Douglass Dumbrille
Acting
🎂 1889-10-12
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.
Cast credits(184)
Mr. Arthur J. Cahill
1950
Judge Strickland
1950
1955
1962
Mr. Halpert
1959
Judge Robert Adler
1957
Judge
1957
1956
J.B. Creston
1952
1952
Red Beecham
1955
1951
Frank Hackman
1954
The Doctor
1966
Gen. Taylor Millard
1958
Cunningham
1953
1953
Goldy
1954
1959
Warden
1959
1958
1952
1960
Gen. Hardwicke
1956
B.G. Greenwise
1955
Dave La Salle
1963
1955
Judge Ben Harlow
1959
1952
Governor Spriggs
1951
Governor William Claiborne
1951
Whitfield
1950
George Haviland
1953
Jannes
1956
Brody
1933
Lord Rawdon
1952
Gus Hillman
1955
Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
1935
District Attorney O'Brien
1947
Lepidus
1953
Assembly President
1952
John Cedar
1936
District Attorney (uncredited)
1932
Dr. Bunyan
1947
Collector of the Port
1958
General Stuart
1934
George Taylor
1939
Courtney
1946
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
Henry Mitchell
1949
Morgan
1937
Maj. Drewery
1940
Colonel Forsythe
1935
Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
1939
Eddie Morgan
1934
Willie / Duc de Rigor
1943
Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
1937
Mr. Grover
1941
Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
1933
Capt. Martos
1950
Grilov
1935
Self (archive footage)
2003
1963
Governor William C.C. Claiborne
1938
Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1934
Scipio
1955
Nimativ
1944
Insp. McCollum
1954
Gen. William Henry Harrison
1942
Breeden
1934
John Matthews
1941
Police Commissioner LaFarge
1944
Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
1933
Spade Maddock
1933
Henry Borchard
1946
Leland Cameron James
1956
Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
Capt. Ludlow
1942
Ace Larson
1946
Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1953
General
1945
Joshua Mayard
1934
Paul Manderley
1942
Jerome Culver
1937
Mark Foster
1943
Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
1938
George Ellerby
1949
Sheik Hamud El Khalid
1950
Big Dan Healey
1947
District Attorney
1944
Slave trader
1941
Inspector Brant
1945
Col. Price
1950
H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1934
Mohammed Khan
1935
Daniel J. Keefer
1944
Matt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
Sheriff Hoskins
1945
Sheriff McIntyre
1952
John Dillon - 1861
1938
Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1938
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1940
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
Prince Musah
1937
Williams
1940
Eddie Howard
1950
Millard Nolan
1962
Marquis de Melito
1937
Preston
1939
Ramin Khan
1938
Jake Rainwater
1942
Luke Roland
1947
Ed Peters
1933
Comdr. La Costa
1939
Lorel
1936
Dawes
1934
Stillman (uncredited)
1933
District Commander
1939
Alisandroe
1931
Tad Hammond
1944
Dr. Coslow
1946
John J. Murdock
1949
Maj. Dekker
1952
U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
1933
J.C. Thompson
1951
Beau Gardner
1936
Lang
1945
George Mumford
1933
Baron Szigethy
1942
Burton Crail
1949
Tom McGalvey
1946
Jeff Hardy
1935
Baron Tovar
1944
August Marino
1936
Chauffeur - aka The Wop
1932
Charlie Cooper
1948
Mark Harper
1947
Enzo Calibra
1942
Uncle Wills
1945
Hank Gibbons
1949
High Priest
1946
Marshal Tom Nightlander
1945
Eustace Fentwick III
1956
Agent Chapusard
1933
Morphew
1935
Stephen Holloway
1939
Gangster
1931
Vincent Moller
1950
Lang
1956
George Washington
1946
Self- Lawyer
1955
Lou Ellis
1936
Captain Lance
1949
Frank Farrington
1947
McMahon
1932
Murchenson
1932
1935
District Attorney (uncredited)
1933
Buffalo Bill Cody
1933
Victor Arnold
1935
Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
1933
Judge Collier
1933
Stanley Whittaker
1936
Carter Stevenson
1941
Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1953
Miller
1935
Klingman
1938
Harper
1942
Ed Perkins
1933
Capt. Bob Lane
1941
J.J. Grant
1938
Coach "Daisy" Adams
1932
Mario Tonelli
1935
Rodeo Official
1952
Leland Cameron James
1956
W.C. Hutton
1952
Sam Edson
1933
District Attorney Donnelly
1941
Count Maxim
1938
E.W. Osborne
1947
Giuseppe Benito
1932
Bill Mason
1936
Bishop
1936
Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1954