
Acting · Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA · Born May 22, 1900
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.
MovieArsenic & Old Lace
1962
as Lieutenant Rooney
MovieThe Devil to Pay
1960
as The Furnace Man
MovieThe Pajama Game
1957
as Myron Hasler
MovieCrowded Paradise
1956
MovieFor Crimin' Out Loud
1956
as Baddie (archive footage)
Norby
1955
as Mr. Rudge
Summer Playhouse
1954
MovieSentence of Death
1953
as Sergeant MacReynolds
MovieTaxi
1953
as Rafferty (uncredited)
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lieutenant Rooney
MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
MovieThe Enforcer
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mitch
MovieNo Way Out
1950
as Sam (uncredited)
MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
as Police Inspector Bruce
MovieSinging Guns
1950
as Traveler
MovieThe Secret Fury
1950
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
MovieMr. Soft Touch
1949
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
MovieThe Lost Tribe
1949
as Capt. Rawlins
MovieHomicide
1949
as Department of Employment Clerk
MovieThe Walking Hills
1949
MovieWho Done It?
1949
as Leader of Phantom Gang
MovieMiss Mink of 1949
1949
as Mr. McKelvey
TVStudio One
1948
as Sergeant MacReynolds
MovieMummy's Dummies
1948
as Rhadames
MovieIncident
1948
as Bugs
MovieThe Golden Eye
1948
as Jim. Driscoll
MovieLady at Midnight
1948
as Al Garrity
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Mark Stevens
MovieJinx Money
1948
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
MovieKing of the Gamblers
1948
as Cassidy
MovieMy Girl Tisa
1948
MovieThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
MovieDragnet
1947
as Police Sgt. Martin
MovieNews Hounds
1947
as 'Dutch' Miller
MovieI Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
as Stagehand (uncredited)
MovieDeep Valley
1947
as Deputy
MovieHeartaches
1947
as Police Detective (uncredited)
MoviePossessed
1947
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
MovieToo Many Winners
1947
as Detective Peter Rafferty
MovieThree on a Ticket
1947
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
MovieBuck Privates Come Home
1947
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
MovieUndercover Maisie
1947
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieNora Prentiss
1947
as New York Detective (uncredited)
MovieLady in the Lake
1946
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
MovieLady Chaser
1946
as Brady
MovieDick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieNobody Lives Forever
1946
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
MovieThe Strange Woman
1946
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
MovieGenius at Work
1946
as Lt. Gilley
MovieSister Kenny
1946
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
MovieGas House Kids
1946
as Detective O'Hara
MovieBig Town
1946
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
MovieStep by Step
1946
as Patrol Car Cop
MovieThe Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Policeman
MovieLarceny in Her Heart
1946
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
MovieThe Dark Corner
1946
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
MovieThe Truth About Murder
1946
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
MovieDeadline at Dawn
1946
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
MovieMurder Is My Business
1946
as Pete Rafferty
MovieFrom This Day Forward
1946
as Bailiff
MovieLittle Giant
1946
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
MovieScarlet Street
1945
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
MovieDick Tracy
1945
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
MovieHold That Blonde!
1945
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
MovieSenorita from the West
1945
as Man (uncredited)
MovieLove, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Detective
MovieAnchors Aweigh
1945
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
MovieThe Falcon in San Francisco
1945
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
MovieAlong Came Jones
1945
as Cotton (uncredited)
MoviePhantoms, Inc.
1945
as Detective Lester
MovieCircumstantial Evidence
1945
as Cleary, the Cop
MovieEscape in the Fog
1945
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieSalty O'Rourke
1945
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Canteen
1944
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
MovieMurder, My Sweet
1944
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieThe Woman in the Window
1944
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
MovieLaura
1944
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
MovieStrange Affair
1944
as Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
MovieUp in Mabel's Room
1944
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
MovieDark Mountain
1944
as Chief Sanford
MovieIn Society
1944
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
MovieThis Is the Life
1944
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieTrial by Trigger
1944
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
MovieFollow the Boys
1944
as Loomis (uncredited)
MovieThe Whistler
1944
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
MoviePhantom Lady
1944
as Worker (uncredited)
MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Marty (uncredited)
MovieAction in the North Atlantic
1943
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
MovieAll by Myself
1943
as Hotel Detective
MovieDr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
MovieHangmen Also Die!
1943
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
MovieMug Town
1942
as Cop
MovieA Night to Remember
1942
as Henderson (uncredited)
MovieKeep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
MovieStrictly in the Groove
1942
as Big Boy
MovieLucky Jordan
1942
as Army Guard
MovieI Married a Witch
1942
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
MovieGet Hep to Love
1942
as Policeman Making Bet
MovieMoontide
1942
as Policeman
MovieGrand Central Murder
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieTwin Beds
1942
as Detective
MovieSaboteur
1942
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
MovieFingers at the Window
1942
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
MovieAbout Face
1942
as Marine (uncredited)
MovieBlondie Goes to College
1942
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
MoviePacific Blackout
1941
as Cop
MovieThe Corsican Brothers
1941
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
MovieI Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieInternational Lady
1941
as Don
MovieTwo Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Federal Agent
MovieSun Valley Serenade
1941
as Customs Officer
MovieManpower
1941
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
MovieIn the Navy
1941
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
MovieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
MovieDead Men Tell
1941
as Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
MovieSleepers West
1941
MovieWestern Union
1941
as Work Seeker
MovieMichael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as First Bartender
MovieMurder Over New York
1940
as Police Officer
MovieTrail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Deputy Sheriff
MovieGallant Sons
1940
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
MovieSo You Won't Talk?
1940
as Police Lieutenant
MovieBrigham Young
1940
as Jury Foreman
MoviePublic Deb No. 1
1940
as Policeman
MovieDr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
MovieYou're Not So Tough
1940
as Valley Truck Driver
MovieWe Who Are Young
1940
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
MovieNew Moon
1940
as Bondsman
MoviePhantom Raiders
1940
as Port Policeman
MovieGirl in 313
1940
as Det. Berner
MovieAn Angel from Texas
1940
as 'General' in the Play
MovieJohnny Apollo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
MovieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
MovieDouble Alibi
1940
as First Police Dispatcher
MovieCastle on the Hudson
1940
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
MovieThe Fighting 69th
1940
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
MovieThe Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieHis Girl Friday
1940
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Guard
MovieThe Green Hornet
1940
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
MovieInvisible Stripes
1939
as Doorman (uncredited)
MovieAnother Thin Man
1939
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
MovieBlondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieSmashing the Money Ring
1939
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
MovieDesperate Trails
1939
as Henchman Lon
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
MovieIndianapolis Speedway
1939
as Racetrack Official
MovieI Stole a Million
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieMr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Police Guard (uncredited)
MovieBlind Alley
1939
as Trooper Cronin
MovieRose of Washington Square
1939
as Officer (uncredited)
MovieThe Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
as (uncredited)
MovieMr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Cop with McGurk
MovieSergeant Madden
1939
as Policeman in 1919
MovieThe Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Bart Dolan
MovieTail Spin
1939
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
MovieScouts to the Rescue
1939
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
MovieNext Time I Marry
1938
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
MovieStorm Over Bengal
1938
as Soldier
MovieStraight, Place and Show
1938
as Bartender
MovieGarden of the Moon
1938
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
MovieTenth Avenue Kid
1938
as Detective Egan
MovieGateway
1938
as Guard
MovieNumbered Woman
1938
as Henchman Red
MovieOver the Wall
1938
as Prison Guard
MovieA Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
MovieThe Patient in Room 18
1938
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
MovieBorrowing Trouble
1937
as Cop
MovieBig Town Girl
1937
as Trooper
MovieAlcatraz Island
1937
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
MovieThe Wrong Road
1937
as Convict (uncredited)
MovieHot Water
1937
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieThe Game That Kills
1937
as Detective
MovieDangerously Yours
1937
as Detective
MovieOne Mile from Heaven
1937
as Doorman
MovieWhite Bondage
1937
as Defense Attorney
MovieKid Galahad
1937
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
MovieThe Go-Getter
1937
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
MovieMelody for Two
1937
as Radio Station Official
MovieMarked Woman
1937
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
MoviePenrod and Sam
1937
as Joe (uncredited)
MovieThe Great O'Malley
1937
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
MovieFugitive in the Sky
1936
as First Radio Announcer
MovieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as G-Man
MovieChina Clipper
1936
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
MovieBullets or Ballots
1936
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
MovieStranded
1935
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
MovieLady Killer
1933
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Crowd Roars
1932
as Racetrack Official