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