James Dunn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-11-02 (66 years old)
Deathday
1967-09-03
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
James Howard Dunn
Jimmy Dunn
James Dunn
Biography
James Dunn worked on the stage, in vaudeville and as an extra in silent movies before he was signed by Fox in 1931. His first movie with Fox was 1931's Sob Sister (1931). While at Fox, he appeared with Shirley Temple in her first three features: Baby Take a Bow (1934), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Bright Eyes (1934). Dunn's screen character was usually the boy next door or the nice guy. In 1935 musicals at the new 20th Century-Fox were out and Dunn would move to the "B" list, from which he would never return. In The Payoff (1935) he plays the nice guy newspaper columnist whose wife ruins his career. By the late 1930s he was drinking heavily...
Acting
1945
as Johnny Nolan
1934
as Eddie Ellison
1935
as Richard Foster
1942
as Nick Trayne
1934
as Loop Merritt
1934
as Jimmy Dugan
1943
as Webster Frye
1943
as Sergeant Joe Blake
1931
as Eddie Collins
1966
as TV executive
1947
as Brian McCoy
1936
as Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
1962
as Telegrapher
1945
as Mr. Smith
1936
as Mickey
1933
as Dr. Daniel French
1933
as Smiley Wells
1957
1935
as Eddie
1935
as Joe McCoy
1940
as Jimmy Parker
1934
as James 'Jimmie' Flaherty
1946
as Denny Reagan
1944
as Terry Moran
1937
as John Wade
1948
as Mike
1934
as Mark McGowan
1933
as Jimmy
1932
as Johnny Malone
1931
as Johnny Shelby as an Adult
1933
as Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan
1938
as Johnny McGinty
1934
as James 'Jimmy' Dale
1935
as Eddie Nolan
1936
as Addison Francis Murphy
1976
as Self(archive footage)
1950
as Henry Wood
1937
as Gary Martin
1968
as Luke Travers
1935
as Don McLane
1939
as Speed Brennan
1934
as Barney Sullivan
1939
as 'Speed' Leslie
1950
as Joe Riley
1960
as Stew Schaffer
1957
1932
as Jimmy Mulligan
1940
as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
1933
as Duke Stanley
1930
as Man in Record Shop
1936
as Jim Keene
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Jimmy O'Connor
1937
as Buzz Martin
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
as Bill Gordon
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Chuck Evans
1931
as Garry Webster
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