Eddie Dunn

Born: 1896-03-29 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Died: 1951-05-05

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Frank Dunn (March 31, 1896 – May 5, 1951) was an American actor best known for his roles in comedy films, supporting many comedians such as Charley Chase (with whom he co-directed several short films), Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and Laurel and Hardy. Dunn also appeared as Detective Grimes in several of The Falcon series of films in the 1940s which starred George Sanders and later on Sanders' brother Tom Conway, and in many small and uncredited parts in many feature films until his death in 1951 aged 55.

Filmography

1985

The Velveteen Rabbit as Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

1951

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Stage Driver

1950

Summer Stock as Sheriff (uncredited)
Gun Crazy as State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)
Whirlpool as Watchman (uncredited)
The Secret Fury as Eddie (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits as Sheriff York

1949

I Shot Jesse James as Joe, Silver King Bartender
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Engineer (uncredited)

1948

Call Northside 777 as Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
Hollow Triumph as Marty (uncredited)
Shed No Tears as Loan Company Representative (Uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble as Pit Violinist (uncredited)
The Man from Texas as Deputy (uncredited)
Incident as Police Lt. Madigan
Homicide for Three as Circus Doorman

1947

The Flame as Police Officer
Buck Privates Come Home as Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Stagehand (uncredited)
High Wall
The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Northerner (uncredited)
Key Witness as Detective Lt. Dillon (uncredited)
Deep Valley as Posseman
Philo Vance Returns as Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited)

1946

Angel on My Shoulder as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Bowery Bombshell as Police Officer O'Hara
Face to Face as Host

1945

Here Come the Co-Eds as Officer Flannigan (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners as Lunch Counter Operator (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Two O'Clock Courage as Policeman at Clothing Store (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence as Guard
Patrick the Great as Plumber
Bewitched as Prison Janitor (uncredited)

1944

Greenwich Village as Set designer
Lost in a Harem as Sentry (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday as Jim (uncredited)
Dead Man's Eyes as Police Guard Moriarty
Moon Over Las Vegas as Conductor
A Fig Leaf for Eve as Gus Hoffman

1943

Hit the Ice as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle as Propietor
Margin for Error as Desk Sergeant
Hello, Frisco, Hello as Forman of Renovation Crew
A Stranger in Town as Henry
Dixie Dugan as Policeman
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Fired Wife as Stagehand
The Falcon in Danger as Det. Grimes

1942

Invisible Agent as S.S. Prison Guard (uncredited)
Mississippi Gambler as Police Detective Sergeant Dexter
The Big Street as Officer Mulvaney (uncredited)
A Night to Remember as Matthews (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen as Policeman (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam as Bartender (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as O'Toole
The Secret Code as Weather Bureau Man
The Falcon's Brother as Detective Grimes
A Date with the Falcon as Det. Grimes (uncredited)
Fly By Night as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Jackass Mail as Man
Mexican Spitfire at Sea as George Skinner

1941

I Wake Up Screaming as Detective (uncredited)
Appointment for Love as Reporter (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Railroad Detective #1 (uncredited)
The Gay Falcon as Detective Grimes
Parachute Battalion as Recruiting Sergeant
The Saint In Palm Springs as Det. Barker
Billy the Kid as Pat Shanahan
In the Navy as Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Sea Raiders as Whaler Captain
Three Girls About Town as Policeman Eddie
At the Stroke of Twelve as Policeman

1940

The Great Dictator as Whitewashed Storm Trooper
Boom Town as Wildcatter (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Foley - Racketeer
The Bank Dick as James the Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia as Dunkel
Black Friday as Det. Farnow
The Green Hornet as D.H. Sligby
The Villain Still Pursued Her as Stevens - the Coach Driver (uncredited)
The Great Profile as Furniture Man
The Golden Fleecing as McGurk (uncredited)
He Married His Wife as The Jailer
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jim
Men Against the Sky as Plainclothesman
Double Alibi as Policeman
Mexican Spitfire Out West as Mr. Skinner
Pop Always Pays as Detective Winton
Love Thy Neighbor as Driver

1939

Of Mice and Men as Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps as Policeman
Second Fiddle as Road Construction Workman
I Stole a Million as Trucking Superintendent
Tail Spin as Eddie, Mechanic (Uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Decorator
The Big Guy as Dawes (uncredited)
Let Freedom Ring as Curly
The Day the Bookies Wept as Racetrack Detective (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Jailer
Cafe Society as Newsreel Reporter
Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Officer Walsh
The Wrong Room as The Attorney
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Cop (uncredited)
Henry Goes Arizona as Slim Pickins (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family as Stu
Too Busy to Work as Truck Driver
Dog-Gone as Dr. Kittle

1938

Too Hot to Handle as Newsreel Man (uncredited)
The Chaser as Eddie
Men with Wings as Field Employee
Kentucky as Moving Man
There Goes My Heart as Norman - Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor as Newsreel Director (uncredited)
While New York Sleeps as 1st Cop
Love on a Budget as Expressman
His Pest Friend
Change of Heart as Dog Owner
The Arkansas Traveler as Hobo
Beaux and Errors as Jimmy Dugan, Old Beaux
A Clean Sweep as Salesman Crew Boss

1937

Tramp Trouble as Railroad Detective
Wells Fargo as Ed Slocum - Stagecoach Driver
Slave Ship as Ostler
Angel's Holiday as Detective
Man Of The People as Kitty "The Horse" Schwartz (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven as Detective
Many Unhappy Returns as Jones - Mr. Morgan's Secretary
Dumb's the Word as Neighbor

1936

Hollywood Boulevard as Grip (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across as Reporter (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger as Sergeant at Arms
Rhythm on the Range as Cowboy
The Preview Murder Mystery as Tub Wilson (Uncredited)
Border Flight as Mechanic
And Sudden Death as Gas Station Attendant
Let's Make a Million as Taggert
Murder with Pictures as Bailiff (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love as Politician
A Face in the Fog as Policeman Kelly (uncredited)

1935

'G' Men as Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily as Reporter (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu as Tradesman
Powdersmoke Range as Elliott
Stolen Harmony as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Here Comes Cookie as Gracie’s Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Car 99 as Mack
The Rainmakers as Dispatcher
Alibi Racket as Detective

1934

Four Parts ... (Director)
I'll Take Vanilla ... (Director)
Next Week-End
Another Wild Idea ... (Director)
The Cracked Ice Man ... (Director)
It Happened One Day ... (Director)

1933

The Midnight Patrol as Sergeant
Private Detective 62 as Club Doorman (Uncredited)
Asleep in the Feet as Sailor
Fallen Arches as The Thief

1932

What Price Hollywood? as Doorman at Grauman's Theater (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs as Coachman / Guard (uncredited)
In Walked Charley
Always Kickin'
Off His Base as Gallagher - Reporter
South of Santa Fe as Lankey

1931

The Sunrise Trail as Rand Kennedy
Finn and Hattie as N. Y. Taxi Driver
The Pajama Party as Eddie
Hasty Marriage as Eddie Jenkins
Riders of the North as Tim 'Mac' McGuire
Love Fever as Theatrical Agent

1930

Another Fine Mess as Meadows the Butler (uncredited)
Headin' North as Palace Master of Ceremonies
The Fighting Parson as The Piano Player
The Head Guy as Mr. Dunn, the Producer
True to the Navy as Albert
The Land of Missing Men as Sheriff Bower
Whispering Whoopee as Ricketts, the Butler
Looser Than Loose as Night Club Waiter
The Real McCoy as Mountain Man (uncredited)

1929

Madame Q as Defense Lawyer
The Saturday Night Kid as Jim (uncredited)
Dad's Day as Jimmie
Hotter Than Hot
Bouncing Babies as Eddie - Father (uncredited)
Sky Boy as Pilot
Crazy Feet as Thelma's Dancing Partner
Why Is a Plumber?
Thundering Toupees
The Unkissed Man
Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon as Himself

1928

The Road to Ruin as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
The Fleet's In as Al Pearce
Say Ah-h!

1926

The Sorrows of Satan as Marriage Clerk (uncredited)

1920

The Blood Barrier as Eddie Brown

1919

Dawn as John McGuire
The Moonshine Trail as Eddie Cassidy
His Home Sweet Home as A Crook