Ralph Dunn

May 22, 1900 · Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Notable work

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Deputy (uncredited)
7.4
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
7.6
Laura (1944)
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
6.9
Saboteur (1942)
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Policeman (uncredited)
7.6
Scarlet Street (1945)
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
7.4
The Woman in the Window (1944)
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Often works with

Bobby Barber
3 titles together
Laura, Anchors Aweigh, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Otto Kruger
3 titles together
Saboteur, Murder, My Sweet, Another Thin Man
Humphrey Bogart
2 titles together
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Enforcer
Robert Blake
2 titles together
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Woman in the Window
John Qualen
2 titles together
The Grapes of Wrath, His Girl Friday
Gene Lockhart
2 titles together
His Girl Friday, Hangmen Also Die!

Full filmography · 150

Arsenic & Old Lace
as Lieutenant Rooney
1962
The Devil to Pay
as The Furnace Man
1960
The Pajama Game
as Myron Hasler
19576.3
Crowded Paradise
cast
1956
For Crimin' Out Loud
as Baddie (archive footage)
1956
Sentence of Death
as Sergeant MacReynolds
1953
Taxi
as Rafferty (uncredited)
1953
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
19516.3
The Enforcer
cast
19517.1
No Way Out
as Sam (uncredited)
19506.9
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman (uncredited)
19507.5
The Great Plane Robbery
as Police Inspector Bruce
1950