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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

200

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-03-29

Deathday

1951-05-05 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Also Known As

Edward Frank Dunn
Edward Dunn
Ed Dunn

Eddie Dunn

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.

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Acting

1985

The Velveteen Rabbit as Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

1951

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Stage Driver

1950		Summer Stock as Sheriff (uncredited)
1950		Lonely Heart Bandits as Sheriff York
1950		The Secret Fury as Eddie (uncredited)
1950		Gun Crazy as State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)
1950		Whirlpool as Watchman (uncredited)

1949		The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949		I Shot Jesse James as Joe, Silver King Bartender

1948		Homicide for Three as Circus Doorman
1948		Incident as Police Lt. Madigan
1948		Hollow Triumph as Marty (uncredited)
1948		Shed No Tears as Loan Company Representative (Uncredited)
1948		Here Comes Trouble as Pit Violinist (uncredited)
1948		The Man from Texas as Deputy (uncredited)
1948		Call Northside 777 as Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)

1947		The Flame as Police Officer
1947		Key Witness as Detective Lt. Dillon (uncredited)
1947		I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947		Deep Valley as Posseman
1947		Philo Vance Returns as Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited)
1947		Buck Privates Come Home as Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)

1946		Angel on My Shoulder as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1946		Bowery Bombshell as Police Officer O'Hara
1946		Face to Face as Host

1945		Lady on a Train
1945		Bewitched as Prison Janitor (uncredited)
1945		Dangerous Partners as Lunch Counter Operator (uncredited)
1945		Patrick the Great as Plumber
1945		Circumstantial Evidence as Guard
1945		Two O'Clock Courage as Policeman at Clothing Store (uncredited)
1945		Here Come the Co-Eds as Officer Flannigan (uncredited)

1944		Lost in a Harem as Sentry (uncredited)
1944		Dead Man's Eyes as Police Guard Moriarty
1944		Greenwich Village as Set designer
1944		Christmas Holiday as Detective
1944		A Fig Leaf for Eve as Gus Hoffman
1944		Moon Over Las Vegas as Conductor

1943		Fired Wife as Stagehand
1943		So's Your Uncle as Propietor
1943		The Falcon in Danger as Det. Grimes
1943		Hit the Ice as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1943		A Stranger in Town as Henry
1943		Hello, Frisco, Hello as Forman of Renovation Crew
1943		Dixie Dugan as Policeman
1943		The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943		Margin for Error as Desk Sergeant

1942		A Night to Remember as Matthews (uncredited)
1942		The Falcon's Brother as Detective Grimes
1942		My Sister Eileen as Policeman (uncredited)
1942		The Secret Code as Weather Bureau Man
1942		The Big Street as Police Officer Mulvaney (Uncredited)
1942		Invisible Agent as S.S. Prison Guard (uncredited)
1942		Jackass Mail as Man
1942		Ten Gentlemen from West Point as O'Toole
1942		Lady in a Jam as Bartender (uncredited)
1942		Mississippi Gambler as Police Detective Sergeant Dexter
1942		Mexican Spitfire at Sea as George Skinner
1942		Ride 'Em Cowboy as Railroad Detective #1 (uncredited)
1942		Fly By Night as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1942		A Date with the Falcon as Det. Grimes (uncredited)

1941		At the Stroke of Twelve as Policeman
1941		I Wake Up Screaming as Detective (uncredited)
1941		Appointment for Love as Reporter (uncredited)
1941		The Gay Falcon as Detective Grimes
1941		Three Girls About Town as Policeman Eddie
1941		Sea Raiders as Whaler Captain
1941		Parachute Battalion as Recruiting Sergeant
1941		In the Navy as Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1941		Billy the Kid as Pat Shanahan
1941		The Saint In Palm Springs as Det. Barker

1940		Love Thy Neighbor as Driver
1940		The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Foley - Racketeer
1940		The Bank Dick as James the Chauffeur (uncredited)
1940		Mexican Spitfire Out West as Mr. Skinner
1940		The Great Dictator as Whitewashed Storm Trooper
1940		The Villain Still Pursued Her as Stevens - the Coach Driver (uncredited)
1940		The Howards of Virginia as Dunkel
1940		Men Against the Sky as Plainclothesman
1940		Boom Town as Wildcatter (uncredited)
1940		The Great Profile as Furniture Man
1940		The Golden Fleecing as McGurk (uncredited)
1940		Pop Always Pays as Detective Winton
1940		Double Alibi as Policeman
1940		Black Friday as Det. Farnow
1940		He Married His Wife as The Jailer
1940		The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jim
1940		The Green Hornet as D.H. Sligby

1939		The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Jailer
1939		Of Mice and Men as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1939		Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Officer Walsh
1939		The Big Guy as Dawes (uncredited)
1939		Henry Goes Arizona as Slim Pickins (uncredited)
1939		The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
1939		Too Busy to Work as Truck Driver
1939		Dog-Gone as Dr. Kittle
1939		The Wrong Room as The Attorney
1939		The Day the Bookies Wept as Racetrack Detective (uncredited)
1939		Chicken Wagon Family as Stu
1939		I Stole a Million as Trucking Superintendent
1939		Second Fiddle as Road Construction Workman
1939		Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Decorator
1939		Cafe Society as Newsreel Reporter
1939		Let Freedom Ring as Curly
1939		Tail Spin as Eddie, Mechanic (Uncredited)
1939		You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Cop (uncredited)
1939		The Phantom Creeps as Policeman

1938		Kentucky as Moving Man
1938		While New York Sleeps as 1st Cop
1938		A Clean Sweep as Salesman Crew Boss
1938		There Goes My Heart as Norman - Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1938		The Arkansas Traveler as Hobo
1938		Beaux and Errors as Jimmy Dugan, Old Beaux
1938		The Chaser as Eddie
1938		Men with Wings as Field Employee
1938		His Pest Friend
1938		Love on a Budget as Expressman
1938		Change of Heart as Dog Owner

1937		Wells Fargo as Ed Slocum - Stagecoach Driver
1937		Many Unhappy Returns as Jones - Mr. Morgan's Secretary
1937		One Mile from Heaven as Detective
1937		Tramp Trouble
1937		Slave Ship as Ostler
1937		Dumb's the Word as Neighbor
1937		Angel's Holiday as Detective
1937		Man Of The People as Kitty "The Horse" Schwartz (uncredited)

1936		The Accusing Finger as Sergeant at Arms
1936		Murder with Pictures as Bailiff (uncredited)
1936		Let's Make a Million as Taggert
1936		Hollywood Boulevard as Grip (uncredited)
1936		To Mary - with Love as Politician
1936		Rhythm on the Range as Cowboy
1936		And Sudden Death as Gas Station Attendant
1936		Border Flight as Mechanic
1936		The Princess Comes Across as Reporter (uncredited)
1936		The Preview Murder Mystery as Tub Wilson (Uncredited)
1936		A Face in the Fog as Policeman Kelly (uncredited)

1935		The Rainmakers as Dispatcher
1935		Powdersmoke Range as Elliott
1935		Alibi Racket as Detective
1935		'G' Men as Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
1935		Stolen Harmony as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1935		Cardinal Richelieu as Tradesman
1935		Car 99 as Mack

1933		The Midnight Patrol as Sergeant
1933		Private Detective 62 as Club Doorman (Uncredited)
1933		Fallen Arches as The Thief
1933		Asleep in the Feet as Sailor

1932		Always Kickin'
1932		Off His Base as Gallagher - Reporter
1932		Million Dollar Legs as Coachman / Guard (uncredited)
1932		What Price Hollywood? as Doorman at Grauman's Theater (uncredited)
1932		In Walked Charley
1932		South of Santa Fe as Lankey

1931		Hasty Marriage as Eddie Jenkins
1931		The Pajama Party as Eddie
1931		Love Fever as Theatrical Agent
1931		Riders of the North as Tim 'Mac' McGuire
1931		The Sunrise Trail as Rand Kennedy
1931		Finn and Hattie as N. Y. Taxi Driver

1930		Another Fine Mess as Meadows the Butler (uncredited)
1930		Looser Than Loose as Night Club Waiter
1930		Headin' North as Palace Master of Ceremonies
1930		The Land of Missing Men as Sheriff Bower
1930		True to the Navy as Albert
1930		Whispering Whoopee as Ricketts, the Butler
1930		The Fighting Parson as The Piano Player
1930		The Real McCoy as Mountain Man (uncredited)
1930		The Head Guy as Mr. Dunn, the Producer

1929		The Saturday Night Kid as Jim (uncredited)
1929		Bouncing Babies as Eddie - Father (uncredited)
1929		Sky Boy as Pilot
1929		Crazy Feet as Thelma's Dancing Partner
1929		Hotter Than Hot
1929		Dad's Day as Jimmie
1929		Madame Q as Defense Lawyer
1929		Thundering Toupees
1929		The Unkissed Man
1929		Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon as Himself
1929		Why Is a Plumber?

1928		The Fleet's In as Al Pearce
1928		The Road to Ruin as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
1928		Say Ah-h!

1926

The Sorrows of Satan

1919

His Home Sweet Home as A Crook

1918

My Own United States as Gen. Wilkinson

1917		Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
1917		Plagues And Puppy Love
1917		Turks and Troubles as Haffed - The Terrible Turk
1917		Footlights and Fakers as Ed - Grips
1917		Rips and Rushes
1917		Bullies and Bullets as Soldier
1917		Flatheads and Flivvers

1916		Hash and Havoc
1916		Walls and Wallops as The Villain
1916		A Villainous Villain as Gentleman Joe
1916		There and Back as John Dubo
1916		Losing Weight

1915		The Vanishing Vault
1915		Boobley's Baby

Directing

1934		It Happened One Day as Director
1934		Another Wild Idea as Director
1934		I'll Take Vanilla as Director
1934		Four Parts as Director
1934		The Cracked Ice Man as Director