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person_profile-Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Oct 12, 1889

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Apr 02, 1974

Biography of

Douglass Dumbrille

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.

    In 1913, the East Coast film industry was flourishing and that year he appeared in the film What Eighty Million Women Want, but it would be another 11 years before he appeared on screen again.

    In 1924, he made his Broadway debut and worked off and on in the theatre for several years while supplementing his income by selling such products as car accessories, tea, insurance, real estate, and books.

    During the Great Depression, Dumbrille moved to the West Coast of the U.S., where he specialized in playing secondary character roles alongside the great stars of the day. His physical appearance and suave voice equipped him for roles as slick politician, corrupt businessman, crooked sheriff, or unscrupulous lawyer.

    He was highly regarded by the studios and was sought out by Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra, Hal Roach and other prominent Hollywood filmmakers. A friend of fellow Canadian-born director Allan Dwan, Dumbrille played Athos in Dwan’s 1939 adaptation of The Three Musketeers.

    Dumbrille had roles in more than 200 motion pictures and, with the advent of television, made numerous appearances in the 1950s and 1960s. He had the ability to project a balance of menace and pomposity in roles as the "heavy" in comedy films, such as those of the Marx Brothers or Abbott and Costello.

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Filmography of

Douglass Dumbrille

Found 147 Movies in total

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

... 1963

Air Patrol

Millard Nolan ( Actor )

... 1962

The Buccaneer

Collector of the Port ( Actor )

... 1958

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Eustace Fentwick III ( Actor )

... 1956

The Ten Commandments

Jannes ( Actor )

... 1956

Mobs Incorporated

Leland Cameron James ( Actor )

... 1956

Mobs, Inc.

Leland Cameron James ( Actor )

... 1956

Jungle Safari

Lang ( Actor )

... 1956

Allen in Movieland

Self- Lawyer ( Actor )

... 1955

A Life at Stake

Gus Hillman ( Actor )

... 1955

Jupiter's Darling

Scipio ( Actor )

... 1955

The Lawless Rider

Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1954

World for Ransom

Insp. McCollum ( Actor )

... 1954

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1953

Plunder of the Sun

Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1953

Julius Caesar

Lepidus ( Actor )

... 1953

Rapture

W.C. Hutton ( Actor )

... 1952

Sky Full of Moon

Rodeo Official ( Actor )

... 1952

Apache War Smoke

Maj. Dekker ( Actor )

... 1952

Son of Paleface

Sheriff McIntyre ( Actor )

... 1952

Scaramouche

Assembly President ( Actor )

... 1952

A Millionaire for Christy

J.C. Thompson ( Actor )

... 1951

The Kangaroo Kid

Vincent Moller ( Actor )

... 1950

... 1950

The Savage Horde

Col. Price ( Actor )

... 1950

Riding High

Eddie Howard ( Actor )

... 1950

Buccaneer's Girl

Capt. Martos ( Actor )

... 1950

Tell It to the Judge

George Ellerby ( Actor )

... 1949

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Captain Lance ( Actor )

... 1949

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

John J. Murdock ( Actor )

... 1949

Alimony

Burton Crail ( Actor )

... 1949

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Henry Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1949

Dynamite

Hank Gibbons ( Actor )

... 1949

Last of the Wild Horses

Charlie Cooper ( Actor )

... 1948

Blonde Savage

Mark Harper ( Actor )

... 1947

Beyond Our Own

E.W. Osborne ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Texan

Luke Roland ( Actor )

... 1947

Christmas Eve

Dr. Bunyan ( Actor )

... 1947

Dragnet

Frank Farrington ( Actor )

... 1947

Dishonored Lady

District Attorney O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1947

It's a Joke, Son!

Big Dan Healey ( Actor )

... 1947

Monsieur Beaucaire

George Washington ( Actor )

... 1946

Under Nevada Skies

Courtney ( Actor )

... 1946

Spook Busters

Dr. Coslow ( Actor )

... 1946

The Cat Creeps

Tom McGalvey ( Actor )

... 1946

Night in Paradise

High Priest ( Actor )

... 1946

The Catman of Paris

Henry Borchard ( Actor )

... 1946

Road to Utopia

Ace Larson ( Actor )

... 1946

Pardon My Past

Uncle Wills ( Actor )

... 1945

The Daltons Ride Again

Sheriff Hoskins ( Actor )

... 1945

Flame of the West

Marshal Tom Nightlander ( Actor )

... 1945

The Frozen Ghost

Inspector Brant ( Actor )

... 1945

A Medal for Benny

General ( Actor )

... 1945

Jungle Queen

Lang ( Actor )

... 1945

Lost in a Harem

Nimativ ( Actor )

... 1944

Gypsy Wildcat

Baron Tovar ( Actor )

... 1944

Forty Thieves

Tad Hammond ( Actor )

... 1944

Jungle Woman

District Attorney ( Actor )

... 1944

Lumberjack

Daniel J. Keefer ( Actor )

... 1944

Uncertain Glory

Police Commissioner LaFarge ( Actor )

... 1944

False Colors

Mark Foster ( Actor )

... 1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

Willie / Duc de Rigor ( Actor )

... 1943

Stand by for Action

Capt. Ludlow ( Actor )

... 1942

King of the Mounties

Harper ( Actor )

... 1942

I Married an Angel

Baron Szigethy ( Actor )

... 1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Gen. William Henry Harrison ( Actor )

... 1942

A Gentleman After Dark

Enzo Calibra ( Actor )

... 1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Jake Rainwater ( Actor )

... 1942

Castle in the Desert

Paul Manderley ( Actor )

... 1942

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

John Matthews ( Actor )

... 1941

The Big Store

Mr. Grover ( Actor )

... 1941

Washington Melodrama

District Attorney Donnelly ( Actor )

... 1941

Road to Zanzibar

Slave trader ( Actor )

... 1941

The Roundup

Capt. Bob Lane ( Actor )

... 1941

Murder Among Friends

Carter Stevenson ( Actor )

... 1941

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1940

South of Pago Pago

Williams ( Actor )

... 1940

Virginia City

Maj. Drewery ( Actor )

... 1940

Slightly Honorable

George Taylor ( Actor )

... 1939

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Stephen Holloway ( Actor )

... 1939

City in Darkness

B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1939

Thunder Afloat

District Commander ( Actor )

... 1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory ( Actor )

... 1939

Tell No Tales

Matt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1939

Captain Fury

Preston ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Comdr. La Costa ( Actor )

... 1939

The Three Musketeers

Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1939

Kentucky

John Dillon - 1861 ( Actor )

... 1938

Sharpshooters

Count Maxim ( Actor )

... 1938

Storm Over Bengal

Ramin Khan ( Actor )

... 1938

Crime Takes a Holiday

J.J. Grant ( Actor )

... 1938

The Mysterious Rider

Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade ( Actor )

... 1938

Fast Company

Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1938

Stolen Heaven

Klingman ( Actor )

... 1938

The Buccaneer

Governor William C.C. Claiborne ( Actor )

... 1938

The Firefly

Marquis de Melito ( Actor )

... 1937

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Prince Musah ( Actor )

... 1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Mr. Korum, a Conspirator ( Actor )

... 1937

A Day at the Races

Morgan ( Actor )

... 1937

Woman in Distress

Jerome Culver ( Actor )

... 1937

Counterfeit Lady

August Marino ( Actor )

... 1936

End of the Trail

Bill Mason ( Actor )

... 1936

M'Liss

Lou Ellis ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

The Witness Chair

Stanley Whittaker ( Actor )

... 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

John Cedar ( Actor )

... 1936

The Music Goes 'Round

Bishop ( Actor )

... 1936

You May Be Next!

Beau Gardner ( Actor )

... 1936

The Lone Wolf Returns

Morphew ( Actor )

... 1935

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Jeff Hardy ( Actor )

... 1935

Crime and Punishment

Grilov ( Actor )

... 1935

Peter Ibbetson

Colonel Forsythe ( Actor )

... 1935

The Public Menace

Mario Tonelli ( Actor )

... 1935

Love Me Forever

Miller ( Actor )

... 1935

Air Hawks

Victor Arnold ( Actor )

... 1935

Naughty Marietta

Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle ( Actor )

... 1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Mohammed Khan ( Actor )

... 1935

The Secret Bride

Breeden ( Actor )

... 1934

Broadway Bill

Eddie Morgan ( Actor )

... 1934

Treasure Island

Pirate of the Spanish Main ( Actor )

... 1934

Operator 13

General Stuart ( Actor )

... 1934

Fog Over Frisco

Joshua Mayard ( Actor )

... 1934

Harold Teen

H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1934

Journal of a Crime

Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille) ( Actor )

... 1934

Hi, Nellie!

Dawes ( Actor )

... 1934

Lady Killer

Spade Maddock ( Actor )

... 1933

The World Changes

Buffalo Bill Cody ( Actor )

... 1933

Female

George Mumford ( Actor )

... 1933

The Way to Love

Agent Chapusard ( Actor )

... 1933

I Loved a Woman

U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Baby Face

Brody ( Actor )

... 1933

The Man Who Dared

Judge Collier ( Actor )

... 1933

Heroes for Sale

Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Elmer, the Great

Stillman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Working Man

Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Rustler's Roundup

Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile) ( Actor )

... 1933

King of the Jungle

Ed Peters ( Actor )

... 1933

Hard to Handle

District Attorney (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Laughter in Hell

Ed Perkins ( Actor )

... 1933

Smoke Lightning

Sam Edson ( Actor )

... 1933

That's My Boy

Coach "Daisy" Adams ( Actor )

... 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

District Attorney (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Pride of the Legion

McMahon ( Actor )

... 1932

Blondie of the Follies

Murchenson ( Actor )

... 1932

The Wiser Sex

Chauffeur - aka The Wop ( Actor )

... 1932

His Woman

Alisandroe ( Actor )

... 1931