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Ralph Dunn
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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 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.
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
As Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Laura
As Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
As Detective (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
As Detective Manning (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
As Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
As Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
As Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Chains
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Acted
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1945 · Detective Manning (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Detective (uncredited)
Laura
1944 · Fred Callahan (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
1942 · Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)