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.
Acted in 191
1960s
- 1962
Arsenic & Old Lace
Lieutenant Rooney
- 1960
The Devil to Pay
The Furnace Man
1950s
- 1957
- 1956
Crowded Paradise
Movie
For Crimin' Out Loud
Baddie (archive footage)
- 1953
Sentence of Death
Sergeant MacReynolds
Taxi
Rafferty (uncredited)
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lieutenant Rooney · 1 episode
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1950
No Way Out
Sam (uncredited)
The Secret Fury
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
On the Right Side
Hood
Mr. Soft Touch
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
Homicide
Department of Employment Clerk
The Walking Hills
Movie
Who Done It?
Leader of Phantom Gang
Miss Mink of 1949
Mr. McKelvey
- 1948
Mummy's Dummies
Rhadames
Incident
Bugs
The Golden Eye
Jim. Driscoll
Lady at Midnight
Al Garrity
Jinx Money
Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
King of the Gamblers
Cassidy
My Girl Tisa
Movie
- 1947
Dragnet
Police Sgt. Martin
News Hounds
'Dutch' Miller
Deep Valley
Deputy
Heartaches
Police Detective (uncredited)
Too Many Winners
Detective Peter Rafferty
Three on a Ticket
Inspector Pete Rafferty
Undercover Maisie
Cop (uncredited)
- 1946
Gallant Bess
Tractor Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Genius at Work
Lt. Gilley
Sister Kenny
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Gas House Kids
Detective O'Hara
Big Town
Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Step by Step
Patrol Car Cop
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Policeman
Larceny in Her Heart
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
The Truth About Murder
Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Capt. Dill (uncredited)
Murder Is My Business
Pete Rafferty
From This Day Forward
Bailiff
Little Giant
Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
- 1945
Hold That Blonde!
Radio Cop (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
Man (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Detective
The Falcon in San Francisco
Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Cleary, the Cop
Escape in the Fog
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
- 1944
Hollywood Canteen
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Strange Affair
Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
Chief Sanford
In Society
Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
This Is the Life
Cop (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
MacIntosh 'Mac'
The Whistler
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Worker (uncredited)
- 1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Quartermaster (uncredited)
All by Myself
Hotel Detective
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1942
Mug Town
Cop
A Night to Remember
Henderson (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove
Big Boy
Lucky Jordan
Army Guard
Get Hep to Love
Policeman Making Bet
Grand Central Murder
Policeman (uncredited)
Twin Beds
Detective
Fingers at the Window
Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
About Face
Marine (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
- 1941
Pacific Blackout
Cop
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
International Lady
Don
Two Latins from Manhattan
Federal Agent
Sun Valley Serenade
Customs Officer
Manpower
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
In the Navy
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Dead Men Tell
Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Sleepers West
Movie
- 1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
First Bartender
Murder Over New York
Police Officer
Trail of the Vigilantes
Deputy Sheriff
Gallant Sons
Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk?
Police Lieutenant
Brigham Young
Jury Foreman
Public Deb No. 1
Policeman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
You're Not So Tough
Valley Truck Driver
We Who Are Young
2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
Port Policeman
Girl in 313
Det. Berner
An Angel from Texas
'General' in the Play
Johnny Apollo
Guard (uncredited)
Double Alibi
First Police Dispatcher
Castle on the Hudson
Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Guard
1930s
- 1939
Another Thin Man
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Smashing the Money Ring
Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
Henchman Lon
Indianapolis Speedway
Racetrack Official
I Stole a Million
Bartender (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
Blind Alley
Trooper Cronin
Rose of Washington Square
Officer (uncredited)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
(uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Cop with McGurk
Sergeant Madden
Policeman in 1919
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Bart Dolan
Tail Spin
Mechanic (Uncredited)
Scouts to the Rescue
Henchman Pug O'Toole
- 1938
Next Time I Marry
Kennel Guard (uncredited)
Storm Over Bengal
Soldier
Straight, Place and Show
Bartender
Garden of the Moon
Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
Detective Egan
Gateway
Guard
Numbered Woman
Henchman Red
Over the Wall
Prison Guard
The Patient in Room 18
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1937
Borrowing Trouble
Cop
Big Town Girl
Trooper
Alcatraz Island
Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Convict (uncredited)
Hot Water
Policeman (uncredited)
The Game That Kills
Detective
Dangerously Yours
Detective
One Mile from Heaven
Doorman
White Bondage
Defense Attorney
Kid Galahad
Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
Melody for Two
Radio Station Official
Penrod and Sam
Joe (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
- 1936
Fugitive in the Sky
First Radio Announcer
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
G-Man
China Clipper
Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
- 1935
Stranded
Bridge Worker (uncredited)
- 1933
- 1932
The Crowd Roars
Racetrack Official
