Ralph Dunn
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 (192 titles)
6.5MovieArsenic & Old Lace
Lieutenant Rooney · 1962
7.0MovieThe Devil to Pay
The Furnace Man · 1960
6.3MovieThe Pajama Game
Myron Hasler · 1957
8.0MovieCrowded Paradise
1956
6.7MovieFor Crimin' Out Loud
Baddie (archive footage) · 1956
Norby
Mr. Rudge · 1955
Summer Playhouse
1954
7.3MovieSentence of Death
Sergeant MacReynolds · 1953
6.8MovieTaxi
Rafferty (uncredited) · 1953
8.8ShowHallmark Hall of Fame
Lieutenant Rooney · 1951
6.3MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) · 1951
7.1MovieThe Enforcer
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Mitch · 1950
6.9MovieNo Way Out
Sam (uncredited) · 1950
7.5MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
Policeman (uncredited) · 1950
The Great Plane Robbery
Police Inspector Bruce · 1950
6.4MovieSinging Guns
Traveler · 1950
5.5MovieThe Secret Fury
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited) · 1950
6.0ShowRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.8MovieMr. Soft Touch
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited) · 1949
5.8MovieThe Lost Tribe
Capt. Rawlins · 1949
5.7MovieHomicide
Department of Employment Clerk · 1949
6.1MovieThe Walking Hills
1949
7.6MovieWho Done It?
Leader of Phantom Gang · 1949
5.7MovieMiss Mink of 1949
Mr. McKelvey · 1949
5.4ShowStudio One
Sergeant MacReynolds · 1948
6.6MovieMummy's Dummies
Rhadames · 1948
5.4MovieIncident
Bugs · 1948
5.6MovieThe Golden Eye
Jim. Driscoll · 1948
9.0MovieLady at Midnight
Al Garrity · 1948