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Acting

James Dunn

Career: Active from 1919 to 1968, with a break from 1920 to 1929, busiest in 1933 and 1934 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Dunn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Dark Humor
1.3, average 2.8
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Pre-Code Era 4
Classic Hollywood 4
Historical Drama 3
Period Piece 3
Mystery 2
Friendship & Loyalty 2
Crime Thriller 2
Romantic 2
Sentimental 2
Con Artists 2
Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

15 titles · average score 57

Shadow Over Elveron

as Luke Travers

The Oscar

29

as TV executive

Branded

71

TV show · as Sam Manning

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Lou Bragan

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show

The Great Adventure

TV show · as Indian Agent McLean

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

30

as Telegrapher

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Congressman Matthew J. Cosgrove

Going My Way

TV show

Ben Casey

65

TV show

Route 66

48

TV show

The Bramble Bush

55

as Stew Schaffer

1950s

18 titles · average score 65

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Danny Lynch

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Dr. Soloman Flood

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Gabe Henshaw

Naked City

69

TV show · as Peter Wilkin

Mr. Broadway

as Jerry Cohan

Matinee Theater

TV show

It's a Great Life

TV show · as Earl Morgan

Climax!

51

TV show · as Warren / Eldon Abernathy

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as J. Henry Newman

The Golden Gloves Story

as Joe Riley

A Wonderful Life

as Henry Wood

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show

1940s

13 titles · average score 58

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

58

as Mike

Studio One

65

TV show · as Frank Gabriel

Killer McCoy

63

as Brian McCoy

That Brennan Girl

60

as Denny Reagan

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

88

as Johnny Nolan

The Caribbean Mystery

as Mr. Smith

Leave It to the Irish

as Terry Moran

The Ghost and the Guest

33

as Webster Frye

Government Girl

56

as Sergeant Joe Blake

The Living Ghost

37

as Nick Trayne

Son of the Navy

as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone

Hold That Woman!

63

as Jimmy Parker

1930s

37 titles · average score 60

as 'Speed' Leslie

We Have Our Moments

as John Wade

George White's 1935 Scandals

64

as Eddie

Stand Up and Cheer!

53

as Jimmy Dugan

Bright Eyes

77

as Loop Merritt

Baby Take a Bow

63

as Eddie Ellison

Change of Heart

64

as Mark McGowan

365 Nights in Hollywood

55

as James 'Jimmy' Dale

Hello, Sister!

63

as Jimmy

Society Girl

as Johnny Malone

Bad Girl

54

as Eddie Collins

Sob Sister

as Garry Webster

1910s

1 title

Deliverance

as Life Saver