About
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,...
Known for
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMovie • 1948
LauraMovie • 1944
The Grapes of WrathMovie • 1940
The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1939
His Girl FridayMovie • 1940
SaboteurMovie • 1942
The Asphalt JungleMovie • 1950
The EnforcerMovie • 1951
I Married a WitchMovie • 1942
Scarlet StreetMovie • 1945
Western UnionMovie • 1941
The Woman in the WindowMovie • 1944
Action in the North AtlanticMovie • 1943
Lady in the LakeMovie • 1946
Anchors AweighMovie • 1945
Buck Privates Come HomeMovie • 1947
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManMovie • 1951
Dick Tracy vs. CueballMovie • 1946
Marked WomanMovie • 1937
Hangmen Also Die!Movie • 1943
The Pajama GameMovie • 1957