Acting
Ralph Dunn
EN cinema · 187 credits
Born
22 May 1900
Died
19 February 1968 (aged 67)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Lieutenant Rooney
The Devil to Pay
as The Furnace Man
The Pajama Game
as Myron Hasler
For Crimin' Out Loud
as Baddie (archive footage)
Taxi
as Rafferty (uncredited)
Sentence of Death
as Sergeant MacReynolds
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Singing Guns
as Traveler
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Secret Fury
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
No Way Out
as Sam (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
The Great Plane Robbery
as Police Inspector Bruce
Who Done It?
as Leader of Phantom Gang
The Lost Tribe
as Capt. Rawlins
Miss Mink of 1949
as Mr. McKelvey
Homicide
as Department of Employment Clerk
Mr. Soft Touch
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
The Golden Eye
as Jim. Driscoll
Train to Alcatraz
1948
Train to Alcatraz
as Mark Stevens
Lady at Midnight
as Al Garrity
Mummy's Dummies
as Rhadames
Incident
as Bugs
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Jinx Money
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
King of the Gamblers
as Cassidy
Too Many Winners
as Detective Peter Rafferty
Three on a Ticket
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
News Hounds
as 'Dutch' Miller
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Dragnet
as Police Sgt. Martin
Deep Valley
as Deputy
Buck Privates Come Home
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
as Cop (uncredited)
Heartaches
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
as New York Detective (uncredited)
Possessed
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Policeman (uncredited)
Gas House Kids
as Detective O'Hara
Murder Is My Business
as Pete Rafferty
Genius at Work
as Lt. Gilley
Big Town
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
Larceny in Her Heart
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
The Strange Woman
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
as Brady
From This Day Forward
as Bailiff
Little Giant
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Step by Step
as Patrol Car Cop
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Policeman
Salty O'Rourke
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Cleary, the Cop
Along Came Jones
as Cotton (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Detective
Scarlet Street
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Detective Lester
Senorita from the West
as Man (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
Hold That Blonde!
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
as Worker (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
as Chief Sanford
Murder, My Sweet
as Detective (uncredited)
Laura
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Whistler
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Strange Affair
as Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
In Society
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
Follow the Boys
as Loomis (uncredited)
This Is the Life
as Cop (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
All by Myself
as Hotel Detective
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Marty (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Saboteur
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Mug Town
as Cop
Twin Beds
as Detective
Get Hep to Love
as Policeman Making Bet
About Face
as Marine (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
as Policeman (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
as Henderson (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
as Army Guard
Fingers at the Window
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Moontide
as Policeman
Strictly in the Groove
as Big Boy
Manpower
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Federal Agent
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Sun Valley Serenade
as Customs Officer
Western Union
as Work Seeker
Dead Men Tell
as Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
In the Navy
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
You're Not So Tough
as Valley Truck Driver
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
Murder Over New York
as Police Officer
The Fighting 69th
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Deputy Sheriff
Brigham Young
as Jury Foreman
Gallant Sons
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as First Bartender
New Moon
as Bondsman
Castle on the Hudson
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
as Port Policeman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
as 'General' in the Play
Girl in 313
as Det. Berner
Johnny Apollo
as Guard (uncredited)
Double Alibi
as First Police Dispatcher
Public Deb No. 1
as Policeman
We Who Are Young
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk?
as Police Lieutenant
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Bart Dolan
Smashing the Money Ring
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Tail Spin
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Cop with McGurk
Blind Alley
as Trooper Cronin
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
as Officer (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Police Guard (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
Sergeant Madden
as Policeman in 1919
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
as Henchman Lon
Scouts to the Rescue
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
I Stole a Million
as Bartender (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
as Doorman (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Detective Egan
Numbered Woman
as Henchman Red
The Patient in Room 18
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
Garden of the Moon
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Gateway
as Guard
Storm Over Bengal
as Soldier
Over the Wall
as Prison Guard
Straight, Place and Show
as Bartender
A Slight Case of Murder
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
The Game That Kills
as Detective
Melody for Two
as Radio Station Official
The Great O'Malley
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
as Detective
White Bondage
as Defense Attorney
One Mile from Heaven
as Doorman
Big Town Girl
as Trooper
The Go-Getter
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
Hot Water
as Policeman (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
as Joe (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
as Convict (uncredited)
Marked Woman
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
as First Radio Announcer
Bullets or Ballots
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
China Clipper
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
Stranded
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
Lady Killer
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
as Racetrack Official