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