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