Liam Dunn
Acting
Born 1916-11-12
Died 1976-04-11
New Jersey, USA
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Liam Dunn (November 12, 1916 – April 11, 1976) was an American character actor.
Life and career
The New Jersey native's early career was spent on television in series such as Bonanza, Room 222, Alias Smith and Jones, Mannix, Emergency! [S5Ep18] as "Amos", and Gunsmoke.
Dunn's breakout role was as the judge (and Barbra Streisand's character's father) in the 1972 film What's Up, Doc?, for which he was noticed by Mel Brooks, who was in the process of forming a stock company of actors.[citation needed] Dunn went on to appear in Brooks films, including Blazing Saddles (1974) as Rev. Johnson, Young Frankenstein (1974) as Mr. Hilltop, and as the Newsvendor in Silent Movie (1976). He also appeared in several Walt Disney productions, such as The World's Greatest Athlete (1973), Charley and the Angel (1973), Herbie Rides Again (1974) and Gus (1976).
He frequently portrayed characters who were verbally and/or physically abused in a slapstick way. Additional television credits include Twigs, All in the Family, Barney Miller, McMillan & Wife, Rhoda, Sanford and Son, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, S4Ep6. Additional film credits included roles in Catch-22 (1970), The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972), A Reflection of Fear (1972), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), Papillon (1973), Killer Bees (1974), Bank Shot (1974), At Long Last Love (1975), The Night That Panicked America (1975), Peeper (1976) and High Velocity (1976).
Dunn collapsed on the set of Disney's The Shaggy D.A. (1976) during the filming of the roller rink sequence, and as soon as he was hospitalized, died on April 11, 1976, from emphysema in Granada Hills, California. John Fiedler was brought in to complete the role as dog catcher. Though only 59 at the time of his death, Dunn always looked much older than he was, and he was cast accordingly. CLR
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Acting
52 credits
Bonanza
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mannix
Emergency!
Barney Miller
All in the Family
Gunsmoke
The Partridge Family
The Odd Couple
Kojak
McMillan & Wife
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Banacek
Blazing Saddles
Nichols
Papillon
Catch-22
Young Frankenstein
Captain Nice
What's Up, Doc?
Adam's Rib
Herbie Rides Again
Silent Movie
The Snoop Sisters
The Shaggy D.A.
Here We Go Again
Diana
Faraday and Company
Emperor of the North
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Gus
Twigs
The World's Greatest Athlete
The Bank Shot
At Long Last Love
Genesis II
Peeper
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Charley and the Angel
That's My Man
Isn't It Shocking?
A Cry in the Wilderness
The Night That Panicked America
Miracle on 34th Street
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Virginia Hill
Killer Bees
A Reflection of Fear
The Healers
Panache
The Rare Blue Apes of Cannibal Isle
High Velocity
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Writing
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