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
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948)
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Laura
(1944)
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
(1945)
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Soldier (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Deputy (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Policeman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
The Enforcer
(1951)
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Detective (uncredited)
Marked Woman
(1937)
Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
(1951)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
(1944)
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
No Way Out
(1950)
Sam (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Quartermaster (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Crowd Roars
(1932)
Racetrack Official
Lady Killer
(1933)
Stranded
(1935)
Bridge Worker (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
(1936)
First Radio Announcer
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
(1936)
G-Man
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
China Clipper
(1936)
Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
Melody for Two
(1937)
Radio Station Official
The Great O'Malley
(1937)
Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
(1937)
Detective
White Bondage
(1937)
Defense Attorney
One Mile from Heaven
(1937)
Doorman
Big Town Girl
(1937)
Trooper
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
(1937)
Cop
Hot Water
(1937)
Policeman (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
(1937)
Joe
The Wrong Road
(1937)
Convict (uncredited)
Marked Woman
(1937)
Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
(1937)
(uncredited)
The Game That Kills
(1937)
Detective
Alcatraz Island
(1937)
Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
(1938)
Detective Egan
The Patient in Room 18
(1938)
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
(1938)
Kennel Guard
Garden of the Moon
(1938)
Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Gateway
(1938)
Guard
Storm Over Bengal
(1938)
Soldier
Over the Wall
(1938)
Prison Guard
Straight, Place and Show
(1938)
Bartender
Numbered Woman
(1938)
Ralph
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
(1939)
Bart Dolan
Smashing the Money Ring
(1939)
Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Tail Spin
(1939)
Mechanic (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
(1939)
Cop with McGurk
Blind Alley
(1939)
Trooper Cronin
Rose of Washington Square
(1939)
Officer (uncredited)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
(1939)
(uncredited)
Another Thin Man
(1939)
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
(1939)
Police Guard (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
(1939)
Racetrack Official
Sergeant Madden
(1939)
Policeman in 1919
Blondie Brings Up Baby
(1939)
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
(1939)
Henchman Lon
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Soldier (uncredited)
Scouts to the Rescue
(1939)
Henchman Pug O'Toole
I Stole a Million
(1939)
Bartender (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940)
Guard
You're Not So Tough
(1940)
Valley Truck Driver
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Deputy (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
(1940)
Andy - Thug (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
Medical Captain (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
(1940)
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Murder Over New York
(1940)
Police Officer
Brigham Young
(1940)
Jury Foreman
Trail of the Vigilantes
(1940)
Deputy Sheriff
Gallant Sons
(1940)
Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
(1940)
First Bartender
New Moon
(1940)
Bondsman
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
(1940)
Port Policeman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(1940)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
(1940)
Guard (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
(1940)
'General' in the Play
Girl in 313
(1940)
Det. Berner
Double Alibi
(1940)
First Police Dispatcher
Public Deb No. 1
(1940)
Policeman
We Who Are Young
(1940)
2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk?
(1940)
Police Lieutenant
The Lady from Cheyenne
(1941)
Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Sun Valley Serenade
(1941)
Customs Officer
Western Union
(1941)
Work Seeker
Dead Men Tell
(1941)
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Cop
I Wake Up Screaming
(1941)
Detective (uncredited)
International Lady
(1941)
Don
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
In the Navy
(1941)
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
Sleepers West
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
(1941)
Federal Agent
Manpower
(1941)
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
(1942)
Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Mug Town
(1942)
Cop
About Face
(1942)
Marine (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Policeman Making Bet
Twin Beds
(1942)
Detective
Grand Central Murder
(1942)
Policeman (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
(1942)
First Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
(1942)
Henderson
Lucky Jordan
(1942)
Army Guard
Fingers at the Window
(1942)
Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Moontide
(1942)
Policeman
Strictly in the Groove
(1942)
Big Boy
Keep 'Em Sailing
(1942)
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
All by Myself
(1943)
Hotel Detective
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Quartermaster (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
(1943)
Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
(1944)
Chief Sanford
Laura
(1944)
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
(1944)
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Whistler
(1944)
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
(1944)
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Strange Affair
(1944)
Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
(1944)
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
In Society
(1944)
Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
(1944)
MacIntosh 'Mac'
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Detective (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Worker (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
(1945)
Cleary, the Cop
Scarlet Street
(1945)
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
(1945)
Detective Lester
Senorita from the West
(1945)
Man (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco
(1945)
Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
(1945)
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
(1945)
Detective
Salty O'Rourke
(1945)
Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Along Came Jones
(1945)
Cotton (uncredited)
Genius at Work
(1946)
Lt. Gilley
Larceny in Her Heart
(1946)
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
The Strange Woman
(1946)
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
(1946)
Brady
From This Day Forward
(1946)
Bailiff
Little Giant
(1946)
Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
(1946)
Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
(1946)
Sergeant (Uncredited)
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Step by Step
(1946)
Patrol Car Cop
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(1946)
Policeman (uncredited)
Murder Is My Business
(1946)
Pete Rafferty
Sister Kenny
(1946)
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
(1946)
Capt. Dill (uncredited)
Gas House Kids
(1946)
Detective O'Hara
Big Town
(1946)
Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
(1946)
Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
Too Many Winners
(1947)
Detective Peter Rafferty
Three on a Ticket
(1947)
Inspector Pete Rafferty
News Hounds
(1947)
'Dutch' Miller
Dragnet
(1947)
Police Sgt. Martin
Deep Valley
(1947)
Deputy
Buck Privates Come Home
(1947)
Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
(1947)
Cop (Uncredited)
The Golden Eye
(1948)
Jim. Driscoll
Train to Alcatraz
(1948)
U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens
Lady at Midnight
(1948)
Al Garrity
Mummy's Dummies
(1948)
Rhadames
Incident
(1948)
Bugs
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948)
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Jinx Money
(1948)
Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
My Girl Tisa
(1948)
Who Done It?
(1949)
Leader of Phantom Gang
The Lost Tribe
(1949)
Capt. Rawlins
Miss Mink of 1949
(1949)
Mr. McKelvey
Homicide
(1949)
Department of Employment Clerk
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
The Walking Hills
(1949)
Singing Guns
(1950)
Traveler
The Secret Fury
(1950)
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
No Way Out
(1950)
Sam (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Policeman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
(1951)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Enforcer
(1951)
Sentence of Death
(1953)
Sergeant MacReynolds
Taxi
(1953)
Rafferty (uncredited)
For Crimin' Out Loud
(1956)
Baddie (archive footage)
Crowded Paradise
(1956)
The Pajama Game
(1957)
Myron Hasler
The Devil To Pay
(1960)
The Furnace Man
Arsenic & Old Lace
(1962)
Lt. Rooney