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Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Birthday: 1900-05-23 | Place of Birth: Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1957
The Pajama Game

as    Myron Hasler

1949
The Lost Tribe

as    Capt. Rawlins

1948
Lady at Midnight

as    Al Garrity

1948
Incident

as    Bugs

1948
The Golden Eye

as    Jim. Driscoll

1948
Train to Alcatraz

as    U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens

1947
Too Many Winners

as    Detective Peter Rafferty

1947
Three on a Ticket

as    Inspector Pete Rafferty

1946
Larceny in Her Heart

as    Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

1946
Genius at Work

as    Lt. Gilley

1945
Phantoms, Inc.

as    Detective Lester

1944
The Whistler

as    Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

1940
The Saint's Double Trouble

as    Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again

as    Bart Dolan