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 1931s 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). Dunns 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 Its 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)

Filmy nedostupný z James Dunn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Johnny Nolan

Film 1945

Baby Take a Bow

Eddie Ellison

Film 1934

Welcome Home

Richard Foster

Film 1935

The Living Ghost

Nick Trayne

Film 1942

The Ghost and the Guest

Webster Frye

Film 1943

Bad Girl

Eddie Collins

Film 1931

Killer McCoy

Brian McCoy

Film 1947

Hearts in Bondage

Lt. Kenneth Reynolds

Film 1936

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Telegrapher

Film 1962

The Caribbean Mystery

Mr. Smith

Film 1945

Two-Fisted Gentleman

Mickey

Film 1936

The Girl in 419

Dr. Daniel French

Film 1933

Arizona to Broadway

Smiley Wells

Film 1933

Mr. Broadway

Film 1957

George White's 1935 Scandals

Eddie

Film 1935

The Payoff

Joe McCoy

Film 1935

Hold That Woman!

Jimmy Parker

Film 1940

That Brennan Girl

Denny Reagan

Film 1946

Leave It to the Irish

Terry Moran

Film 1944

We Have Our Moments

John Wade

Film 1937

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Mike

Film 1948

Hello, Sister!

Jimmy

Film 1933

Society Girl

Johnny Malone

Film 1932

Sailor's Luck

Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan

Film 1933

Over the Hill

Johnny Shelby as an Adult

Film 1931

Shadows Over Shanghai

Johnny McGinty

Film 1938

365 Nights in Hollywood

James 'Jimmy' Dale

Film 1934

Bad Boy

Eddie Nolan

Film 1935

Mysterious Crossing

Addison Francis Murphy

Film 1936

The Biggest Little Star of the 30's

Self(archive footage)

Film 1976

A Wonderful Life

Henry Wood

Film 1950

Living on Love

Gary Martin

Film 1937

Pride of the Navy

Speed Brennan

Film 1939

Hold That Girl

Barney Sullivan

Film 1934

Mercy Plane

'Speed' Leslie

Film 1939

The Golden Gloves Story

Joe Riley

Film 1950

The Bramble Bush

Stew Schaffer

Film 1960

The Ninth Day

Film 1957

Dance Team

Jimmy Mulligan

Film 1932

Son of the Navy

Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone

Film 1940

Take a Chance

Duke Stanley

Film 1933

The Song Plugger

Man in Record Shop

Film 1930

Come Closer, Folks

Jim Keene

Film 1936

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Film 1975

Jimmy and Sally

Jimmy O'Connor

Film 1933

Venus Makes Trouble

Buzz Martin

Film 1937

Take It or Leave It

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1944

Handle with Care

Bill Gordon

Film 1932

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage)

Film 1982

Hold Me Tight

Chuck Evans

Film 1933

Sob Sister

Garry Webster

Film 1931

In the Nick of Time

Film 1929

televizní seriál nedostupný z James Dunn

The Great Adventure

Indian Agent McLean

Tv 1963

Route 66

Tv 1960

Naked City

Peter Wilkin

Tv 1958

Studio One

Tv 1948

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

Going My Way

Tv 1962

Rawhide

Tv 1959

The Fugitive

Lou Bragan

Tv 1963

The Virginian

Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove

Tv 1962

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Tv 1951

Lux Video Theatre

Joey

Tv 1950

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Tv 1963

Matinee Theater

Tv 1955

Branded

Tv 1965

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Gabe Henshaw

Tv 1958

Ben Casey

Tv 1961

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tv 1950

Vacation Playhouse

P.J. Cunningham

Tv 1963

It's a Great Life

Earl Morgan

Tv 1954

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Dan McLain

Tv 1951

Studio One

Frank Gabriel

Tv 1948

Screen Director's Playhouse

Sheriff Garrett

Tv 1955