James Dunn
James Dunn worked on the stage, in vaudeville and as an extra in silent movies before he was signed by Fox in 1931. His first movie with Fox was 1931's Sob Sister (1931). While at Fox, he appeared with Shirley Temple in her first three features: Baby Take a Bow (1934), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Bright Eyes (1934). Dunn's screen character was usually the boy next door or the nice guy. In 1935 musicals at the new 20th Century-Fox were out and Dunn would move to the "B" list, from which he would never return. In The Payoff (1935) he plays the nice guy newspaper columnist whose wife ruins his career. By the late 1930s he was drinking heavily and become unemployable. He would appear in small roles in films during the early 1940s, but those parts were few. In 1945 he was able to make a comeback and win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), but his rejuvenated career would not continue. By 1951 he would again be unemployed and bankrupt. Television would later supply some work and he would be a regular on the series It's a Great Life (1954).
Dunn was born 2 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA, and he died 1 September 1967, Santa Monica, California, USA (following abdominal surgery)
Fotos
Películas (64)
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
1976 · Self(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Shadow Over Elveron
1968 · Luke Travers
The Oscar
1966 · TV executive
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · Telegrapher
Journey to the Day
1960 · Melville Cooper
The Bramble Bush
1960 · Stew Schaffer
Mr. Broadway
1957 · Jerry Cohan
The Ninth Day
1957 · Jackson
The Last Stop
1956 · Yigal
A Wonderful Life
1950 · Henry Wood
The Golden Gloves Story
1950 · Joe Riley
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · Mike
Killer McCoy
1947 · Brian McCoy
That Brennan Girl
1946 · Denny Reagan
The Caribbean Mystery
1945 · Mr. Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Johnny Nolan
Leave It to the Irish
1944 · Terry Moran
Take It or Leave It
1944 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Government Girl
1943 · Sergeant Joe Blake
The Ghost and the Guest
1943 · Webster Frye
The Living Ghost
1942 · Nick Trayne
Hold That Woman!
1940 · Jimmy Parker
Son of the Navy
1940 · Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
Mercy Plane
1939 · 'Speed' Leslie
Pride of the Navy
1939 · Speed Brennan
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938 · Johnny McGinty
Living on Love
1937 · Gary Martin
Venus Makes Trouble
1937 · Buzz Martin
We Have Our Moments
1937 · John Wade
Mysterious Crossing
1936 · Addison Francis Murphy
Come Closer, Folks
1936 · Jim Keene
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936 · Mickey
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
Don’t Get Personal
1936 · Bob McDonald
Bad Boy
1935 · Eddie Nolan
Welcome Home
1935 · Richard Foster
The Daring Young Man
1935 · Don McLane
George White's 1935 Scandals
1935 · Eddie
The Payoff
1935 · Joe McCoy
Bright Eyes
1934 · Loop Merritt
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934 · James 'Jimmy' Dale
Have a Heart
1934 · James 'Jimmie' Flaherty
Baby Take a Bow
1934 · Eddie Ellison
Change of Heart
1934 · Mark McGowan
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · Jimmy Dugan
Hold That Girl
1934 · Barney Sullivan
Take a Chance
1933 · Duke Stanley
Jimmy and Sally
1933 · Jimmy O'Connor
Arizona to Broadway
1933 · Smiley Wells
The Girl in 419
1933 · Dr. Daniel French
Hold Me Tight
1933 · Chuck Evans
Hello, Sister!
1933 · Jimmy
Sailor's Luck
1933 · Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan
Handle with Care
1932 · Bill Gordon
Society Girl
1932 · Johnny Malone
Dance Team
1932 · Jimmy Mulligan
Over the Hill
1931 · Johnny Shelby as an Adult
Sob Sister
1931 · Garry Webster
Bad Girl
1931 · Eddie Collins
The Song Plugger
1930 · Man in Record Shop
In the Nick of Time
1929
Deliverance
1919 · Life Saver
Series (24)
Branded
1965 · Sam Manning
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Great Adventure
1963 · Indian Agent McLean
The Fugitive
1963 · Lou Bragan
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · P.J. Cunningham
Going My Way
1962
The Virginian
1962 · Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove
The Investigators
1961 · Chief Reynolds
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
Bonanza
1959 · Danny Lynch
Rawhide
1959 · Dr. Soloman Flood
Naked City
1958 · Peter Wilkin
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Gabe Henshaw
Matinee Theater
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Sheriff Garrett
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · J. Henry Newman
Climax!
1954 · Eldon Abernathy, Warren
It's a Great Life
1954 · Earl Morgan
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Dan McLain
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Joey
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948 · Frank Gabriel