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James Dunn is a Actor American born on 2 november 1901 at New York City (USA)

James Dunn

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Birth name James Howard Dunn
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1901 at New York City (USA)
Death 3 september 1967 (at 65 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 – September 1, 1967) was an American film actor.

Biography

Born in New York City, Dunn was the son of a Wall Street stockbroker. He joined his father in his business for three years. Dunn started his entertainment career in vaudeville before progressing to films at Paramount's Astoria studios in the late 1920s starting as an extra. After a gap where he appeared in stock companies, he returned to films. He was signed by Fox in 1931, making 22 films and several more on loan-out.

Dunn made a strong first impression with his first role, in director Frank Borzage's Bad Girl. He went on to make several formula films, including Society Girl (1932), in which he played a boxer distracted by his girlfriend (Peggy Shannon) and whose manager, played by Spencer Tracy in a rare supporting role, walks out in frustration; and Hello, Sister! (1933), a butchered recutting and partial reshooting of Erich von Stroheim's film Walking Down Broadway with Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. Dunn's early successes included four Shirley Temple films in 1934, Baby Take a Bow, Stand Up and Cheer!, Change of Heart and Bright Eyes. The roles that followed did nothing to further his career, and during the late 1930s his prospects were further diminished by a battle with alcoholism.

In 1945 his performance in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He portrayed an alcoholic but good-natured Irish father, a dreamer whose presence brought joy to those around him even though he was never a success in the traditional sense.

His success was short-lived and by the beginning of the 1950s, he was unemployed, bankrupt, and once again depending on alcohol. After 1950, he appeared in only three feature films, but continued working in television until his death. From 1954 to 1956, he appeared in the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life as Earl Morgan, the deadbeat brother-in-law of the main character Amy Morgan (played by Frances Bavier) who was always concocting "get-rich-quick" schemes.

Best films

Bad Girl (1931)
(Actor)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
(Actor)

Usually with

Sally Eilers
Sally Eilers
(7 films)
Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Dunn (54 films)

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Actor

Ad Astra
Ad Astra (2019)
, 2h4
Directed by James Gray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Sur la Lune, Mars in film, Sur la Lune
Actors Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Kennedy
Roles Lunar Passenger
Rating64% 3.2452353.2452353.2452353.2452353.245235
Sur Terre, dans un futur proche, l’ingénieur et astronaute de la NASA Roy McBride s'occupe de la maintenance d'une antenne de 30 km de hauteur. Celle-ci est détruite lors d’une surcharge électrique venue de Neptune, qui cause des ravages également sur Terre.
Over the Hill, 1h27
Directed by Henry King, George Trumbull Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Melodrama
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Olympia Dukakis, Mae Marsh, James Kirkwood Sr., Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds, Bill Kerr
Roles Johnny Shelby, adulte
Rating69% 3.4939753.4939753.4939753.4939753.493975
Alma can't stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia. But Alma doesn't fit into her daughter's political-hostess life even for a visit, and she finds more sympathy in her granddaughter. Alma, in a burst of rebellion, buys a supercharged hotrod and sets out on a voyage of self-discovery to Melbourne. Along the way, she meets con artists, gangsters, and a ponytailed white-knight in a camper and she finds not only adventure and romance, but also the courage to go back and face her relationship with her daughter and set it right.
The Oscar
The Oscar (1966)
, 1h59
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St John, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
Roles TV executive
Rating52% 2.6051452.6051452.6051452.6051452.605145
As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces about Fane's struggle to the top, beginning as a spieler for his stripper girlfriend Laurel (St. John). After moving to New York, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl (Sommer), which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro (Parker). Sophie arranges for him to be signed with agent "Kappy" Kapstetter (Berle) and brings Frankie to Hollywood, where he quickly becomes a rising star.
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, 2h25
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Beymer, Ricardo Montalbán, Diane Baker, Paul Newman, Corinne Calvet, Susan Strasberg
Roles Telegrapher
Rating62% 3.1399253.1399253.1399253.1399253.139925
Nick Adams is a young, restless man who wants a good life and to see the world. Though he is told it is not worth the attempt, he decides to go away from his midwestern home. Along the way, he encounters numerous people and later joins the Italian army to fight the Germans in World War I, where he fall in love.
The Bramble Bush, 1h33
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality
Actors Richard Burton, Angie Dickinson, Jack Carson, Barbara Rush, Carl Benton Reid, Tom Drake
Roles Stew Schaffer
Rating55% 2.764052.764052.764052.764052.76405
Dr. Guy Montford moves back to his seaside Massachusetts hometown at the request of old friend Larry McFie, who is dying of cancer. Over the objections of Larry's father, hospital administrator Dr. Sol Kelsey puts the patient in Guy's personal care.
The Golden Gloves Story
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Dewey Martin, Gregg Dodge, Kevin O'Morrison, Fern Persons
Roles Joe Riley
Rating58% 2.93082.93082.93082.93082.9308
L'histoire d'un petit malfrat qui trouvera la rédemption à travers un match de boxe. Il tombera amoureux de Patt, la fille de l'arbitre...
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven, 1h16
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Michael Chekhov, Florence Bates, Lionel Stander
Roles Mike
Rating59% 2.9524152.9524152.9524152.9524152.952415
Eddie Tayloe (Madison) is a reporter assigned to the Ft. Worth desk of a Dallas newspaper, and as the two neighboring cities are feuding, therefore has nothing to do. He dreams of becoming a New York playwright, and a small inheritance from his grandfather gives him his chance. Quitting his job, he begins the long drive. Picking up hitchhiker Perry Denklin (Lynn), also looking for fame and fortune in New York, he shares with her encounters with various eccentric characters. The big city does not work out for either of them, and when Eddie finds Perry working in a Coney Island girlie show, he pulls her out and they find happiness together, buying a ranch back in Texas.
Killer McCoy, 1h44
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth, James Dunn, Tom Tully, Sam Levene
Roles Brian McCoy
Rating65% 3.2927053.2927053.2927053.2927053.292705
Tommy McCoy is a tough New York City boy, close to his dad, Brian, a performer in vaudeville. One night while his dad's doing a song and dance for the audience as part of a boxing event, Tommy accepts a challenge to step into the ring. He knocks out his opponent.
That Brennan Girl, 1h35
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Roles Denny Reagan
Rating63% 3.1858253.1858253.1858253.1858253.185825
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 2h9
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson
Roles Johnny Nolan
Rating79% 3.9956453.9956453.9956453.9956453.995645
The film covers several months in the life of the Nolans, an Irish American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in 1912. The film is much shorter than the book, which covers the time from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old.
Government Girl, 1h33
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker, Agnes Moorehead, James Dunn
Roles Sergeant Joe Blake
Rating56% 2.8042952.8042952.8042952.8042952.804295
Automobile engineer Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) comes to Washington to appear in front of the War Construction Board. His mission is to supervise the building of bomber aircraft for the war. But when he arrives at the crowded hotel he is supposed to stay at, there are no rooms available. A friendly clerk at the hotel recognizes him from the paper and offers him room 2A.