Robert P. Dunn (28 August 1890 â€" 24 March 1937) 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 (1933) as well as in
several Laurel and Hardy comedies, including the two-reeler Tit for
Tat (1935)..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.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.
who was one of the original Keystone Kops in Hoffmeyer's Legacy. He
also appears with the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup (1933) as well as in
several Laurel and Hardy comedies, including the two-reeler Tit for
Tat (1935)..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.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.
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