Phil Dunham


Biography

Phil Dunham was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Dunham appeared in such films as "Rainbow Ranch" (1933) with Rex Bell, "The Fighting Parson" (1933) with Hoot Gibson and the musical "Down to Their Last Yacht" (1934) with Mary Boland. He also appeared in the western "Aces Wild" (1936) with Harry Carey and the Hoot Gibson western "Cavalcade of...

Biography

Phil Dunham was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Dunham appeared in such films as "Rainbow Ranch" (1933) with Rex Bell, "The Fighting Parson" (1933) with Hoot Gibson and the musical "Down to Their Last Yacht" (1934) with Mary Boland. He also appeared in the western "Aces Wild" (1936) with Harry Carey and the Hoot Gibson western "Cavalcade of the West" (1936). He continued to act in productions like the Harry Carey western "Ghost Town" (1936), the Rex Bell western "The Idaho Kid" (1936) and the Conrad Nagel crime flick "Bank Alarm" (1937). He also appeared in "Beware of Ladies" (1937) with Donald Cook. Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the thriller "Fury Below" (1938) with Russell Gleason, "West of Pinto Basin" (1940) and the western "Code of the Outlaw" (1942) with Bob Steele. Dunham more recently acted in "Act of Violence" (1948). Dunham passed away in September 1972 at the age of 87.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Easy to Love (1953)
Desk clerk
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
Pawnbroker
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
Convair passenger
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Man at Flaherty's
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Cynical man
Dial 1119 (1950)
Druggist
Act of Violence (1949)
Drunk
The Judge Steps Out (1949)
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
Wedding guest
High Wall (1948)
Patient
Homecoming (1948)
Elevator operator
California (1947)
Barber
The Hucksters (1947)
Man in elevator
High Barbaree (1947)
Vendor
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Watchman
It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
Trustee
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Composing room foreman
Undercurrent (1946)
Elevator man
Two Smart People (1946)
Drunk
The Secret Heart (1946)
Meek husband
Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)
Fargo agent
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Reporter
Criminal Court (1946)
Hankinson
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Customer
Sudan (1945)
Mama Loves Papa (1945)
Assistant at ceremony
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Ticket seller
Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
Bank teller
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)
Old man
Code of the Outlaw (1942)
Boyle
The Old Homestead (1942)
Councilman
Riding the Wind (1942)
Storekeeper
Thundering Hoofs (1941)
Telegrapher
West of Pinto Basin (1940)
Summers
Bridal Suite (1939)
Passenger
Westbound Stage (1939)
Attorney Wells
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Janitor
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
McGlen's second son
Let Us Live (1939)
Nervous man juror
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Little Adventuress (1938)
Fury Below (1938)
Cole, Sr.
Meet the Boyfriend (1937)
Husband
Navy Spy (1937)
Dr. Matthews
Trailin' Trouble (1937)
Nester
Bank Alarm (1937)
Leon Curtis
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Barber
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Juryman
Romance Rides the Range (1936)
The doctor
Ghost Town (1936)
Abe Rankin
Idaho Kid (1936)
Tumblebug
Cavalcade of the West (1936)
Clemens
Aces Wild (1936)
Anson
Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)
Abner
Beware of Ladies (1936)
J. Robert Slank
Tell Your Children (1936)
A Son Comes Home (1936)
Father
Gun Grit (1936)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
Brown
After the Dance (1935)
Meek husband
Love Me Forever (1935)
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
Search for Beauty (1934)
Heinie
Whirlpool (1934)
Henpecked husband
Six of a Kind (1934)
Drunk
Jealousy (1934)
Jury man
Rainbow Ranch (1933)
Wilbur Hall
The Fugitive (1933)
Cook
The Fighting Parson (1933)
George Larkin
The Dangerous Maid (1923)
Private Stich
Robin Hood, Jr. (1923)
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Alias Julius Caesar (1922)
Billy's valet
The Deuce of Spades (1922)
Edwin Dobbs
The Barnstormer (1922)
Stage carpenter
Two Minutes To Go (1921)
Professor of Spanish
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
Englishman
Playthings (1918)
Jerry Thompson

Writer (Feature Film)

Ridin' the Trail (1940)
Photoplay
Gang Smashers (1939)
Adaptation
Two Gun Troubadour (1939)
Adapted and cont
Life Goes On (1938)
Screenwriter
The Duke Is Tops (1938)
Screenplay Adapted
Fury Below (1938)
Screenwriter
Bargain with Bullets (1937)
Screenplay story
Special Agent K-7 (1937)
Screenwriter
Stormy Trails (1936)
Screenwriter
Feud of the West (1936)
Screenwriter
The Reckless Way (1936)
Cont
I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
Story and Screenplay
Rainbow Ranch (1933)
Dial

Life Events

Bibliography