Ralph Dunn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1900, Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- February 19, 1968
- Movies
- 187
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Lieutenant Rooney |
| 1960 | The Devil to Pay | The Furnace Man |
| 1957 | The Pajama Game | Myron Hasler |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | |
| 1956 | For Crimin' Out Loud | Baddie (archive footage) |
| 1953 | Sentence of Death | Sergeant MacReynolds |
| 1953 | Taxi | Rafferty (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Sam (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Great Plane Robbery | Police Inspector Bruce |
| 1950 | Singing Guns | Traveler |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited) |
| 1949 | On the Right Side | Hood |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lost Tribe | Capt. Rawlins |
| 1949 | Homicide | Department of Employment Clerk |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | |
| 1949 | Who Done It? | Leader of Phantom Gang |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Mr. McKelvey |
| 1948 | Mummy's Dummies | Rhadames |
| 1948 | Incident | Bugs |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Jim. Driscoll |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | Al Garrity |
| 1948 | Train to Alcatraz | Mark Stevens |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro |
| 1948 | King of the Gamblers | Cassidy |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Flophouse Bum (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dragnet | Police Sgt. Martin |
| 1947 | News Hounds | 'Dutch' Miller |
| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Deputy |
| 1947 | Heartaches | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Possessed | Cable Car Motorman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Too Many Winners | Detective Peter Rafferty |
| 1947 | Three on a Ticket | Inspector Pete Rafferty |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss | New York Detective (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake | Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lady Chaser | Brady |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman | Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Genius at Work | Lt. Gilley |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Brisbane Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Gas House Kids | Detective O'Hara |
| 1946 | Big Town | Mac- Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Step by Step | Patrol Car Cop |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Policeman |
| 1946 | Larceny in Her Heart | Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Policeman at Gallery (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Police Detective Faber (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Capt. Dill (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Murder Is My Business | Pete Rafferty |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Bailiff |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | First Policeman in Park (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Detective Manning (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hold That Blonde! | Radio Cop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Man (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Detective |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Arresting Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Cotton (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Detective Lester |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Cleary, the Cop |
| 1945 | Escape in the Fog | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window | Traffic Cop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Laura | Fred Callahan (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Mike McCafferty (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Up in Mabel's Room | Air Raid Warden (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Chief Sanford |
| 1944 | In Society | Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | This Is the Life | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Trial by Trigger | MacIntosh 'Mac' |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | Loomis (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Whistler | Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Worker (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Marty (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Quartermaster (uncredited) |
| 1943 | All by Myself | Hotel Detective |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Czech Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Cop |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember | Henderson (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Keep 'Em Sailing | Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | Big Boy |
| 1942 | Lucky Jordan | Army Guard |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | First Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Policeman Making Bet |
| 1942 | Moontide | Policeman |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Detective |
| 1942 | Saboteur | FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited) |
| 1942 | About Face | Marine (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman |
| 1942 | The Corsican Brothers | Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Cop |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1941 | International Lady | Don |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Federal Agent |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Customs Officer |
| 1941 | Manpower | Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited) |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | |
| 1941 | Western Union | Work Seeker |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | First Bartender |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Police Officer |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Deputy Sheriff |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Deputy with Charlie (uncredited) |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk? | Police Lieutenant |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Jury Foreman |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Policeman |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | You're Not So Tough | Valley Truck Driver |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | New Moon | Bondsman |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Port Policeman |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Det. Berner |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | 'General' in the Play |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Double Alibi | First Police Dispatcher |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Medical Captain (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Guard |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | Andy - Thug (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Henchman Lon |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Racetrack Official |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Trooper Cronin |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Cop with McGurk |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Policeman in 1919 |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Bart Dolan |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Mechanic (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Scouts to the Rescue | Henchman Pug O'Toole |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Kennel Guard (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Soldier |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Bartender |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Tenth Avenue Kid | Detective Egan |
| 1938 | Gateway | Guard |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Henchman Red |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Prison Guard |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Third Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 | Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Cop |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Trooper |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Metal Detector Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Convict (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Detective |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Detective |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Doorman |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Defense Attorney |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Reporter at Banquet (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Go-Getter | Officer on the Macon (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Melody for Two | Radio Station Official |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Court Clerk #1 (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Penrod and Sam | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | First Radio Announcer |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | G-Man |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded | Bridge Worker (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Lady Killer | Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Racetrack Official |
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