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Phil Dunham(1885-1972)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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Phil Dunham
Something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace.
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Reefer Madness (1936)
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Phil Dunham was born on 23 April 1885 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for I'll Name the Murderer (1936), Life Goes On (1938) and Special Agent K-7 (1936). He died on 5 September 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornApril 23, 1885
DiedSeptember 5, 1972(87)
BornApril 23, 1885
DiedSeptember 5, 1972(87)
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Photos22

Eddie Barry, Phil Dunham, and Dorothea Wolbert in Whose Husband Are You? (1922)
Charles Dudley, Phil Dunham, Ethel Teare, and William Wolbert in Desperate Dud, the Plumber (1915)
Charles Dudley, Phil Dunham, Ethel Teare, and William Wolbert in Flirtatious Lizzie (1915)
Phil Dunham, Alice Howell, and Joe Moore in Alice in Society (1916)
Billy Bevan, Phil Dunham, and Gertrude Selby in Gaby's Gasoline Glide (1916)
John Wayne, Phil Dunham, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Wally Howe, Barbara Sheldon, and Lloyd Whitlock in The Lucky Texan (1934)
Harry Carey, Phil Dunham, Chuck Morrison, and Roger Williams in Ghost Town (1936)
Phil Dunham in Cut Loose (1924)
Harry Carey, Ed Cassidy, Phil Dunham, David Sharpe, and Roger Williams in Ghost Town (1936)
Ed Cassidy, Phil Dunham, Victor Wong, Jack Perrin, and Fred 'Snowflake' Toones in Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)
Ed Cassidy, Phil Dunham, Jack Perrin, Hal Taliaferro, and Robert Walker in Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)
Budd Buster, Ed Cassidy, Phil Dunham, and Jack Perrin in Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)

Known for

Ralph Forbes and Marion Shilling in I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
I'll Name the Murderer
5.2
  • Ed - Newspaper Editor(uncredited)
  • 1936
Louise Beavers in Life Goes On (1938)
Life Goes On
  • Writer
  • 1938
Special Agent K-7 (1936)
Special Agent K-7
6.0
  • Croupier(uncredited)
  • 1936
Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason, and Rex Lease in Fury Below (1936)
Fury Below
5.3
  • Cole, Sr.
  • 1936

Credits

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Actor

  • Easy to Love (1953)
    Easy to Love
    • Desk Clerk (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
    The Bad and the Beautiful
    • Pawnbroker (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
    • Audience Member (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Leslie Caron, and Louis Calhern in The Man with a Cloak (1951)
    The Man with a Cloak
    • Quartet Member (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
    Three Guys Named Mike
    • Convair Passenger (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Leon Ames, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene, and Marshall Thompson in Dial 1119 (1950)
    Dial 1119
    • Druggist (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
    Annie Get Your Gun
    • Cynical Man (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Act of Violence (1948)
    Act of Violence
    • Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Clark Gable, Anne Baxter, Lana Turner, and John Hodiak in Homecoming (1948)
    Homecoming
    • Elevator Operator (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • June Allyson and Van Johnson in The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
    The Bride Goes Wild
    • Wedding Guest (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Alexander Knox and Ann Sothern in The Judge Steps Out (1948)
    The Judge Steps Out
    • Minor Role (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter in High Wall (1947)
    High Wall
    • Patient (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Margaret O'Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947)
    The Unfinished Dance
    • Night Watchman (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    • Composing Room Foreman (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Clark Gable in The Hucksters (1947)
    The Hucksters
    • Man in Elevator (uncredited)
    • 1947

Writer

  • Iris Lancaster and Fred Scott in Ridin' the Trail (1940)
    Ridin' the Trail
    • story and screenplay
    • 1940
  • Fred Scott in Two Gun Troubador (1939)
    Two Gun Troubador
    • story and screenplay
    • 1939
  • Laurence Criner, Vernon McCalla, and Nina Mae McKinney in Gang Smashers (1938)
    Gang Smashers
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
    The Duke Is Tops
    • writer
    • 1938
  • Louise Beavers in Life Goes On (1938)
    Life Goes On
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1938
  • Rex Bell in Stormy Trails (1936)
    Stormy Trails
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason, and Rex Lease in Fury Below (1936)
    Fury Below
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Special Agent K-7 (1936)
    Special Agent K-7
    • photoplay
    • 1936
  • Hoot Gibson, Bob Kortman, Nelson McDowell, and Francis Walker in Feud of the West (1936)
    Feud of the West
    • screenplay (as Philip Dunham)
    • 1936
  • Ralph Forbes and Marion Shilling in I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
    I'll Name the Murderer
    • story and screenplay (as Philip Dunham)
    • 1936
  • Rex Bell, Bob Kortman, and Cecilia Parker in Rainbow Ranch (1933)
    Rainbow Ranch
    • dialogue
    • 1933
  • Cross Country Run
    • scenario
    • Short
    • 1929
  • Dorothy Gulliver, George J. Lewis, Eddie Phillips, and Hayden Stevenson in Farewell (1929)
    Farewell
    • scenario
    • Short
    • 1929
  • Speeding Youth
    • scenario
    • Short
    • 1929
  • George J. Lewis, Eddie Phillips, and Hayden Stevenson in The Bookworm Hero (1928)
    The Bookworm Hero
    • scenario
    • Short
    • 1928

Director

  • The Judge's Revenge (1917)
    The Judge's Revenge
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1917
  • The Joy Riders (1917)
    The Joy Riders
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1917
  • Even as Him and Her (1917)
    Even as Him and Her
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1917
  • Counting Out the Count
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1917
  • Backward Sons and Forward Daughters (1917)
    Backward Sons and Forward Daughters
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1917

Videos1

Reefer Madness - 75th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Trailer 1:45
Reefer Madness - 75th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Philip Dunham
  • Born
    • April 23, 1885
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 5, 1972
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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  • Trivia
    British-born, Cambridge-educated, silent screen actor and writer with previous vaudeville and repertory experience. Appeared in silent comedy shorts for Universal, Kalem, Pathe, and Fox. At Educational, starred in his own series of "Cameo Comedies". From the mid-'30s, reduced to playing bit parts in feature films.
  • Nickname
    • Philip Dunham

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