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James Dunn

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Actor, Vaudeville performer (1901-1967)

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James Howard Dunn, billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American actor and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater.

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Dunn and Sally Eilers in Bad GirlDunn and Sally Eilers in Bad GirlDunn and Shirley Temple in a publicity photo for Bright Eyes (1934)Dunn and Shirley Temple in a publicity photo for Bright Eyes (1934)Publicity photo of Dunn as Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)Publicity photo of Dunn as Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Dunn's contributions to televisionStar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Dunn's contributions to televisionDunn at the Lakeside Golf Club in BurbankDunn at the Lakeside Golf Club in BurbankDunn and Gifford in the cockpit of his airplane, 1937Dunn and Gifford in the cockpit of his airplane, 1937Dunn and Boots Mallory in Hello, Sister! (1933)Dunn and Boots Mallory in Hello, Sister! (1933)

Filmography 40

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945 · ★ 7.5
Bad Girl1931
Bright Eyes1934
Baby Take a Bow1934
The Oscar1966
The Living Ghost1942
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man1962
Hello, Sister!1933
That Brennan Girl1946
Stand Up and Cheer!1934
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
Hearts in Bondage1936
Government Girl1943
The Ghost and the Guest1943
The Payoff1935
Living on Love1937
Shadow Over Elveron1968
Killer McCoy1947
The Bramble Bush1960
Change of Heart1934
Shadows Over Shanghai1938
Over the Hill1931
Leave It to the Irish1944
Sailor's Luck1933
The Girl in 4191933
Son of the Navy1940
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven1948
Jimmy and Sally1933
The Caribbean Mystery1945
Have a Heart1934
Venus Makes Trouble1937
The Song Plugger1930
We Have Our Moments1937
Deliverance1919
Bad Boy1935
Arizona to Broadway1933
Take a Chance1933
Take It or Leave It1944
George White's 1935 Scandals1935
The Golden Gloves Story1950

91 credits on file

Television 23

The Fugitive1963
The Virginian1962
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Naked City1958
Matinee Theater1955
Climax!1954
Rawhide1959
Studio One1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Ben Casey1961
Wanted: Dead or Alive1958
Route 661960
Branded1965
The Wonderful World of Disney1954
Lux Video Theatre1950
Screen Director's Playhouse1955
The Great Adventure1963
Going My Way1962
Vacation Playhouse1963
General Electric Theater1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
The Investigators1961
It's a Great Life1954

Awards 2

1946Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 1

Connected to James 6

Helen KellerAlso in Deliverance (1919)Keith RichardsAlso in That Brennan Girl (1946)Gloria StuartAlso in The Girl in 419 (1933)Vivian VanceAlso in Take a Chance (1933)Janet GaynorAlso in Change of Heart (1934)Claire TrevorAlso in Baby Take a Bow (1934)

About this person

James Howard Dunn, billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American actor and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater. He landed jobs as an extra in short films produced by Paramount Pictures in its Long Island studio, and also performed with several stock theater companies, culminating with playing the male lead in the 1929 Broadway musical Sweet Adeline. This performance attracted the attention of film studio executives, and in 1931, Fox Film signed him to a Hollywood contract.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1967 · aged 65
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