Biography
William R. Dunn (May 23, 1888 – March 24, 1946) was an American actor on film and stage and in vaudeville.
Dunn was born in Astoria, Long Island, the son of William R. Dunn, a ferry captain, and Martha Wentz. He had two brothers, Eddie and Stanley, who were also actors. He graduated from public schools there.Dunn debuted as an actor in 1900 with the Corse Payton Stock Company in Brooklyn. He went on to perform in vaudeville.He appeared along Mary Maurice, Earle Williams, James Morrison, Robert Gaillard, Tefft Johnson, Ralph Ince and Wallace Reid in The Seventh Son (1912), directed by Hal Reid; and along Evelyn Nesbitt, Russell Thaw, Henry Clive, Alphonse Ethier and Jane Jennings in I Want to Forget (1918), directed by James Kirkwood.Dunn was married to Sabel Johnson, who performed in, and wrote for, vaudeville sketches. They had a son, William Welcome Dunn.
Filmography
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Movies 29
Writer 1
Sundown (1941)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
King of the Jungle (1933)
Painted Ponies (1927)
Devil's Island (1926)
The Redeeming Sin (1925)
The Undercurrent (1919)
I Want to Forget (1918)
Beyond the Law (1918)
Social Quicksands (1918)
The Princess of Park Row (1917)
The Secret Kingdom (1917)
For a Woman’s Fair Name (1916)
Love and Law (1915)
The Juggernaut (1915)
The Return of Maurice Donnelly (1915)
In the Latin Quarter (1915)
The Spirit of the Poppy (1914)
The Caballero's Way (1914)
A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
Making Good (1912)
Chamber of Forgetfulness (1912)
Saved from the Titanic (1912)
The Seventh Son (1912)
For the Honor of the Family (1912)
Love Finds the Way (1912)
Alma's Champion (1912)
The Mate of the 'John M' (1911)
Vanity Fair (1911)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-05-23
Deathday1946-03-24 (57 years old)
Birth PlaceAstoria, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Robert Dunn, William Dunne, William Dunn, W. Dunn, W.R. Dunn
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