Ralph Dunn
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Studio One
Sergeant MacReynolds
1948
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mitch
1950
Film
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
1940
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lieutenant Rooney
1951
Film
His Girl Friday
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Soldier (uncredited)
1939
Film
Laura
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
1944
Film
Scarlet Street
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
1945
Film
Saboteur
FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Asphalt Jungle
Policeman (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Woman in the Window
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1944
Film
I Married a Witch
First Prison Guard (uncredited)
1942
Summer Playhouse
1954
Film
Lady in the Lake
Sergeant (Uncredited)
1946
Film
Anchors Aweigh
Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Enforcer
1951
Film
Hangmen Also Die!
Czech Policeman (uncredited)
1943
Film
Murder, My Sweet
Detective (uncredited)
1944
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1951
Film
Nora Prentiss
New York Detective (uncredited)
1947
Film
Western Union
Work Seeker
1941
Film
Kid Galahad
Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
1937
Film
Action in the North Atlantic
Quartermaster (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Dark Corner
Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
1946
Film
From This Day Forward
Bailiff
1946
Film
The Strange Woman
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1946
Film
Invisible Stripes
Doorman (uncredited)
1939
Film
A Slight Case of Murder
Third Policeman (uncredited)
1938
Film
Bullets or Ballots
Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
1936
Film
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Film
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Marty (uncredited)
1943
Film
Brigham Young
Jury Foreman
1940
Film
Phantom Lady
Worker (uncredited)
1944
Film
Buck Privates Come Home
Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
1947
Film
Dick Tracy
Detective Manning (uncredited)
1945
Film
Johnny Apollo
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Film
We Who Are Young
2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Film
Another Thin Man
Baggage Man (uncredited)
1939
Film
Rose of Washington Square
Officer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Film
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
Film
Escape in the Fog
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1945
Film
Along Came Jones
Cotton (uncredited)
1945
Film
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Cop with McGurk
1939
Film
A Night to Remember
Henderson (uncredited)
1942
Film
No Way Out
Sam (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Pajama Game
Myron Hasler
1957
Film
Fingers at the Window
Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
1942
Film
Castle on the Hudson
Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Whistler
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
1944
Film
Mr. Soft Touch
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
1949
Film
I Stole a Million
Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Film
Smashing the Money Ring
Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
Film
Lady Chaser
Brady
1946
Film
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
1943
Film
Manpower
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
1941
Film
Deadline at Dawn
Capt. Dill (uncredited)
1946
Film
Marked Woman
Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
1937
Film
Hold That Blonde!
Radio Cop (uncredited)
1945
Film
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
First Bartender
1940
Film
Lucky Jordan
Army Guard
1942
Film
In Society
Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
1944
Film
Singing Guns
Traveler
1950
Film
Sun Valley Serenade
Customs Officer
1941
Film
In the Navy
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
1941
Film
Step by Step
Patrol Car Cop
1946
Film
International Lady
Don
1941
Film
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Film
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
G-Man
1936
Film
The Truth About Murder
Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
1946
Film
Little Giant
Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
1946
Film
Undercover Maisie
Cop (uncredited)
1947
Film
So You Won't Talk?
Police Lieutenant
1940
Film
Salty O'Rourke
Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Fighting 69th
Medical Captain (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Great O'Malley
Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
1937
Film
Hollywood Canteen
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Bart Dolan
1939
Film
The Walking Hills
1949
Film
Follow the Boys
Loomis (uncredited)
1944
Film
On the Right Side
Hood
1949
Film
Sister Kenny
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Film
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
Film
Next Time I Marry
Kennel Guard (uncredited)
1938
Film
An Angel from Texas
'General' in the Play
1940
Film
Three on a Ticket
Inspector Pete Rafferty
1947
Film
Nobody Lives Forever
Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
1946
Film
Trail of the Vigilantes
Deputy Sheriff
1940
Film
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
1941
Film
The Saint's Double Trouble
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Return of the Cisco Kid
(uncredited)
1939
Film
The Secret Fury
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
1950
Film
Tail Spin
Mechanic (Uncredited)
1939
Film
Straight, Place and Show
Bartender
1938
Film
Blind Alley
Trooper Cronin
1939
Film
Garden of the Moon
Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
1938
Film
Up in Mabel's Room
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Falcon in San Francisco
Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
1945
Film
New Moon
Bondsman
1940
Film
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1940
Film
Two Latins from Manhattan
Federal Agent
1941
Film
Fugitive in the Sky
First Radio Announcer
1936
Film
About Face
Marine (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Guard
1940
Film
The Golden Eye
Jim. Driscoll
1948
Film
Possessed
Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
1947
Film
Scouts to the Rescue
Henchman Pug O'Toole
1939
Film
The Corsican Brothers
Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
1942
Film
Public Deb No. 1
Policeman
1940
Film
Murder Over New York
Police Officer
1940
Film
Twin Beds
Detective
1942
Film
The Patient in Room 18
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1938
Film
Circumstantial Evidence
Cleary, the Cop
1945
Film
Blondie Goes to College
Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
1942
Film
One Mile from Heaven
Doorman
1937
Film
You're Not So Tough
Valley Truck Driver
1940
Film
Deep Valley
Deputy
1947
Film
Get Hep to Love
Policeman Making Bet
1942
Film
Homicide
Department of Employment Clerk
1949
Film
China Clipper
Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
1936
Film
Senorita from the West
Man (uncredited)
1945
Film
Larceny in Her Heart
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
1946
Film
Sleepers West
1941
Film
The Go-Getter
Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
1937
Film
Stranded
Bridge Worker (uncredited)
1935
Film
Sergeant Madden
Policeman in 1919
1939
Film
Miss Mink of 1949
Mr. McKelvey
1949
Norby
Mr. Rudge
1955
Film
This Is the Life
Cop (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Policeman
1946
Film
My Girl Tisa
1948
Film
Moontide
Policeman
1942
Film
Dead Men Tell
Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
1941
Film
King of the Gamblers
Cassidy
1948
Film
Taxi
Rafferty (uncredited)
1953
Film
Gateway
Guard
1938
Film
Dangerously Yours
Detective
1937
The Great Plane Robbery
Police Inspector Bruce
1950
Film
Murder Is My Business
Pete Rafferty
1946
Film
Strictly in the Groove
Big Boy
1942
Film
Grand Central Murder
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Film
Pacific Blackout
Cop
1941
Film
Big Town Girl
Trooper
1937
Film
Borrowing Trouble
Cop
1937
Film
Lady Killer
Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
1933
Film
Big Town
Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Film
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Detective
1945
Film
Phantoms, Inc.
Detective Lester
1945
Film
Indianapolis Speedway
Racetrack Official
1939
Film
Girl in 313
Det. Berner
1940
Film
Dark Mountain
Chief Sanford
1944
Film
The Crowd Roars
Racetrack Official
1932
Film
Too Many Winners
Detective Peter Rafferty
1947
Film
The Game That Kills
Detective
1937
Film
Jinx Money
Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
1948
Film
Storm Over Bengal
Soldier
1938
Film
Phantom Raiders
Port Policeman
1940
Film
Arsenic & Old Lace
Lieutenant Rooney
1962
Film
Lady at Midnight
Al Garrity
1948
Film
The Green Hornet
Andy - Thug (uncredited)
1940
Film
Incident
Bugs
1948
Film
Crowded Paradise
1956
Film
Over the Wall
Prison Guard
1938
Film
Strange Affair
Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
1944
Film
Alcatraz Island
Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
1937
Film
Heartaches
Police Detective (uncredited)
1947
Film
Mug Town
Cop
1942
Film
For Crimin' Out Loud
Baddie (archive footage)
1956
Film
The Lost Tribe
Capt. Rawlins
1949
Film
Numbered Woman
Henchman Red
1938
Film
All by Myself
Hotel Detective
1943
Film
Penrod and Sam
Joe (uncredited)
1937
Film
Gallant Sons
Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
1940
Film
Dragnet
Police Sgt. Martin
1947
Train to Alcatraz
Mark Stevens
1948
Film
Hot Water
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Film
Melody for Two
Radio Station Official
1937
Film
Genius at Work
Lt. Gilley
1946
Film
Trial by Trigger
MacIntosh 'Mac'
1944
Film
White Bondage
Defense Attorney
1937
Film
News Hounds
'Dutch' Miller
1947
Film
The Wrong Road
Convict (uncredited)
1937
Film
Keep 'Em Sailing
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
1942
Film
Sentence of Death
Sergeant MacReynolds
1953
Film
Gas House Kids
Detective O'Hara
1946
Film
Who Done It?
Leader of Phantom Gang
1949
Film
Desperate Trails
Henchman Lon
1939
Film
Double Alibi
First Police Dispatcher
1940
Film
Mummy's Dummies
Rhadames
1948
Film
Tenth Avenue Kid
Detective Egan
1938
Film
The Devil to Pay
The Furnace Man
1960