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12 Oct 1889
2 Apr 1974 (84)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
1966 | Batman | The Doctor |
1963 | Petticoat Junction | Dave La Salle |
1963 | Johnny Cool | |
1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | |
1962 | Air Patrol | Millard Nolan |
1960 | Bringing Up Buddy | |
1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Halpert |
1959 | The Untouchables | Judge Ben Harlow |
1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | |
1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Warden |
1958 | The Buccaneer | Collector of the Port |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
1958 | Bat Masterson | Gen. Taylor Millard |
1957 | Perry Mason | Judge Robert Adler |
1957 | Perry Mason | Judge |
1956 | The Ten Commandments | Jannes |
1956 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Eustace Fentwick III |
1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Gen. Hardwicke |
1956 | Jungle Safari | Lang |
1956 | Mobs, Inc. | Leland Cameron James |
1956 | Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | |
1955 | A Life at Stake | Gus Hillman |
1955 | Jupiter's Darling | Scipio |
1955 | Matinee Theater | |
1955 | The Millionaire | B.G. Greenwise |
1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Red Beecham |
1955 | Crossroads | |
1955 | Allen in Movieland | Self- Lawyer |
1954 | World for Ransom | Insp. McCollum |
1954 | The Lawless Rider | Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1954 | Public Defender | Frank Hackman |
1953 | Julius Caesar | Lepidus |
1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1953 | Letter to Loretta | George Haviland |
1953 | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1953 | The Life Of Riley | |
1953 | The Life Of Riley | Cunningham |
1952 | Scaramouche | Assembly President |
1952 | Son of Paleface | Sheriff McIntyre |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | Lord Rawdon |
1952 | Sky Full of Moon | Rodeo Official |
1952 | Dangerous Assignment | |
1952 | Apache War Smoke | Maj. Dekker |
1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | J.B. Creston |
1952 | Rapture | W.C. Hutton |
1952 | China Smith | |
1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | J.C. Thompson |
1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Governor Spriggs |
1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Governor William Claiborne |
1951 | Racket Squad | |
1950 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Sheik Hamud El Khalid |
1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Arthur J. Cahill |
1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Judge Strickland |
1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | Capt. Martos |
1950 | Riding High | Eddie Howard |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Whitfield |
1950 | The Savage Horde | Col. Price |
1950 | The Kangaroo Kid | Vincent Moller |
1949 | Alimony | Burton Crail |
1949 | Tell It to the Judge | George Ellerby |
1949 | Riders of the Whistling Pines | Henry Mitchell |
1949 | The Lone Wolf and His Lady | John J. Murdock |
1949 | Dynamite | Hank Gibbons |
1949 | Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch | Captain Lance |
1948 | Last of the Wild Horses | Charlie Cooper |
1947 | Dishonored Lady | District Attorney O'Brien |
1947 | Christmas Eve | Dr. Bunyan |
1947 | It's a Joke, Son! | Big Dan Healey |
1947 | Blonde Savage | Mark Harper |
1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Luke Roland |
1947 | Dragnet | Frank Farrington |
1947 | Beyond Our Own | E.W. Osborne |
1946 | Road to Utopia | Ace Larson |
1946 | The Cat Creeps | Tom McGalvey |
1946 | The Catman of Paris | Henry Borchard |
1946 | Spook Busters | Dr. Coslow |
1946 | Under Nevada Skies | Courtney |
1946 | Night in Paradise | High Priest |
1945 | The Frozen Ghost | Inspector Brant |
1945 | A Medal for Benny | General |
1945 | Pardon My Past | Uncle Wills |
1945 | Jungle Queen | Lang |
1945 | Flame of the West | Marshal Tom Nightlander |
1945 | The Daltons Ride Again | Sheriff Hoskins |
1944 | Uncertain Glory | Police Commissioner LaFarge |
1944 | Jungle Woman | District Attorney |
1944 | Lost in a Harem | Nimativ |
1944 | Lumberjack | Daniel J. Keefer |
1944 | Gypsy Wildcat | Baron Tovar |
1944 | Forty Thieves | Tad Hammond |
1943 | Du Barry was a Lady | Willie / Duc de Rigor |
1943 | False Colors | Mark Foster |
1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Jake Rainwater |
1942 | Castle in the Desert | Paul Manderley |
1942 | Stand by for Action | Capt. Ludlow |
1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Gen. William Henry Harrison |
1942 | I Married an Angel | Baron Szigethy |
1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Enzo Calibra |
1942 | King of the Mounties | Harper |
1941 | The Big Store | Mr. Grover |
1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Slave trader |
1941 | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | John Matthews |
1941 | Washington Melodrama | District Attorney Donnelly |
1941 | The Roundup | Capt. Bob Lane |
1941 | Murder Among Friends | Carter Stevenson |
1940 | Virginia City | Maj. Drewery |
1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1940 | South of Pago Pago | Williams |
1939 | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory |
1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Comdr. La Costa |
1939 | City in Darkness | B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1939 | The Three Musketeers | Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1939 | Slightly Honorable | George Taylor |
1939 | Thunder Afloat | District Commander |
1939 | Tell No Tales | Matt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1939 | Captain Fury | Preston |
1939 | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Stephen Holloway |
1938 | Kentucky | John Dillon - 1861 |
1938 | The Buccaneer | Governor William C.C. Claiborne |
1938 | Fast Company | Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Ramin Khan |
1938 | The Mysterious Rider | Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade |
1938 | Stolen Heaven | Klingman |
1938 | Sharpshooters | Count Maxim |
1938 | Crime Takes a Holiday | J.J. Grant |
1937 | A Day at the Races | Morgan |
1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Prince Musah |
1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Mr. Korum, a Conspirator |
1937 | The Firefly | Marquis de Melito |
1937 | Woman in Distress | Jerome Culver |
1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | John Cedar |
1936 | The Princess Comes Across | Lorel |
1936 | The Witness Chair | Stanley Whittaker |
1936 | End of the Trail | Bill Mason |
1936 | You May Be Next! | Beau Gardner |
1936 | M'Liss | Lou Ellis |
1936 | The Music Goes 'Round | Bishop |
1936 | Counterfeit Lady | August Marino |
1935 | Crime and Punishment | Grilov |
1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Colonel Forsythe |
1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Mohammed Khan |
1935 | Naughty Marietta | Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle |
1935 | The Lone Wolf Returns | Morphew |
1935 | Air Hawks | Victor Arnold |
1935 | Love Me Forever | Miller |
1935 | Unknown Woman | |
1935 | The Public Menace | Mario Tonelli |
1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | Jeff Hardy |
1934 | Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main |
1934 | Broadway Bill | Eddie Morgan |
1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Joshua Mayard |
1934 | Journal of a Crime | Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1934 | The Secret Bride | Breeden |
1934 | Operator 13 | General Stuart |
1934 | Hi, Nellie! | Dawes |
1934 | Harold Teen | H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
1933 | Baby Face | Brody |
1933 | Lady Killer | Spade Maddock |
1933 | Female | George Mumford |
1933 | Heroes for Sale | Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited) |
1933 | Hard to Handle | District Attorney (uncredited) |
1933 | I Loved a Woman | U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited) |
1933 | Elmer, the Great | Stillman (uncredited) |
1933 | The World Changes | Buffalo Bill Cody |
1933 | The Working Man | Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited) |
1933 | King of the Jungle | Ed Peters |
1933 | Smoke Lightning | Sam Edson |
1933 | Laughter in Hell | Ed Perkins |
1933 | The Man Who Dared | Judge Collier |
1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile) |
1933 | The Way to Love | Agent Chapusard |
1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | District Attorney (uncredited) |
1932 | Blondie of the Follies | Murchenson |
1932 | The Pride of the Legion | McMahon |
1932 | The Wiser Sex | Chauffeur - aka The Wop |
1932 | That's My Boy | Coach "Daisy" Adams |
1932 | The Symphony Murder Mystery | Giuseppe Benito |
1931 | His Woman | Alisandroe |
1931 | The Door Knocker | Gangster |