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