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