Ralph Dunn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-05-22 (68 years old)

Deathday

1968-02-19

Place of Birth

Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

Ralph Dunn

Biography

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 la...

Acting

1941

Manpower

as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)

1945

Salty O'Rourke

as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)

1946

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as Policeman (uncredited)

1957

The Pajama Game

as Myron Hasler

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

as Cleary, the Cop

1941

1945

Along Came Jones

as Cotton (uncredited)

1951

1944

Phantom Lady

as Worker (uncredited)

1948

The Golden Eye

as Jim. Driscoll

1946

Gas House Kids

as Detective O'Hara

1944

Dark Mountain

as Chief Sanford

1946

Murder Is My Business

as Pete Rafferty

1937

Alcatraz Island

as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Racetrack Official

1938

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Detective Egan

1948

Train to Alcatraz

as U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens

1948

Lady at Midnight

as Al Garrity

1937

Kid Galahad

as (uncredited)

1948

Mummy's Dummies

as Rhadames

1949

Who Done It?

as Leader of Phantom Gang

1956

For Crimin' Out Loud

as Baddie (archive footage)

1950

Singing Guns

as Traveler

1960

The Devil to Pay

as The Furnace Man

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as Czech Policeman (uncredited)

1945

1937

1938

1946

Genius at Work

as Lt. Gilley

1938

The Patient in Room 18

as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1947

Too Many Winners

as Detective Peter Rafferty

1953

Taxi

as Rafferty (uncredited)

1944

Murder, My Sweet

as Detective (uncredited)

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Policeman (uncredited)

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Kennel Guard

1936

Fugitive in the Sky

as First Radio Announcer

1938

Garden of the Moon

as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

1937

Melody for Two

as Radio Station Official

1939

Smashing the Money Ring

as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

1939

Tail Spin

as Mechanic (Uncredited)

1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Cop with McGurk

1939

Blind Alley

as Trooper Cronin

1939

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as Officer (uncredited)

1939

Another Thin Man

as Baggage Man (uncredited)

1939

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

as Police Guard (uncredited)

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

as Racetrack Official

1946

Big Town

as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Policeman in 1919

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Soldier (uncredited)

1948

Incident

as Bugs

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

You're Not So Tough

as Valley Truck Driver

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Deputy (uncredited)

1946

Sister Kenny

as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)

1937

The Great O'Malley

as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Capt. Dill (uncredited)

1942

Keep 'Em Sailing

as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)

1945

Scarlet Street

as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

1937

Dangerously Yours

as Detective

1940

Murder Over New York

as Police Officer

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Medical Captain (uncredited)

1940

The Saint's Double Trouble

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

His Girl Friday

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1940

The Green Hornet

as Andy - Thug (uncredited)

1946

The Truth About Murder

as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)

1947

Three on a Ticket

as Inspector Pete Rafferty

1944

Laura

as Fred Callahan (uncredited)

1946

Larceny in Her Heart

as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

1942

Saboteur

as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)

1944

The Woman in the Window

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

1944

The Whistler

as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

1943

All by Myself

as Hotel Detective

1940

Trail of the Vigilantes

as Deputy Sheriff

1940

Brigham Young

as Jury Foreman

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman

1939

Desperate Trails

as Henchman Lon

1937

White Bondage

as Defense Attorney

1940

Gallant Sons

as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

as Customs Officer

1940

1937

1938

Gateway

as Guard

1940

New Moon

as Bondsman

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Port Policeman

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1940

An Angel from Texas

as 'General' in the Play

1940

Girl in 313

as Det. Berner

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Guard (uncredited)

1947

News Hounds

as 'Dutch' Miller

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Marty (uncredited)

1938

1938

Over the Wall

as Prison Guard

1949

The Lost Tribe

as Capt. Rawlins

1945

Phantoms, Inc.

as Detective Lester

1942

Blondie Goes to College

as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman

1947

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

as Stagehand (uncredited)

1942

Mug Town

as Cop

1939

Scouts to the Rescue

as Henchman Pug O'Toole

1945

Senorita from the West

as Man (uncredited)

1941

Western Union

as Work Seeker

1944

Up in Mabel's Room

as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

1941

Dead Men Tell

as Homicide Desk Sergeant

1937

Big Town Girl

as Trooper

1938

1939

I Stole a Million

as Bartender (uncredited)

1940

Double Alibi

as First Police Dispatcher

1942

Twin Beds

as Detective

1942

Get Hep to Love

as Policeman Making Bet

1942

About Face

as Marine (uncredited)

1953

Sentence of Death

as Sergeant MacReynolds

1947

Dragnet

as Police Sgt. Martin

1937

The Go-Getter

as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)

1941

I Wake Up Screaming

as Detective (uncredited)

1935

Stranded

as Bridge Worker (uncredited)

1949

Miss Mink of 1949

as Mr. McKelvey

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Quartermaster (uncredited)

1948

Jinx Money

as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro

1947

Deep Valley

as Deputy

1937

Hot Water

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937

Penrod and Sam

as Joe (uncredited)

1946

The Strange Woman

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as Policeman

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)

1950

The Secret Fury

as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)

1945

The Falcon in San Francisco

as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)

1946

Lady Chaser

as Brady

1941

The Corsican Brothers

as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)

1942

Grand Central Murder

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942

I Married a Witch

as First Prison Guard (uncredited)

1942

A Night to Remember

as Henderson (uncredited)

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Army Guard

1946

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)

1944

Strange Affair

as Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)

1949

Homicide

as Department of Employment Clerk

1940

We Who Are Young

as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

as Sam (uncredited)

1937

The Wrong Road

as Convict (uncredited)

1937

Marked Woman

as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

1941

In the Navy

as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)

1944

In Society

as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)

1946

Little Giant

as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)

1936

China Clipper

as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)

1946

Nobody Lives Forever

as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)

1942

Moontide

as Policeman

1962

Arsenic & Old Lace

as Lt. Rooney

1949

Mr. Soft Touch

as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Doorman (uncredited)

1940

So You Won't Talk?

as Police Lieutenant

1945

Escape in the Fog

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1944

Trial by Trigger

as MacIntosh 'Mac'

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Cop (Uncredited)

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Sergeant (Uncredited)

1946

The Dark Corner

as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)

1946

Step by Step

as Patrol Car Cop

1945

Dick Tracy

as Detective Manning (uncredited)

1947

Heartaches

as Police Detective (uncredited)

1947

Nora Prentiss

as New York Detective (uncredited)

1945

Hold That Blonde!

as Radio Cop (uncredited)

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