Biografie

12. November 1916 · New Jersey, USA

11. April 1976 · Granada Hills, Kalifornien, USA (Emphysem)

1,73 m

Often portrays village elders or prominent men in town

According to Suzanne Finstad's 2005 biography of Warren Beatty, Dunn (spelled Dunne in the book), was a casting director at CBS in 1957 and gave Beatty his first acting role in a 15-minute Sunday religious show, Lamp Unto My Feet. Another CBS employee, Pamela Illott, is quoted by Finstad as saying that Dunn discovered Steve McQueen for the same program, and also George C. Scott.

Often appeared in Mel Brooks's films: Der wilde wilde Westen (1974), Frankenstein Junior (1974) and Mel Brooks letzte Verrücktheit - Silent Movie (1976).