Douglass Dumbrille
- Acting
- October 12, 1889 · Hamilton, Canada
- April 2, 1974
Biography
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
Filmography
- Complicated Women · Self
- Batman · The Doctor
- Johnny Cool · Corrupt City Council Member
- Petticoat Junction · Dave La Salle
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Air Patrol · Millard Nolan
- Bringing Up Buddy
- High Time · Judge Carter (uncredited)
- The Untouchables · Judge Ben Harlow
- The Twilight Zone · Mr. Halpert
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis · Prof. Brinkerhoff, Esq.
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Warden
- The Buccaneer · Collector of the Port
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Bat Masterson · Gen. Taylor Millard
- Perry Mason · Judge Robert Adler, Judge
- The Ten Commandments · Jannes
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! · Eustace Fentwick III
- Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
- Hey, Jeannie! · Gen. Hardwicke
- Mobs, Inc. · Leland Cameron James
- Jungle Safari · Lang
- Life of Vernon Hathaway · Red Beecham
- Matinee Theater
- Crossroads
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Red Beecham
- Allen in Movieland · Self
- A Life at Stake · Gus Hillman
- Jupiter's Darling · Scipio
- The Millionaire · B.G. Greenwise
- Studio 57 · Goldy
- The Lawless Rider · Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- Public Defender · Frank Hackman
- World for Ransom · Insp. McCollum
- Captain John Smith and Pocahontas · Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- Letter to Loretta · George Haviland
- Plunder of the Sun · Consul
- Julius Caesar · Lepidus
- The Life Of Riley · Cunningham
- Rapture · W.C. Hutton
- Sky Full of Moon · Rodeo Official
- The Ford Television Theatre · J.B. Creston
- Cavalcade of America · Lord Rawdon
- Apache War Smoke · Maj. Dekker
- Son of Paleface · Sheriff McIntyre
- Scaramouche · Assembly President
- China Smith
- Dangerous Assignment
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Governor Spriggs, Governor William Claiborne
- A Millionaire for Christy · J.C. Thompson
- Racket Squad
- The Kangaroo Kid · Vincent Moller
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show · Mr. Arthur J. Cahill, Judge Strickland
- Lux Video Theatre · Whitfield
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion · Sheik Hamud El Khalid
- The Savage Horde · Col. Price
- Riding High · Eddie Howard
- Buccaneer's Girl · Capt. Martos
- Tell It to the Judge · George Ellerby
- Rapture · W.C. Hutton
- Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch · Captain Lance
- The Lone Wolf and His Lady · John J. Murdock
- Alimony · Burton Crail
- Riders of the Whistling Pines · Henry Mitchell
- Dynamite · Hank Gibbons
- Last of the Wild Horses · Charlie Cooper
- Blonde Savage · Mark Harper
- Beyond Our Own · E.W. Osborne
- The Fabulous Texan · Luke Roland
- Christmas Eve · Dr. Bunyan
- Dragnet · Frank Farrington
- Dishonored Lady · District Attorney O'Brien
- It's a Joke, Son! · Big Dan Healey
- Monsieur Beaucaire · George Washington
- Under Nevada Skies · Courtney
- Spook Busters · Dr. Coslow
- The Cat Creeps · Tom McGalvey
- Night in Paradise · High Priest
- The Catman of Paris · Henry Borchard
- Road to Utopia · Ace Larson