Douglass Dumbrille
Known for: Acting
Born: October 12, 1889
Died: April 2, 1974
Place of birth: Hamilton, 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.
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Filmography
154 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
7.3
Batman
1966
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
4.3
Air Patrol
1962
9.0
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
6.4
High Time
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
6.5
The Buccaneer
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
7.5
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956
6.2
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
7.0
Mobs, Inc.
1956
6.0
Jungle Safari
19566.5
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
4.5
Allen in Movieland
1955
5.3
A Life at Stake
1955
4.9
Jupiter's Darling
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
7.5
Studio 57
1954
6.5
The Lawless Rider
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
5.3
World for Ransom
1954
3.4
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
6.3
Plunder of the Sun
1953
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
1953
8.0
Rapture
1952
6.0
Sky Full of Moon
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
5.0
Apache War Smoke
1952
6.4
Son of Paleface
1952
7.0
Scaramouche
1952
NR
China Smith
1952
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.0
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
7.5
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
6.2
The Savage Horde
1950
6.1
Riding High
1950
5.8
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
6.6
Tell It to the Judge
1949
NR
Rapture
1949
9.0
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
6.0
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
5.8
Alimony
1949
5.7
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
4.7
Dynamite
1949
3.3
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
4.7
Blonde Savage
1947
9.0
Beyond Our Own
1947
6.5
The Fabulous Texan
1947
5.4
Christmas Eve
1947
7.3
Dragnet
1947
5.8
Dishonored Lady
1947
6.6
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
5.7
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
7.5
Under Nevada Skies
1946
5.5
Spook Busters
1946
5.0
The Cat Creeps
1946
6.5
Night in Paradise
1946
5.6
The Catman of Paris
1946
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
6.7
Pardon My Past
1945
5.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
7.0
Flame of the West
1945
6.3
The Frozen Ghost
1945
5.6
A Medal for Benny
1945
5.5
Jungle Queen
1945
5.6
Lost in a Harem
1944
6.0
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
5.0
Forty Thieves
1944
5.2
Jungle Woman
1944
5.8
Lumberjack
1944
6.7
Uncertain Glory
1944
4.7
False Colors
1943
6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
7.0
Stand by for Action
1942
8.0
King of the Mounties
1942
6.0
I Married an Angel
1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
4.6
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
7.1
Castle in the Desert
1942
6.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
5.8
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
6.3
The Big Store
1941
6.0
Washington Melodrama
1941
6.4
Road to Zanzibar
1941
9.0
The Roundup
1941
7.0
Murder Among Friends
1941
6.6
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
5.5
South of Pago Pago
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
5.1
Slightly Honorable
1939
5.7
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
6.5
City in Darkness
1939
6.1
Thunder Afloat
1939
6.7
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
5.4
Tell No Tales
1939
5.6
Captain Fury
1939
6.7
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
6.0
The Three Musketeers
1939
6.1
Kentucky
1938
8.0
Sharpshooters
1938
6.0
Storm Over Bengal
1938
9.0
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
7.3
The Mysterious Rider
1938
5.4
Fast Company
1938
7.0
Stolen Heaven
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
6.5
The Firefly
1937
6.0
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
4.9
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937
8.0
Woman in Distress
1937
10.0
Counterfeit Lady
1936
8.7
End of the Trail
1936
6.0
M'Liss
1936
6.2
The Princess Comes Across
1936
6.6
The Witness Chair
1936
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
7.0
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
4.8
You May Be Next!
1936
6.1
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
4.7
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
6.2
Crime and Punishment
1935
7.0
Peter Ibbetson
1935
6.0
The Public Menace
1935
5.5
Love Me Forever
19356.5
Unknown Woman
1935
6.2
Air Hawks
1935
5.5
Naughty Marietta
1935
6.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
6.2
The Secret Bride
1934
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
6.4
Fog Over Frisco
1934
6.5
Harold Teen
1934
5.9
Journal of a Crime
1934
6.7
Hi, Nellie!
1934
6.9
Lady Killer
1933
4.8
The World Changes
1933
6.3
Female
1933
8.0
The Way to Love
1933
4.8
I Loved a Woman
1933
8.0
The Big Brain
1933
7.2
Baby Face
1933
7.5
The Man Who Dared
1933
7.1
Heroes for Sale
1933
5.1
Elmer, the Great
1933
6.5
The Working Man
1933
9.0
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
5.8
King of the Jungle
1933
6.9
Hard to Handle
1933
3.7
Laughter in Hell
1933
5.3
Smoke Lightning
1933
8.0
That's My Boy
1932
7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
7.0
The Pride of the Legion
1932
6.3
Blondie of the Follies
1932
7.5
The Wiser Sex
1932
6.7
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932
4.3
His Woman
1931NR
The Door Knocker
1931
3.5
What 80 Million Women Want
1913