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