Bobby Dunn

born: 28 August 1887 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

died: 24 March 1937 Hollywood, California, United States of America (heart ailment, age 49)

American comic actor who started his career at Keystone.  He was blinded in one eye after a stunt went wrong (while falling into a barrel of water, his eye was caught by a floating matchstick on top) and took to wearing a glass eye, which gave him a somewhat cross-eyed appearance.  He is probably best remembered to Laurel and Hardy fans as the friendly shoplifter who continues to raid the Boys' electrical store in Tit For Tat.

Real name: Robert Vincent Dunn

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Stan Laurel; plus all films with Charley Chase.

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1927 Duck Soup Removal van man 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors Bemused sailor   1929 Bacon Grabbers [unidentified character]   1930 Le Joueur de Golf  [?] 1931 Pardon Us Insurgent convict 1931 Beau Hunks Riffian   1932 What Price Taxi Cabbie 1933 Me And My Pal Telegram messenger 1933 Thundering Taxis Cabbie 1934 Rhapsody In Brew Patron 1934 Three Chumps Ahead Pool hall patron 1934 Them Thar Hills Moonshiner 1934 Something Simple Conventionnaire 1935 Tit For Tat Friendly thief 1935 The Fixer Uppers Nose-blowing tenant 1935 Bonnie Scotland Native henchman/ Man dispensing flyers 1935 Hot Money Tenant 1936 The Bohemian Girl Cock-eyed bartender 1936 Neighborhood House Theatre patron 1936 Our Relations Messenger 1937 Way Out West Saloon audience member   ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1915 A One Night Stand Actor in dressing room   1918 Bears And Bad Men Slawson member Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR55-9BM https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR5S-BRS https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26181-24363-86?cc=1968530 https://archive.org/stream/variety125-1937-03#page/n342/mode/1up/search/robert Jesse Brisson (help and information; identification in Pardon Us, Hot Money, Three Chumps Ahead, Something Simple, Thundering Taxis) Steve Rydzewski (identification in Bears And Bad Men) Robin Cook (identification in Duck Soup) This page was last updated on: 12 January 2025