James Dunn [131618]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.654
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: 1901-11-02
Deathday: 1967-09-03
Age: 65 years
Movies: 60
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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)

Hollywood’s Ch
1982-02-24
The Biggest Litt
1976-01-01
Brother, Can You
1975-08-06
Shadow Over Elve
1968-03-05
The Oscar
1966-03-04
Hemingway’s Ad
1962-07-25
The Bramble Bush
1960-02-24
Mr. Broadway
1957-05-11
The Ninth Day
1957-01-10
A Wonderful Life
1950-08-10
The Golden Glove
1950-03-22
Texas, Brooklyn
1948-07-16
Killer McCoy
1947-12-01
That Brennan Gir
1946-12-23
The Caribbean My
1945-06-01
A Tree Grows in
1945-02-28
Leave It to the
1944-08-26
Take It or Leave
1944-07-17
Government Girl
1943-11-05
The Ghost and th
1943-04-19
The Living Ghost
1942-08-11
Hold That Woman!
1940-06-28
Son of the Navy
1940-03-30
Mercy Plane
1939-12-04
Pride of the Nav
1939-01-23
Shadows Over Sha
1938-10-14
Living on Love
1937-11-12
Venus Makes Trou
1937-05-14
We Have Our Mome
1937-03-28
Mysterious Cross
1936-12-27
Come Closer, Fol
1936-11-07
Two-Fisted Gentl
1936-08-15
Hearts in Bondag
1936-05-26
Bad Boy
1935-10-25
Welcome Home
1935-08-09
The Daring Young
1935-07-17
George White's 1
1935-03-29
The Payoff
1935-01-09
Bright Eyes
1934-12-28
365 Nights in Ho
1934-12-11
Have a Heart
1934-09-07
Baby Take a Bow
1934-06-30
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Stand Up and Che
1934-05-04
Hold That Girl
1934-03-23
Take a Chance
1933-11-25
Jimmy and Sally
1933-11-04
Arizona to Broad
1933-07-22
The Girl in 419
1933-05-26
Hold Me Tight
1933-05-20
Hello, Sister!
1933-04-14
Sailor's Luck
1933-03-17
Handle with Care
1932-12-25
Society Girl
1932-05-29
Dance Team
1932-01-17
Over the Hill
1931-11-29
Sob Sister
1931-10-25
Bad Girl
1931-08-13
The Song Plugger
1930-06-08
In the Nick of T
1929-10-01