Cast
James Dunn
Acting
Cast
James Dunn
Known for
Acting
Born
1901-11-02
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1967-09-03
Also known as James Howard Dunn, Jimmy Dunn
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 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)
★6.0
MOVIE1931
Bad Girl
as Eddie Collins
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Sob Sister
as Garry Webster
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Hello, Sister!
as Jimmy
★7.5
MOVIE1932
Society Girl
as Johnny Malone
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Deliverance
as Life Saver
★5.0
MOVIE1966
The Oscar
as TV executive
★5.3
MOVIE1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Jimmy Dugan
★4.4
MOVIE1944
Leave It to the Irish
as Terry Moran
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Government Girl
as Sergeant Joe Blake
★7.5
MOVIE1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
★10.0
MOVIE1939
Mercy Plane
as 'Speed' Leslie
★7.2
MOVIE1937
We Have Our Moments
as John Wade
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Don’t Get Personal
as Bob McDonald
★5.5
MOVIE1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Telegrapher
MOVIE1956
The Last Stop
as Yigal
★10.0
MOVIE1935
The Daring Young Man
as Don McLane
★9.0
MOVIE1982
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1934
Hold That Girl
as Barney Sullivan
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Shadows Over Shanghai
as Johnny McGinty
★4.6
MOVIE1960
The Bramble Bush
as Stew Schaffer
★6.0
MOVIE1930
The Song Plugger
as Man in Record Shop
★7.5
MOVIE1933
Arizona to Broadway
as Smiley Wells
★5.5
MOVIE1946
That Brennan Girl
as Denny Reagan
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Change of Heart
as Mark McGowan
★7.0
MOVIE1929
In the Nick of Time
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
★4.2
MOVIE1933
The Girl in 419
as Dr. Daniel French
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Bright Eyes
as Loop Merritt
MOVIE1957
The Ninth Day
★6.6
MOVIE1968
Shadow Over Elveron
as Luke Travers
MOVIE1960
Journey to the Day
as Melville Cooper
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Hold That Woman!
as Jimmy Parker
MOVIE1976
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self(archive footage)
★6.7
MOVIE1945
The Caribbean Mystery
as Mr. Smith
★10.0
MOVIE1932
Handle with Care
as Bill Gordon
★5.8
MOVIE1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Mike
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Have a Heart
as James 'Jimmie' Flaherty
★5.5
MOVIE1935
The Payoff
as Joe McCoy
★8.5
MOVIE1931
Over the Hill
as Johnny Shelby as an Adult
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1950
A Wonderful Life
as Henry Wood
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Mickey
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Mysterious Crossing
as Addison Francis Murphy
★5.3
MOVIE1943
The Ghost and the Guest
as Webster Frye
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Bad Boy
as Eddie Nolan
★4.3
MOVIE1942
The Living Ghost
as Nick Trayne
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Mr. Broadway
★5.7
MOVIE1934
Baby Take a Bow
as Eddie Ellison
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Sailor's Luck
as Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan
★4.9
MOVIE1936
Hearts in Bondage
as Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Son of the Navy
as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
★4.8
MOVIE1933
Jimmy and Sally
as Jimmy O'Connor
★6.3
MOVIE1947
Killer McCoy
as Brian McCoy
★9.0
MOVIE1934
365 Nights in Hollywood
as James 'Jimmy' Dale
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Pride of the Navy
as Speed Brennan
★6.1
MOVIE1937
Living on Love
as Gary Martin
★6.5
MOVIE1950
The Golden Gloves Story
as Joe Riley
★7.0
MOVIE1935
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Eddie
★7.0
MOVIE1933
Hold Me Tight
as Chuck Evans
★5.5
MOVIE1933
Take a Chance
as Duke Stanley
★10.0
MOVIE1932
Dance Team
as Jimmy Mulligan
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Welcome Home
as Richard Foster
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Venus Makes Trouble
as Buzz Martin
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Come Closer, Folks
as Jim Keene