Bobby Dunn


Robert P. Dunn was a comic actor who was one of the original Keystone Kops in Hoffmeyer's Legacy. He also appears with the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup as well as in several Laurel and Hardy comedies, including the two-reeler Tit for Tat..

Career

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Richard P. and Melissa Dunn, Bobby started his film career at Keystone Studios with Mack Sennett. Dunn, however, worked as a comedian and stuntman for a variety of other film studios as well. He lost many of his teeth and suffered other injuries performing stunts as well, including the loss of one of his eyes when he fell into a barrel of water and his eye was irreparably damaged by a floating matchstick. The glass eye he wore after that accident gave him a somewhat "cross-eyed" appearance, although that effect "served only to empower his comedic career." Later, during the 1920s and 1930s, he performed as a supporting player for many of the film industry's leading comedians, such as Harold Lloyd, W. C. Fields, Charley Chase, the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy.

Death

Bobby Dunn died on 24 March 1937 in Hollywood, California, at the age of 46.
His gravesite is located at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography