Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/2/1901
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
James Howard DunnJimmy Dunn
James 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...
Known For
The Oscar
as TV executive
The Payoff
as Joe McCoy
Bright Eyes
as Loop Merritt
Mr. Broadway
Unknown Role
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Eddie
Sob Sister
as Garry Webster
Killer McCoy
as Brian McCoy
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Mike
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Telegrapher
Living on Love
as Gary Martin
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
Bad Boy
as Eddie Nolan
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Change of Heart
as Mark McGowan
Shadows Over Shanghai
as Johnny McGinty
Bad Girl
as Eddie Collins
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shadow Over Elveron
as Luke Travers
Hello, Sister!
as Jimmy