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Ralph Dunn
Known for: ActingRalph 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.
Filmography 31
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited) 
Laura
as Fred Callahan (uncredited) 
Moontide
as Policeman 
Murder, My Sweet
as Detective (uncredited) 
About Face
as Marine (uncredited) 
The Strange Woman
as Lumberjack (uncredited) 
Nobody Lives Forever
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited) 
Dick Tracy
as Detective Manning (uncredited) 
The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited) 
Next Time I Marry
as Kennel Guard (uncredited) 
Smashing the Money Ring
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) 
The Pajama Game
as Myron Hasler 
The Patient in Room 18
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited) 
Sun Valley Serenade
as Customs Officer 
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Police Sergeant (uncredited) 
Dead Men Tell
as Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) 
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Bart Dolan 
Three on a Ticket
as Inspector Pete Rafferty 
Grand Central Murder
as Policeman (uncredited) 
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 
Singing Guns
as Traveler 
Too Many Winners
as Detective Peter Rafferty 
Larceny in Her Heart
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty 
The Golden Eye
as Jim. Driscoll 
Murder Is My Business
as Pete Rafferty 
Deep Valley
as Deputy 
Trial by Trigger
as MacIntosh 'Mac' 
The Crowd Roars
as Racetrack Official 
News Hounds
as 'Dutch' Miller 
Jinx Money
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro