| William R. Dunn | |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Astoria, New York |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | Sabel Johnson Dunn[1] |
| Children: | 1 |
William R. Dunn (May 23, 1888 – March 24, 1946) was an American actor on film and stage and in vaudeville.
Dunn was born in Astoria, Long Island, the son of William R. Dunn, a ferry captain, and Martha Wentz. He had two brothers, Eddie and Stanley, who were also actors. He graduated from public schools there.[2]
Dunn debuted as an actor in 1900 with the Corse Payton Stock Company in Brooklyn. He went on to perform in vaudeville.[3]
He appeared along Mary Maurice, Earle Williams, James Morrison, Robert Gaillard, Tefft Johnson, Ralph Ince and Wallace Reid in The Seventh Son (1912), directed by Hal Reid;[4] and along Evelyn Nesbitt, Russell Thaw, Henry Clive, Alphonse Ethier and Jane Jennings in I Want to Forget (1918), directed by James Kirkwood.[5]
Dunn was married to Sabel Johnson, who performed in, and wrote for, vaudeville sketches. They had a son, William Welcome Dunn.[2]