Ralph Dunn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 suppo...
Known For
Studio One
Sergeant MacReynolds
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lux Video Theatre
Mitch
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lieutenant Rooney
His Girl Friday
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Soldier (uncredited)
Filmography
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
as Lieutenant Rooney
The Devil to Pay
1960
as The Furnace Man
The Pajama Game
1957
as Myron Hasler
For Crimin' Out Loud
1956
as Baddie (archive footage)
Crowded Paradise
1956
Norby
1955
as Mr. Rudge
Summer Playhouse
1954
Taxi
1953
as Rafferty (uncredited)
Sentence of Death
1953
as Sergeant MacReynolds
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Enforcer
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lieutenant Rooney
Singing Guns
1950
as Traveler
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Secret Fury
1950
as Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950
as Sam (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
as Police Inspector Bruce
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mitch
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Who Done It?
1949
as Leader of Phantom Gang
The Walking Hills
1949
The Lost Tribe
1949
as Capt. Rawlins
Miss Mink of 1949
1949
as Mr. McKelvey
Homicide
1949
as Department of Employment Clerk
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
On the Right Side
1949
as Hood
My Girl Tisa
1948
The Golden Eye
1948
as Jim. Driscoll
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Mark Stevens
Lady at Midnight
1948
as Al Garrity
Mummy's Dummies
1948
as Rhadames
Incident
1948
as Bugs
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Jinx Money
1948
as Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
King of the Gamblers
1948
as Cassidy
Studio One
1948
as Sergeant MacReynolds
Too Many Winners
1947
as Detective Peter Rafferty
Three on a Ticket
1947
as Inspector Pete Rafferty
News Hounds
1947
as 'Dutch' Miller
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Dragnet
1947
as Police Sgt. Martin
Deep Valley
1947
as Deputy
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947
as Cop (uncredited)
Heartaches
1947
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
1947
as New York Detective (uncredited)
Possessed
1947
as Cable Car Motorman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Gas House Kids
1946
as Detective O'Hara
Murder Is My Business
1946
as Pete Rafferty
Genius at Work
1946
as Lt. Gilley
Big Town
1946
as Mac- Policeman (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Capt. Dill (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
1946
as Police Detective Faber (uncredited)
Larceny in Her Heart
1946
as Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
The Strange Woman
1946
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
1946
as Brady
From This Day Forward
1946
as Bailiff
Little Giant
1946
as Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
1946
as Sergeant (Uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Step by Step
1946
as Patrol Car Cop
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Policeman
Salty O'Rourke
1945
as Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
as Cleary, the Cop
Along Came Jones
1945
as Cotton (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Detective
Scarlet Street
1945
as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Detective Lester
Senorita from the West
1945
as Man (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco
1945
as Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Hollywood Bowl Cop (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
1945
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1945
as Detective Manning (uncredited)
Hold That Blonde!
1945
as Radio Cop (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
1944
as Worker (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
1944
as Chief Sanford
Murder, My Sweet
1944
as Detective (uncredited)
Laura
1944
as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Whistler
1944
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
1944
as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944
as Mike McCafferty (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
In Society
1944
as Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
1944
as MacIntosh 'Mac'
Follow the Boys
1944
as Loomis (uncredited)
This Is the Life
1944
as Cop (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
All by Myself
1943
as Hotel Detective
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Marty (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Quartermaster (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942
as FBU Agent at Mason's House (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Mug Town
1942
as Cop
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Policeman Making Bet
Twin Beds
1942
as Detective
About Face
1942
as Marine (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
1942
as Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as First Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
1942
as Henderson (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Army Guard
Fingers at the Window
1942
as Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
Moontide
1942
as Policeman
Strictly in the Groove
1942
as Big Boy
Manpower
1941
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Federal Agent
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
as Customs Officer
Western Union
1941
as Work Seeker
Dead Men Tell
1941
as Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Cop
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Detective (uncredited)
International Lady
1941
as Don
In the Navy
1941
as Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
Sleepers West
1941
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Guard
You're Not So Tough
1940
as Valley Truck Driver
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
Murder Over New York
1940
as Police Officer
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Medical Captain (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
1940
as Andy - Thug (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Deputy Sheriff
Brigham Young
1940
as Jury Foreman
Gallant Sons
1940
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as First Bartender
New Moon
1940
as Bondsman
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Port Policeman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
1940
as 'General' in the Play
Girl in 313
1940
as Det. Berner
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Double Alibi
1940
as First Police Dispatcher
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Policeman
We Who Are Young
1940
as 2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk?
1940
as Police Lieutenant
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Bart Dolan
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
as Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
Tail Spin
1939
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Cop with McGurk
Blind Alley
1939
as Trooper Cronin
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
as (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Officer (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
1939
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Racetrack Official
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Police Guard (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Policeman in 1919
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
1939
as Henchman Lon
Scouts to the Rescue
1939
as Henchman Pug O'Toole
I Stole a Million
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Doorman (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
as Detective Egan
Numbered Woman
1938
as Henchman Red
The Patient in Room 18
1938
as Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
1938
as Kennel Guard (uncredited)
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Gateway
1938
as Guard
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Soldier
Over the Wall
1938
as Prison Guard
Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Bartender
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Third Policeman (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
1937
as Metal Detector Guard (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
1937
as Reporter at Banquet (uncredited)
The Game That Kills
1937
as Detective
Melody for Two
1937
as Radio Station Official
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
1937
as Detective
White Bondage
1937
as Defense Attorney
One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Doorman
Big Town Girl
1937
as Trooper
The Go-Getter
1937
as Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
Hot Water
1937
as Policeman (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Cop
Penrod and Sam
1937
as Joe (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
1937
as Convict (uncredited)
Marked Woman
1937
as Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as G-Man
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
as First Radio Announcer
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
China Clipper
1936
as Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
Stranded
1935
as Bridge Worker (uncredited)
Lady Killer
1933
as Monkey Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Racetrack Official