Acting

Eddie Dunn

Born March 29, 1896 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Died May 5, 1951 · aged 55

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 s…

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy · 1950

MovieCrimeRomance

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777 · 1948

Call Northside 777

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

'G' Men

'G' Men · 1935

MovieCrimeDrama

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

Summer Stock

Summer Stock · 1950

MovieMusicRomance

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.

Whirlpool

Whirlpool · 1950

MovieThrillerCrime

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Boom Town

Boom Town · 1940

MovieAdventureDrama

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

In the Navy

In the Navy · 1941

MovieComedyMusic

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy · 1950

MovieCrimeRomance

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777 · 1948

Call Northside 777

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)

'G' Men

'G' Men · 1935

MovieCrimeDrama

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

Police Broadcaster (uncredited)

Summer Stock

Summer Stock · 1950

MovieMusicRomance

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.

Sheriff (uncredited)

Whirlpool

Whirlpool · 1950

MovieThrillerCrime

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Watchman (uncredited)

Boom Town

Boom Town · 1940

MovieAdventureDrama

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

Wildcatter (uncredited)

In the Navy

In the Navy · 1941

MovieComedyMusic

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph · 1948

MovieThrillerCrime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Marty (uncredited)

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming · 1941

I Wake Up Screaming

MovieMysteryCrime

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

Detective (uncredited)

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick · 1940

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

James the Chauffeur (uncredited)

Dawn

Keith, an artist, begins to go blind as a result of having fallen out of a tree as a child. His fiancé Dorothy, a wealthy heiress, had previously said that she thought blind people were "disgusting", and he refuses to see her. Dorothy plans to have her father, an eye surgeon, perform an operation on Keith that may help him regain his sight, but things don't go as planned.

John McGuire

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village · 1944

Greenwich Village

MovieComedyMusic

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Set designer

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home · 1947

Buck Privates Come Home

MovieComedyRomance

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.

Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men · 1939

Of Mice and Men

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Bus Driver (uncredited)

Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess · 1930

Another Fine Mess

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

Meadows the Butler (uncredited)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! · 1940

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

MovieActionAdventure

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

Foley - Racketeer

The Big Street

The Big Street · 1942

MovieRomanceDrama

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

Officer Mulvaney (uncredited)

Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem · 1944

Lost in a Harem

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Sentry (uncredited)

The Flame

The Flame · 1947

MovieDramaCrime

George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him. George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval, a job as Barry's nurse, with the idea being to marry him, kill him, and inherit his money—and marrying George.

Police Officer

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

S.S. Prison Guard (uncredited)

Mississippi Gambler

Mississippi Gambler · 1942

Mississippi Gambler

MovieCrimeDrama

A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.

Police Detective Sergeant Dexter

Black Friday

Black Friday · 1940

MovieScience FictionCrime

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

Det. Farnow

The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon · 1941

Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.

Detective Grimes

Face to Face

Face to Face · 1946

Face to Face is an early American television game show running 15 minutes. It began broadcasting on the NBC Television network on June 9, 1946 and ran until January 26, 1947 on Sundays at 8:00 pm EST, immediately before Geographically Speaking.

Host