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