Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

1900-05-22

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.

Also appears in

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

8.0

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

7.8

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7.2

Laura

Laura

7.6

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

7.5

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

7.6

No Way Out

No Way Out

6.9

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

6.8

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

7.4

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

6.9

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet

7.2

The Enforcer

The Enforcer

7.1

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

7.4

Saboteur

Saboteur

6.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

6.4

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

6.8

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

6.0

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

6.3

Western Union

Western Union

6.0

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner

6.4