Personal Info
James Howard Dunn
Jimmy Dunn
James Dunn
Acting
Biography
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Shadow Over Elveron
as Luke Travers
The Oscar
as TV executive
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Telegrapher
The Bramble Bush
as Stew Schaffer
Journey to the Day
as Melville Cooper
The Ninth Day
Mr. Broadway
TV Shows
Branded
1 ep.
The Fugitive
as Lou Bragan · 1 ep.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 ep.
The Great Adventure
as Indian Agent McLean · 2 ep.
Vacation Playhouse
as P.J. Cunningham · 1 ep.
The Virginian
as Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove · 1 ep.
Going My Way
1 ep.
Ben Casey
2 ep.
The Investigators
as Chief Reynolds · 1 ep.
Route 66
2 ep.