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