Stephen Dunne Net Worth is
$15 Million

Mini Biography

A “B” main character of 1940s and early 1950s movies who moved conveniently to 60s Television when film presents dry out, blue-eyed, brown-haired actor Stephen Dunne was created Francis Michael Dunne and raised in his hometown of Northampton, Massachusetts in 1918. His curiosity about acting occurred pursuing senior high school and, following a short job for a power company, made a decision to research dilemma and journalism on the School of Alabama. He also gained experience at that time being a radio deejay in a close by station. The air gig paid as he transferred into regular announcing work with place WOR in NEW YORK. Dunne’s visual appearance, smooth tone of voice and affable demeanor caught the eye of Hollywood. Agreed upon by Fox in 1945 and billed as “Michael Dunne”, the professional began billed third in his initial film, the congenial humor Junior Miss (1945) although overshadowed within the film by Peggy Ann Garner, Allyn Joslyn, Mona Freeman and Barbara Whiting. However rather than up he transferred straight down the billing series within the musical Doll Encounter (1945) once again showcasing others like Perry Como and Carmen Miranda, as a health care provider within the Vincent Cost starrer Surprise (1946), billed 12th within the captivating Charles Coburn humor Colonel Effingham’s Raid (1946) and was pretty nondescript within the Grable musical Mom Wore Tights (1947). In 1947 a disillusioned Michael was found by Columbia, where they transformed his name to “Stephen Dunne” and transferred him back up again in billing. But, needlessly to say probably, his leading assignments in such “B” images as The Kid of Rusty (1947), THE GIRL from Tangier (1948), Rusty Saves a Lifestyle (1949), Kazan (1949), Laws from the Barbary Coastline (1949) did small to progress his film profession. When a even more important movie do turn out, he was generally in service from the star, such as for example Glenn Ford, Lucille Ball or William Holden, acquiring himself down within the credit list once more. Once again, radio saved your day for the smooth-voiced acting professional through the leaner instances with numerous applications like the popular “Risk, Dr. Ddanfield” (1946) and “Richard Gemstone, Private Attention” (1949) to his credit. He changed Howard Duff at one stage in “THE BRAND NEW Journeys of Sam Spade” in 1950 but Duff was skipped and the display canceled quickly. Through the entire 1950s, Dunne worked well for KTSL-TV in LA. His film tasks in independents continuing on with such programmer fare because the Crime Doctor’s Journal (1949), The Underworld Tale (1950), The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) and Far beyond (1952) filling up his resume. Concentrating on TV performing within the mid 1950s through the first 1970s, guest appearances included roles in “Personal Secretary,” “The Gale Surprise Display,” “How exactly to Marry a Millionaire,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Petticoat Junction,” “Batman,” “Appreciate, American Design,” “The Brady Number” and “The Bold Ones,” amongst others. He also made an appearance regularly over the musical plan The Bob Crosby Present (1953), being a psychologist over the short-lived sitcom Professional Dad (1955), and in the criminal offense play The Brothers Brannagan (1960). Steve’s tone of voice and character was ideally fitted to quiz show responsibilities, and he finished up hosting such video game applications as You’re by yourself (1956), THE BRAND NEW Truth and Implications (1950) (through the 1956-57 period) and Increase Exposure (1961). Despite a devoted self-promoter during his film and specifically his radio/TV job, he cannot muster past his benign, clean-cut personality. Still, he soldiered on and were able to keep active throughout his over three-decade profession. His moneymaker was his tone of voice and his greatest success continued to be on radio. Retired in the first 1970s following a support role within the Disney film Superdad (1973) like a (naturally) TV moderator, Steve passed away a couple of years later on, relatively youthful at age 59 of undisclosed causes in LA. He was survived by his wife of 37 years, Vivian Bellveau, and their two kids, Stephen and Christina.

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