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J. Malcolm Dunn
actor, assistant_director
- Birth name:
- James Malcolm Dunn
- Born:
- 1867-05-25, London, England, UK
- Died:
- 1946-10-10, Beechhurst, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Professions:
- actor, assistant_director
Biography
A May-birth Londoner of 1867, J. Malcolm Dunn swapped the Thames fog for klieg lights, becoming both a steady screen presence and the quiet hand steering scenes from the shadows. Moviegoers remember him swaggering through *Peter Stuyvesant* (1924), chasing illusions in *The Magic Cup* (1921), and navigating cultural clashes in *Dawn of the East* (1921). Off-set, he shared life and scripts with actress-writer Violette Kimball, his partner in work and heart. Forty-six Octobers after his birth, he took his final bow in Beechhurst, Queens—leaving behind reels that still flicker with his spirit.
