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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

Buck Privates Come Home as Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)
The Flame as Police Officer
The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Northerner (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Stagehand (uncredited)
Deep Valley as Posseman
High Wall
Key Witness as Detective Lt. Dillon (uncredited)
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)
Lady on a Train
Two O'Clock Courage as Policeman at Clothing Store (uncredited)
Patrick the Great as Plumber
Circumstantial Evidence as Guard
Bewitched as Prison Janitor (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners as Lunch Counter Operator (uncredited)

1944

Lost in a Harem as Sentry (uncredited)
Greenwich Village as Set designer
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
A Stranger in Town as Henry
Margin for Error as Desk Sergeant
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Falcon in Danger as Det. Grimes
Dixie Dugan as Policeman
Fired Wife as Stagehand
Hello, Frisco, Hello as Forman of Renovation Crew

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1919

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

1918

My Own United States as Gen. Wilkinson

1917

Plagues And Puppy Love
Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
Rips and Rushes
Footlights and Fakers as Ed - Grips
Flatheads and Flivvers
Turks and Troubles as Haffed - The Terrible Turk
Bullies and Bullets as Soldier

1916

Walls and Wallops as The Villain
A Villainous Villain as Gentleman Joe
Hash and Havoc
Losing Weight
There and Back as John Dubo