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