Douglass Dumbrille
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-12
Day of Death
1974-04-02 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Douglass Dumbrille
Biography
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
Acting
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1963)
(1962)
Air Patrol
as Millard Nolan
(1960)
High Time
as Judge Carter (uncredited)
(1958)
The Buccaneer
as Collector of the Port
(1956)
The Ten Commandments
as Jannes
(1956)
Mobs, Inc.
as Leland Cameron James
(1956)
Jungle Safari
as Lang
(1956)
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Eustace Fentwick III
(1955)
Allen in Movieland
as Self- Lawyer
(1955)
A Life at Stake
as Gus Hillman
(1955)
Jupiter's Darling
as Scipio
(1954)
World for Ransom
as Insp. McCollum
(1954)
The Lawless Rider
as Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1953)
Julius Caesar
as Lepidus
(1953)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
as Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1953)
Plunder of the Sun
as Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1952)
Rapture
as W.C. Hutton
(1952)
Apache War Smoke
as Maj. Dekker
(1952)
Scaramouche
as Assembly President
(1952)
Son of Paleface
as Sheriff McIntyre
(1952)
Sky Full of Moon
as Rodeo Official
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as J.C. Thompson
(1950)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sheik Hamud El Khalid
(1950)
Buccaneer's Girl
as Capt. Martos
(1950)
The Savage Horde
as Col. Price
(1950)
Riding High
as Eddie Howard
(1950)
The Kangaroo Kid
as Vincent Moller
(1949)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as John J. Murdock
(1949)
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Captain Lance
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
as George Ellerby
(1949)
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Henry Mitchell
(1949)
Alimony
as Burton Crail
(1949)
Dynamite
as Hank Gibbons
(1948)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Charlie Cooper
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Luke Roland
(1947)
Dishonored Lady
as District Attorney O'Brien
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Dr. Bunyan
(1947)
Dragnet
as Frank Farrington
(1947)
Beyond Our Own
as E.W. Osborne
(1947)
It's a Joke, Son!
as Big Dan Healey
(1947)
Blonde Savage
as Mark Harper
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
as Henry Borchard
(1946)
Spook Busters
as Dr. Coslow
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Ace Larson
(1946)
The Cat Creeps
as Tom McGalvey
(1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire
as George Washington
(1946)
Night in Paradise
as High Priest
(1946)
Under Nevada Skies
as Courtney
(1945)
Jungle Queen
as Lang
(1945)
Flame of the West
as Marshal Tom Nightlander
(1945)
The Frozen Ghost
as Inspector Brant
(1945)
The Daltons Ride Again
as Sheriff Hoskins
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as General
(1945)
Pardon My Past
as Uncle Wills
(1944)
Uncertain Glory
as Police Commissioner LaFarge
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
as Baron Tovar
(1944)
Lumberjack
as Daniel J. Keefer
(1944)
Jungle Woman
as District Attorney
(1944)
Lost in a Harem
as Nimativ
(1944)
Forty Thieves
as Tad Hammond
(1943)
False Colors
as Mark Foster
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Willie / Duc de Rigor
(1942)
Castle in the Desert
as Paul Manderley
(1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Jake Rainwater
(1942)
King of the Mounties
as Harper
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Gen. William Henry Harrison
(1942)
I Married an Angel
as Baron Szigethy
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Capt. Ludlow
(1942)
A Gentleman After Dark
as Enzo Calibra
(1941)
Murder Among Friends
as Carter Stevenson
(1941)
The Roundup
as Capt. Bob Lane
(1941)
Road to Zanzibar
as Slave trader
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as John Matthews
(1941)
Washington Melodrama
as District Attorney Donnelly
(1941)
The Big Store
as Mr. Grover
(1940)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1940)
Virginia City
as Maj. Drewery
(1940)
South of Pago Pago
as Williams
(1939)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Comdr. La Costa
(1939)
Slightly Honorable
as George Taylor
(1939)
Captain Fury
as Preston
(1939)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1939)
City in Darkness
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Matt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as District Commander
(1939)
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Stephen Holloway
(1939)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
(1938)
The Mysterious Rider
as Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
(1938)
Sharpshooters
as Count Maxim
(1938)
Kentucky
as John Dillon - 1861
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Ramin Khan
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Governor William C.C. Claiborne
(1938)
Fast Company
as Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1938)
Stolen Heaven
as Klingman
(1938)
Crime Takes a Holiday
as J.J. Grant
(1937)
The Firefly
as Marquis de Melito
(1937)
A Day at the Races
as Morgan
(1937)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Prince Musah
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
(1937)
Woman in Distress
as Jerome Culver
(1936)
The Witness Chair
as Stanley Whittaker
(1936)
The Princess Comes Across
as Lorel
(1936)
You May Be Next!
as Beau Gardner
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as John Cedar
(1936)
M'Liss
as Lou Ellis
(1936)
The Music Goes 'Round
as Bishop
(1936)
Counterfeit Lady
as August Marino
(1936)
End of the Trail
as Bill Mason
(1935)
Air Hawks
as Victor Arnold
(1935)
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Morphew
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Mohammed Khan
(1935)
Crime and Punishment
as Grilov
(1935)
The Public Menace
as Mario Tonelli
(1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Jeff Hardy
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Colonel Forsythe
(1935)
(1935)
Love Me Forever
as Miller
(1934)
Operator 13
as General Stuart
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Eddie Morgan
(1934)
Fog Over Frisco
as Joshua Mayard
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1934)
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Breeden
(1934)
Hi, Nellie!
as Dawes
(1934)
Harold Teen
as H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
(1933)
Hard to Handle
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1933)
Lady Killer
as Spade
(1933)
Elmer, the Great
as Stillman (uncredited)
(1933)
Baby Face
as Brody
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Ed Peters
(1933)
Female
as George Mumford
(1933)
I Loved a Woman
as U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
(1933)
Smoke Lightning
as Sam Edson
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
(1933)
The Working Man
as Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
(1933)
Laughter in Hell
as Ed Perkins
(1933)
The World Changes
as Buffalo Bill Cody
(1933)
The Man Who Dared
as Judge Collier
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Agent Chapusard
(1933)
Heroes for Sale
as Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
(1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1932)
The Pride of the Legion
as McMahon
(1932)
The Symphony Murder Mystery
as Giuseppe Benito
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
as Murchenson
(1932)
That's My Boy
as Coach "Daisy" Adams
(1932)
The Wiser Sex
as Chauffeur - aka The Wop
(1931)
His Woman
as Alisandroe
(1931)
The Door Knocker
as Gangster