James Dunn (actor)

James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 – September 1, 1967) was an American actor and comedian. Dunn was born in Manhattan, New York. His movie role was in Bad Girl (1931). He appeared in three Shirley Temple movies. His best known role was as Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role.

Dunn died on September 1, 1967 in Santa Monica, California of problems caused by stomach surgery, aged 65.

James Dunn (actor) Media

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  Dunn and Sally Eilers in Bad Girl

• Dunn and Shirley Temple in a publicity photo for Bright Eyes (1934)

• Publicity photo of James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - front view (cropped).jpg

  Publicity photo of Dunn as Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

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  Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Dunn's contributions to television

• James Dunn at Lakeside Golf Club - front (cropped).jpg

  Dunn at the Lakeside Golf Club in Burbank

• James Dunn and Frances Gifford in cockpit (cropped).jpg

  Dunn and Gifford in the cockpit of his airplane, 1937

• Press photo of James Dunn and Boots Mallory in "Walking Down Broadway" (cropped).jpg

  Dunn and Boots Mallory in Hello, Sister! (1933)

• James Dunn Janet Gaynor 1934.JPG

  Dunn and Janet Gaynor in Change of Heart (1934)

• Judge Dunn Lawrence Welcome Home.jpg

  (L. to r.) Arline Judge, Dunn, and Rosina Lawrence in Welcome Home (1935)

• Frances Gifford and James Dunn in Hold That Woman! (cropped).jpg

  Dunn and Frances Gifford in Hold That Woman! (1940)