Career
Dunn was best known for his appearances in several 1950s B movies including three Editor Wood films, Bride of the Monster (1955), Night of the Ghouls (1959), and The Sinister Urge (1961). He also appeared in Wood"s television pilot, Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid. Dunn additionally performed in a United Service Organizations show Three Men or a Horse, singing as part of a male quartet.
Dunn is often identified by his missing index finger on his left hand.
Called "the man with the missing finger" by such periodicals as The Times Record, Dunn lost his finger at the age of 13. Dunn became so tired of explaining how he lost his finger, initially he would lie and say it was run over by a steamer or it had been nipped off by a woodpecker.
Finally, he had a printed card that explained its loss: The story of my finger cut off July 18, 1908: "Caught in a cogwheel of a printing press at the Press and Dakotan office, Yankton, South. Doctorate., while working around the press Attending physician Doctor Moorehouse.
I did not sue for damages.
I can write just as well now, if not better, than before the accident. The stub of the finger has the tendency to melt in summer and freeze in winter. I swear this is a true statement to the best of my knowledge." Sincerely yours, Dunn.
