Harvey B. Dunn (August 19, 1894 – February 21, 1968) was an American television and film actor. Dunn was best known for his appearances in several 1950s B movies including three

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films, ''

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'' (1955), ''

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'' (1959), and '' The Sinister Urge'' (1961). He also appeared in Wood's television pilot, ''Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid''. He co-starred in the 1959 cult film '' Teenagers from Outer Space''. Dunn additionally performed in a

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show ''Three Men or a Horse'', singing as part of a male quartet.

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Dunn is often identified by his missing index finger on his right 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

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. Finally, he had a printed card that explained its loss:

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* Male actors from South Dakota American male film actors American male television actors Deaths from cirrhosis 1894 births 1968 deaths 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1890s-stub