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