double Alibi
as First Police Dispatcher
Girl in 313
as Det. Berner
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as First Bartender
Phantom Raiders
as Port Policeman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
as Guard (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
You're Not So Tough
as Valley Truck Driver
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Deputy Sheriff
Gallant Sons
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
as Policeman
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Guard
An Angel from Texas
as 'General' in the Play
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Bart Dolan
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
as Doorman (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
Smashing the Money Ring
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Tail Spin
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
Blind Alley
as Trooper Cronin
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Cop with McGurk
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Police Guard (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
as Officer (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
as Bartender (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
as Policeman in 1919
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
as Henchman Lon
Scouts to the Rescue
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
Numbered Woman
as Henchman Red
Over the Wall
as Prison Guard
Straight, Place and Show
as Bartender
The Patient in Room 18
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Detective Egan
Garden of the Moon
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Storm Over Bengal
as Soldier
Next Time I Marry
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
Gateway
as Guard
1937
The Game That Kills
as Detective
Hot Water
as Policeman (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
as Cop
White Bondage
as Defense Attorney
Dangerously Yours
as Detective
Big Town Girl
as Trooper
Kid Galahad
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
as Doorman
The Wrong Road
as Convict (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
Melody for Two
as Radio Station Official
Penrod and Sam
as Joe (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
Marked Woman
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as G-Man
China Clipper
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
as First Radio Announcer
1935
Stranded
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
1933
Lady Killer
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
1932
The Roar of the Crowd
as Racetrack Official