Birthday
1901/11/02
Day of death
1967/09/03 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
James Howard Dunn, Jimmy Dunn
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 wou...Read more
(1945) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
(1934) Baby Take a Bow
as Eddie Ellison
(1935) Welcome Home
as Richard Foster
(1942) The Living Ghost
as Nick Trayne
(1934) Bright Eyes
as Loop Merritt
(1934) Stand Up and Cheer!
as Jimmy Dugan
(1943) The Ghost and the Guest
as Webster Frye
(1943) Government Girl
as Sergeant Joe Blake
(1931) Bad Girl
as Eddie Collins
(1966) The Oscar
as TV executive
(1947) Killer McCoy
as Brian McCoy
(1936) Hearts in Bondage
as Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
(1962) Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
as Telegrapher
(1945) The Caribbean Mystery
as Mr. Smith
(1936) Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Mickey
(1933) The Girl in 419
as Dr. Daniel French
(1933) Arizona to Broadway
as Smiley Wells
(1957) Mr. Broadway
as ---
(1935) George White's 1935 Scandals
as Eddie
(1935) The Payoff
as Joe McCoy
(1940) Hold That Woman!
as Jimmy Parker
(1934) Have a Heart
as James 'Jimmie' Flaherty
(1946) That Brennan Girl
as Denny Reagan
(1944) Leave It to the Irish
as Terry Moran
(1937) We Have Our Moments
as John Wade
(1948) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Mike
(1934) Change of Heart
as Mark McGowan
(1933) Hello, Sister!
as Jimmy
(1932) Society Girl
as Johnny Malone
(1931) Over the Hill
as Johnny Shelby as an Adult
(1933) Sailor's Luck
as Jimmy Fenimore Harrigan
(1938) Shadows Over Shanghai
as Johnny McGinty
(1934) 365 Nights in Hollywood
as James 'Jimmy' Dale
(1935) Bad Boy
as Eddie Nolan
(1936) Mysterious Crossing
as Addison Francis Murphy
(1976) The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self(archive footage)
(1950) A Wonderful Life
as Henry Wood
(1937) Living on Love
as Gary Martin
(1968) Shadow Over Elveron
as Luke Travers
(1935) The Daring Young Man
as Don McLane
(1939) Pride of the Navy
as Speed Brennan
(1934) Hold That Girl
as Barney Sullivan
(1939) Mercy Plane
as 'Speed' Leslie
(1950) The Golden Gloves Story
as Joe Riley
(1960) The Bramble Bush
as Stew Schaffer
(1957) The Ninth Day
as ---
(1932) Dance Team
as Jimmy Mulligan
(1940) Son of the Navy
as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
(1933) Take a Chance
as Duke Stanley
(1930) The Song Plugger
as Man in Record Shop
(1936) Come Closer, Folks
as Jim Keene
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Jimmy and Sally
as Jimmy O'Connor
(1937) Venus Makes Trouble
as Buzz Martin
(1944) Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932) Handle with Care
as Bill Gordon
(1982) Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Hold Me Tight
as Chuck Evans
(1931) Sob Sister
as Garry Webster
(1929) In the Nick of Time
as ---
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Indian Agent McLean
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Peter Wilkin
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Lou Bragan
(1962) The Virginian
as Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Joey
(1954) Climax!
as Eldon Abernathy
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1965) Branded
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Gabe Henshaw
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as P.J. Cunningham
(1954) It's a Great Life
as Earl Morgan
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dan McLain
(1948) Studio One
as Frank Gabriel
(1954) Climax!
as Warren
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Sheriff Garrett
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as J. Henry Newman