Stephen Dunne (actor)
Francis Michael Dunne (January 13, 1918
Early years
Dunne was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He majored in drama and journalism during his two-and-a-half years at the University of Alabama.[when?] While there, he worked at a local radio station and "found himself in love with the business."[2]
Radio
Dunne worked as an announcer at a radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts,[when?] and then went to New York, where he worked as both an announcer and a newscaster.[when?][2] He went on to star as private eye Sam Spade in The Adventures of Sam Spade from 1950-51.[3] He played Lucky Larson in Deadline Mystery (1947),[3]: 95 , the title character Dr. Daniel Danfield in Danger, Dr. Danfield (1946–47),[4] and he was the announcer for The Jack Kirkwood Show (1943–46).[3]: 170
Television
In 1950, Dunne starred in Love and Kisses on KTSL-TV in Los Angeles.[5] On network television, Dunne starred in the comedy Professional Father (1955).[6]: 858 He was the announcer for The Bob Crosby Show (1958)[6] and The Liberace Show (1958-1959).[6]: 598
In the 1960-61 season, he and
Dunne appeared in several television shows, including Professional Father,
Later years and death
In 1968, Dunne became director of sales for Hollywood Video Center, a division of Western Video Industries.[9]
Dunne died on September 2, 1977, aged 59.[citation needed]
Personal life
Dunne married Vivian Belliveau in 1940. They had a son, Stephen, and a daughter, Margaret.[2]
Partial filmography
- Junior Miss (1945) - Uncle Willis Reynolds
- Doll Face (1945) - Frederick Manly Gerard
- Shock (1946) - Dr. Stevens
- Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) - Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland
- Mother Wore Tights (1947) - Roy Bivins
- The Son of Rusty (1947) - Jed Barlow
- The Woman from Tangier (1948) - Ray Shapley
- The Return of October (1948) - Professor Stewart
- The Dark Past (1948) - Owen Talbot
- The Big Sombrero (1949) - Jimmy Garland
- Law of the Barbary Coast (1949) - Phil Morton
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) - Ralph Winton
- Kazan (1949) - Thomas Weyman
- Rusty Saves a Life (1949) - Fred Gibson
- Lady Possessed (1952) - Tom Wilson
- The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) - Lieutenant Tom Mayfield
- The Gentle Gunman (1952) - Brennan (uncredited)
- Above and Beyond (1952) - Major Harry Bratton, Co-Pilot B-29 Tests
- Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) - Bill Haven
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) - Tom Crandall
- I Married a Woman (1958) - Bob Sanders
- Home Before Dark (1958) - Hamilton Gregory
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 5 Episode 10: "Special Delivery") - Bill Fortnam
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 6 Episode 11: "The Man with Two Faces") - Lieutenant Meade
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 2: "Bang! You're Dead") - Rick Sheffield
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 10: "Services Rendered") - Young Amnesiac
- The Explosive Generation (1961) - Bobby Herman Sr.
- Hand of Death (1962) - Tom Holland
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1963) (Season 1 Episode 16: "What Really Happened") - Jack Wentworth
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Stanley Kael - Second Newscaster (uncredited)
- Superdad (1973) - TV Moderator (final film role)
References
- ^ "Happy Birthday, Steve Dunne! - Radio Classics".
- ^
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
- ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
- ^ "Production" (PDF). Billboard. April 24, 1950. p. 48. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7, pg. 119.
- ISBN 0-7864-1198-8, pp. 107-08.
- ^ "Truth or Consequences" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 23, 1957. p. 18. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "(untitled brief)" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 6, 1968. p. 87. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
External links
- Stephen Dunne at IMDb
- Stephen Dunne at AllMovie
- Profile, digitaldeliftp.com; accessed January 29, 2018.