Eddie Dunn was an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 best known for his roles in comedy films,supporting many comedians such as Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...

 (with whom he co-directed several short films), Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...

, WC Fields and Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy

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.Dunn also appeared as "Detective Grimes" in several of The Falcon

The Falcon (literary character)

The character of Gay Stanhope Falcon, also known simply as The Falcon, was created in 1940 by Michael Arlen in his short story, "Gay Falcon", which was first published in 1940 in Town & Country magazine...

 series of films in the 1940's which starred George Sanders

George Sanders

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 and later on his brother Tom Conway

Tom Conway

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, and in many small and uncredited parts in many feature films until his death in 1951 aged 55.

Selected Filmography

• The Vanishing Vault (1915)
• The Hoose-Gow
  The Hoose-Gow
  The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach.- Synopsis :Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching...
  
   (1929)
• Another Fine Mess
  Another Fine Mess
  For the comedy short starring Laurel and Hardy, see Another Fine MessAnother Fine Mess is the first major live release by British folk metal band Skyclad...
  
   (1930)
• Pardon Us
  Pardon Us
  Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy film. It was produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931.- Plot :...
  
   (1931)
• Million Dollar Legs (1932)
• Me and My Pal
  Me and My Pal
  Me and My Pal is a 1933 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Lloyd French and Charles Rogers, and produced by Hal Roach- Plot :...
  
   (1933)
• The Midnight Patrol
  The Midnight Patrol
  For the television cartoon, see Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone.The Midnight Patrol is a short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy released August 3, 1933.-Plot:Laurel and Hardy play two policemen on night patrol, hence the title...
  
   (1933)
• The Bank Dick
  The Bank Dick
  The Bank Dick is a 1940 comedy film. W. C. Fields plays a character named Egbert Sousé who trips a bank robber and ends up a security guard as a result...
  
   (1940)
• The Great Dictator
  The Great Dictator
  The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was...
  
   (1940)
• Nothing But Trouble
  Nothing But Trouble (1944 film)
  Nothing But Trouble is a late Laurel and Hardy feature. The plot involves the team as a chef and a butler wrecking a dinner party - the bit where they cook a rubber steak and try to carve it at the table is particularly humorous...
  
   (1944)
• Call Northside 777
  Call Northside 777
  Call Northside 777 is a documentary-style film noir directed by Henry Hathaway. It is based on the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man, who had been in prison for murder, was wrongly convicted 11 years before....
  
  (1947)
• Buckaroo,Sheriff of Texas (1951)