Eddie Dunn

born: 31 March 1896 Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

died: 05 May 1951 Hollywood, California, United States of America (age 55)

American actor and director who started out working with Larry Semon for Vitagraph before joining Hal Roach in the 1930s. In 1934 he directed or co-directed half a dozen short films for Roach (all Charley Chase films, except *All-Stars): The Cracked Ice Man Next Week-End* Four Parts I'll Take Vanilla Another Wild Idea It Happened One Day.

Real name: Edward Frank Dunn Height: (between) 6'1½" - 6'3" (sources listed below)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Laurel & Hardy.

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1929 Why Is A Plumber? [unidentified character]   1929 The Unkissed Man [unidentified character]   1929 Hurdy Gurdy Ice man 1929 Thundering Toupees [unidentified character]   1929 Madame Q Defense lawyer 1929 Introducing Harry Langdon Mr. Weiss/Himself 1929 Dad's Day Jimmie   1929 Snappy Sneezer Jack, ditch digger 1929 Hotter Than Hot Tenant trying to put out fire 1929 Crazy Feet Eddie 1929 Sky Boy Pilot 1929 Bouncing Babies Eddie, the father   1929 The Hoose-Gow Prisoner 1929 Great Gobs! Tough guy in bar 1930 The Head Guy Mr. Dunn, the producer 1930 The Fighting Parson Piano player 1930 Whispering Whoopee Ricketts, the butler 1930 Looser Than Loose Nightclub waiter 1930 Another Fine Mess Meadows, the butler 1931 Love Fever Theatrical agent   1931 Pardon Us Insurgent convict 1931 Skip The Maloo! Nelson (Benson's chauffeur) 1931 The Pajama Party Eddie 1931 Hasty Marriage Eddie Jenkins 1932 In Walked Charley Milkman 1933 Asleep In The Feet Sailor 1933 Fallen Arches Thief 1933 Me And My Pal Cab driver 1933 The Midnight Patrol Desk sergeant 1933 Sherman Said It [unidentified character]   1934 Next Week-End Eddie Dunn, nightclub host 1934 Apples To You! Radio announcer   1934 Movie Daze Film cameraman 1934 Another Wild Idea Voice on radio introducing Uncle Percy 1938 There Goes My Heart Norman, cab driver 1940 Of Mice And Men Bus driver 1941 Road Show Joe, carnival barker 1947 Curley Charlie, second baggage man 1948 Here Comes Trouble Pit violinist ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1944 Nothing But Trouble Arresting officer in flop house Acknowledgements: https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00moti_0#page/n223/mode/1up/search/dunn https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00johnrich#page/169/mode/1up https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16371-122457-66?cc=1861144 Craig Calman (help) The IMDb credits Eddie Dunn in three films which I have omitted from this list: IT'S A GIFT (1923), THE REAL MCCOY (1930) and HIGH C'S (1930), as I dispute these entries. 1920 and 1921 directories list his height at 6'1½" WWII draft registration card list his height at 6'3". Jesse Brisson (help and information) Robert Winslow (identification in Another Wild Idea) This page was last updated on: 14 October 2022