Douglass Dumbrille
Acting
Born October 12, 1889 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
Films (153)
Complicated Women
2003
Johnny Cool
1963
Air Patrol
1962
High Time
1960
The Buccaneer
1958
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
The Ten Commandments
1956
Mobs, Inc.
1956
Jungle Safari
1956
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
Allen in Movieland
1955
A Life at Stake
1955
Jupiter's Darling
1955
The Lawless Rider
1954
World for Ransom
1954
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953
Plunder of the Sun
1953
Julius Caesar
1953
Rapture
1952
Sky Full of Moon
1952
Apache War Smoke
1952
Son of Paleface
1952
Scaramouche
1952
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
The Savage Horde
1950
Riding High
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
Tell It to the Judge
1949
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
Alimony
1949
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
Dynamite
1949
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
Blonde Savage
1947
Beyond Our Own
1947
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Christmas Eve
1947
Dragnet
1947
Dishonored Lady
1947
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Under Nevada Skies
1946
Spook Busters
1946
The Cat Creeps
1946
Night in Paradise
1946
The Catman of Paris
1946
Road to Utopia
1946
Pardon My Past
1945
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
Flame of the West
1945
The Frozen Ghost
1945
A Medal for Benny
1945
Jungle Queen
1945
Lost in a Harem
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
Forty Thieves
1944
Jungle Woman
1944
Lumberjack
1944
Uncertain Glory
1944
False Colors
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Stand by for Action
1942
King of the Mounties
1942
I Married an Angel
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
Castle in the Desert
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
The Big Store
1941
Washington Melodrama
1941
Road to Zanzibar
1941
The Roundup
1941
Murder Among Friends
1941
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
South of Pago Pago
1940
Virginia City
1940
Slightly Honorable
1939
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
City in Darkness
1939
Thunder Afloat
1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
Captain Fury
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
The Three Musketeers
1939
Kentucky
1938
Sharpshooters
1938
Storm Over Bengal
1938
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
The Mysterious Rider
1938
Fast Company
1938
Stolen Heaven
1938
The Buccaneer
1938
The Firefly
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
A Day at the Races
1937
Woman in Distress
1937
Counterfeit Lady
1936
End of the Trail
1936
M'Liss
1936
The Princess Comes Across
1936
The Witness Chair
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
You May Be Next!
1936
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Crime and Punishment
1935
Peter Ibbetson
1935
The Public Menace
1935
Love Me Forever
1935
Unknown Woman
1935
Air Hawks
1935
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
The Secret Bride
1934
Broadway Bill
1934
Treasure Island
1934
Operator 13
1934
Fog Over Frisco
1934
Harold Teen
1934
Journal of a Crime
1934
Hi, Nellie!
1934
Lady Killer
1933
The World Changes
1933
Female
1933
The Way to Love
1933
I Loved a Woman
1933
The Big Brain
1933
Baby Face
1933
The Man Who Dared
1933
Heroes for Sale
1933
Elmer, the Great
1933
The Working Man
1933
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
King of the Jungle
1933
Hard to Handle
1933
Laughter in Hell
1933
Smoke Lightning
1933
That's My Boy
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
The Pride of the Legion
1932
Blondie of the Follies
1932
The Wiser Sex
1932
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932
His Woman
1931
The Door Knocker
1931
What 80 Million Women Want
1913