Douglass Dumbrille
152 movies · 29 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 12, 1889
- Died
- Apr 2, 1974 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Hamilton, Canada
- Also known as
- Douglass Rupert Dumbrille · Douglas Dumbrille · Douglas Dunbrile
Biography
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Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.
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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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Douglass Dumbrille: movies and TV shows
Acting (181)
- 1966
- 1963 Johnny Cool
as Corrupt City Council Member
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 Air Patrol
as Millard Nolan
- 1960
- 1960 High Time
as Judge Carter (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 The Buccaneer
as Collector of the Port
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956 The Ten Commandments
as Jannes
- 1956 Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Eustace Fentwick III
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Mobs, Inc.
as Leland Cameron James
- 1956 Jungle Safari
as Lang
- 1955 Life of Vernon Hathaway
as Red Beecham
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 A Life at Stake
as Gus Hillman
- 1955 Jupiter's Darling
as Scipio
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954 The Lawless Rider
as Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1954
- 1954 World for Ransom
as Insp. McCollum
- 1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
as Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1953
- 1953 Plunder of the Sun
as Consul
- 1953 Julius Caesar
as Lepidus
- 1953
- 1952 Rapture
as W.C. Hutton
- 1952 Sky Full of Moon
as Rodeo Official
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Apache War Smoke
as Maj. Dekker
- 1952 Son of Paleface
as Sheriff McIntyre
- 1952 Scaramouche
as Assembly President
- 1952
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 A Millionaire for Christy
as J.C. Thompson
- 1951
- 1950 The Kangaroo Kid
as Vincent Moller
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sheik Hamud El Khalid
- 1950 The Savage Horde
as Col. Price
- 1950 Riding High
as Eddie Howard
- 1950 Buccaneer's Girl
as Capt. Martos
- 1949 Tell It to the Judge
as George Ellerby
- 1949 Rapture
as W.C. Hutton
- 1949 Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Captain Lance
- 1949 The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as John J. Murdock
- 1949 Alimony
as Burton Crail
- 1949 Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Henry Mitchell
- 1949 Dynamite
as Hank Gibbons
- 1948 Last of the Wild Horses
as Charlie Cooper
- 1947 Blonde Savage
as Mark Harper
- 1947 Beyond Our Own
as E.W. Osborne
- 1947 The Fabulous Texan
as Luke Roland
- 1947 Christmas Eve
as Dr. Bunyan
- 1947 Dragnet
as Frank Farrington
- 1947 Dishonored Lady
as District Attorney O'Brien
- 1947 It's a Joke, Son!
as Big Dan Healey
- 1946 Monsieur Beaucaire
as George Washington
- 1946 Under Nevada Skies
as Courtney
- 1946 Spook Busters
as Dr. Coslow
- 1946 The Cat Creeps
as Tom McGalvey
- 1946 Night in Paradise
as High Priest
- 1946 The Catman of Paris
as Henry Borchard
- 1946 Road to Utopia
as Ace Larson
- 1945 Pardon My Past
as Uncle Wills
- 1945 The Daltons Ride Again
as Sheriff Hoskins
- 1945 Flame of the West
as Marshal Tom Nightlander
- 1945 The Frozen Ghost
as Inspector Brant
- 1945 A Medal for Benny
as General
- 1945 Jungle Queen
as Lang
- 1944 Lost in a Harem
as Nimativ
- 1944 Gypsy Wildcat
as Baron Tovar
- 1944 Forty Thieves
as Tad Hammond
- 1944 Jungle Woman
as District Attorney
- 1944 Lumberjack
as Daniel J. Keefer
- 1944 Uncertain Glory
as Police Commissioner LaFarge
- 1943 False Colors
as Mark Foster
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Willie / Duc de Rigor
- 1942 Stand by for Action
as Capt. Ludlow
- 1942 King of the Mounties
as Harper
- 1942 I Married an Angel
as Baron Szigethy
- 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Gen. William Henry Harrison
- 1942 A Gentleman After Dark
as Enzo Calibra
- 1942 Castle in the Desert
as Paul Manderley
- 1941 Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Jake Rainwater
- 1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as John Matthews
- 1941 The Big Store
as Mr. Grover
- 1941 Washington Melodrama
as District Attorney Donnelly
- 1941 Road to Zanzibar
as Slave Trader
- 1941 The Roundup
as Capt. Bob Lane
- 1941 Murder Among Friends
as Carter Stevenson
- 1940 Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1940 South of Pago Pago
as Williams
- 1940 Virginia City
as Maj. Drewery
- 1939 Slightly Honorable
as George Taylor
- 1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Stephen Holloway
- 1939 City in Darkness
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as District Commander
- 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
- 1939 Tell No Tales
as Matt Cooper
- 1939 Captain Fury
as Preston
- 1939 Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Comdr. La Costa
- 1939 The Three Musketeers
as Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1938 Kentucky
as John Dillon - 1861
- 1938 Sharpshooters
as Count Maxim
- 1938 Storm Over Bengal
as Ramin Khan
- 1938 Crime Takes a Holiday
as J.J. Grant
- 1938 The Mysterious Rider
as Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
- 1938 Fast Company
as Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1938 Stolen Heaven
as Klingman
- 1938 The Buccaneer
as Governor William C.C. Claiborne
- 1937 The Firefly
as Marquis de Melito
- 1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Prince Musah
- 1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
- 1937 A Day at the Races
as Morgan
- 1937 Woman in Distress
as Jerome Culver
- 1936 Counterfeit Lady
as August Marino
- 1936 End of the Trail
as Bill Mason
- 1936 M'Liss
as Lou Ellis
- 1936 The Princess Comes Across
as Lorel
- 1936 The Witness Chair
as Stanley Whittaker
- 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as John Cedar
- 1936 The Music Goes 'Round
as Bishop
- 1936 You May Be Next!
as Beau Gardner
- 1935 The Lone Wolf Returns
as Morphew
- 1935 The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Jeff Hardy
- 1935 Crime and Punishment
as Grilov
- 1935 Peter Ibbetson
as Colonel Forsythe
- 1935 The Public Menace
as Mario Tonelli
- 1935 Love Me Forever
as Miller
- 1935 Unknown Woman
as Phil Gardner
- 1935 Air Hawks
as Victor Arnold
- 1935 Naughty Marietta
as Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
- 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Mohammed Khan
- 1934 The Secret Bride
as Breeden
- 1934 Broadway Bill
as Eddie Morgan
- 1934 Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- 1934 Operator 13
as General Stuart
- 1934 Fog Over Frisco
as Joshua Mayard
- 1934 Harold Teen
as H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1934 Journal of a Crime
as Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- 1934 Hi, Nellie!
as Harvey Dawes
- 1933 Lady Killer
as Spade
- 1933 The World Changes
as Buffalo Bill Cody
- 1933 Female
as George Mumford
- 1933 The Way to Love
as Agent Chapusard
- 1933 I Loved a Woman
as U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
- 1933 The Big Brain
as Dan Thomas
- 1933 Baby Face
as Brody
- 1933 The Man Who Dared
as Judge Collier
- 1933 Heroes for Sale
as Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
- 1933 Elmer, the Great
as Stillman (uncredited)
- 1933 The Working Man
as Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
- 1933 The Rustler's Roundup
as Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
- 1933 King of the Jungle
as Ed Peters
- 1933 Hard to Handle
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1933 Laughter in Hell
as Ed Perkins
- 1933 Smoke Lightning
as Sam Edson
- 1932 That's My Boy
as Coach "Daisy" Adams
- 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1932 The Pride of the Legion
as McMahon
- 1932 Blondie of the Follies
as Murchenson
- 1932 The Wiser Sex
as Chauffeur - aka The Wop
- 1932 The Symphony Murder Mystery
as Giuseppe Benito
- 1931 His Woman
as Alisandroe
- 1931 The Door Knocker
as Gangster
- 1913 What 80 Million Women Want
as District Attorney(uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2003
- 1955