James Dunn
Sign in to saveactor, Vaudeville performer (1901–1967)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901-11-02
- Died
- 1797
- Works
- 48
Top works
- A report of the trials of James Dunn and Patrick Carty
- Iástron
- Vontaura
- Kidnapping the Prince of Albany
- Who's Running YOUR Life?
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Hollywood’s Children — Self (archive footage)1982
- The Biggest Little Star of the 30's — Self(archive footage)1976
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
- Shadow Over Elveron — Luke Travers1968
- The Oscar — TV executive1966
- Branded1965
- The Great Adventure — Indian Agent McLean1963
- The Fugitive — Lou Bragan1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
- Vacation Playhouse — P.J. Cunningham1963
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 881
- Total plays
- 5,292
Tags
singer-songwriterAllMale Singer-Songwriterunder 2000 listenersDiscoverockult
Songs crafted in the true spirit of American rock, Dunn’s new album, The Long Ride Home marks his second recording release since 2006. (Lonely American Dream released in 2006). Dunn began writing songs a year or two after college. With his grandfather's old steel guitar, a vinyl copy of “Born to Run”, and an old house record player, forces collided and some songs started taking shape. “I’m not really sure why I never took on music when I was younger” <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+D
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 66,940x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,163x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Howard Dunn , ( 1901-11-02 ) November 2, 1901, Manhattan, New York , U.S.
- Died
- September 1, 1967 (1967-09-01) (aged 65), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor, vaudeville performer
- Years active
- 1927–1966
- Spouses
- Edna O'Lier ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1922 ) Frances Gifford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1943 ) Edna Rush ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 – 1967 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 November 1901
- Died
- 3 September 1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Dunn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Frances Gifford
- Occupation
- actor
Article
James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 – September 1, 1967), billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American actor and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater. He landed jobs as an extra in short films produced by Paramount Pictures in its Long Island studio, and also performed with several stock theater companies, culminating with playing the male lead in the 1929 Broadway musical Sweet Adeline. This performance attracted the attention of film studio executives, and in 1931, Fox Film signed him to a Hollywood contract.
His screen debut in the 1931 film Bad Girl made him an overnight box-office star and he was cast as the lead in a succession of romantic drama and comedy films. In 1934, he co-starred with Shirley Temple in her first three films. In 1935, at the height of his popularity, he broke his studio contract two years before it expired and became a free agent. With musicals on the wane in the late 1930s, he was cast in a series of B movies and struggled with alcoholism in his personal life. In 1945, having not worked for a major studio for five years, he was selected by director Elia Kazan for the role of Johnny Nolan, the dreamy alcoholic father in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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1901 births1967 deaths20th-century American male actors20th Century Studios contract playersAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican people of Irish descentAmerican vaudeville performersBest Supporting Actor Academy Award winnersDeaths from complications of gastrointestinal surgeryMale actors from Manhattan