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Stephen Dunne
Stephen Dunne
	Dunne in the 1945 film Doll Face
Born	Francis Michael Dunne; January 13, 1918; Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 2, 1977 (aged 59)
Other names	Stephen Dunn, Steve Dunn, Steve Dunne
Occupation(s)	Actor, radio personality, disc jockey
Years active	1936–1977
Spouse	Vivian Belliveau (m. 1940)
Children	2

Francis Michael Dunne (January 13, 1918^[1]^{[better source needed]}– September 2, 1977) was an American actor, radio personality and disc jockey. He was active in television and films from 1945 to 1973, and was also credited as Steve Dunn, Michael Dunne, Stephan Dunne, and Steve Dunne.

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 Mark Roberts played private detective brothers in the syndicated television series The Brothers Brannagan.^[7] He was also the host of the game shows Truth or Consequences (nighttime version, 1957),^[8] You're On Your Own (1956-1957)^[6]^: 1210 and Double Exposure (1961).^[6]^: 280

Dunne appeared in several television shows, including Professional Father, The Millionaire, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Petticoat Junction, Batman (episodes 47 and 48), Nanny and the Professor, Mannix, The Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet 1967, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, and The Brady Bunch.

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".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Radio-Television". Altoona Tribune. Pennsylvania, Altoona. January 9, 1951. p. 11. Retrieved December 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows (pg. 15). McFarland & Company, Inc.; ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
^ "Production" (PDF). Billboard. April 24, 1950. p. 48. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc.; ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7, pg. 119.
^ Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland & Company, Inc. 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.