Douglass Dumbrille
Biography
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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
Acting
1932
asMurchenson
1958
asCollector of the Port
1953
asLepidus
1952
asSheriff McIntyre
1956
asJannes
1941
asSlave trader
1936
asLorel
1937
asMorgan
1936
asJohn Cedar
1955
asSelf- Lawyer
1939
asB. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
asStewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
1941
asMr. Grover
1933
asBrody
1954
asInsp. McCollum
1946
asAce Larson
1933
asBill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
1942
asPaul Manderley
1950
asCol. Price
1949
asHenry Mitchell
1943
asWillie / Duc de Rigor
1933
asSpade Maddock
1937
asMarquis de Melito
1935
asGrilov
1935
asMohammed Khan
1935
asPrince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
1933
asStillman (uncredited)
1945
asInspector Brant
1935
as
1950
asCapt. Martos
1941
asJohn Matthews
1944
asTad Hammond
1943
asMark Foster
1944
asDaniel J. Keefer
1946
asCourtney
1955
asGus Hillman
1937
asMr. Korum, a Conspirator
1946
asDr. Coslow
1953
asConsul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1935
asColonel Forsythe
1934
asEddie Morgan
1934
asH.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
asComdr. La Costa
1947
asDr. Bunyan
1946
asHenry Borchard
1942
asEnzo Calibra
1939
asDistrict Commander
1933
asU.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
1939
asMatt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1937
asPrince Musah
1933
asEd Perkins
1956
asEustace Fentwick III
1940
asBenny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1941
asCarter Stevenson
1939
asAthos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
asGeorge Taylor
1950
asEddie Howard
1936
asBishop
1952
asMaj. Dekker
1945
asGeneral
1955
asScipio
1950
asVincent Moller
1938
asGovernor William C.C. Claiborne
1947
asBig Dan Healey
1952
asRodeo Official
1933
asDistrict Attorney (uncredited)
1938
asJohn Dillon - 1861
1946
asHigh Priest
1938
asArnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1938
asKlingman
1936
asBeau Gardner
1935
asMario Tonelli
1949
asJohn J. Murdock
1948
asCharlie Cooper
1934
asCartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1933
asBuffalo Bill Cody
1935
asVictor Arnold
1947
asLuke Roland
1952
asAssembly President
1932
asMcMahon
1945
asUncle Wills
1949
asBurton Crail
1931
asGangster
1942
asGen. William Henry Harrison
1944
asBaron Tovar
1945
asLang
1940
asWilliams
1931
asAlisandroe
1952
asW.C. Hutton
1938
asPecos Bill aka Ben Wade
1941
asDistrict Attorney Donnelly
1949
asHank Gibbons
1936
asLou Ellis
1935
asMorphew
1934
asGeneral Stuart
1933
asLawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
1963
as
1944
asDistrict Attorney
1934
asPirate of the Spanish Main
1937
asJerome Culver
1934
asJoshua Mayard
1942
asJake Rainwater
1934
asDawes
1940
asMaj. Drewery
1933
asEd Peters
1954
asMarshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1942
asBaron Szigethy
1947
asMark Harper
1936
asStanley Whittaker
1939
asStephen Holloway
1933
asJudge Collier
1933
asSam Edson
1933
asGeorge Mumford
1944
asPolice Commissioner LaFarge
1951
asJ.C. Thompson
1934
asBreeden
1936
asAugust Marino
1936
asBill Mason
1938
asCount Maxim
1932
asDistrict Attorney (uncredited)
1938
asRamin Khan
1953
asPowhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1935
asMiller
1962
asMillard Nolan
1935
asJeff Hardy
1939
asPreston
1950
asSheik Hamud El Khalid
1941
asCapt. Bob Lane
1942
asHarper
1945
asSheriff Hoskins
1945
asMarshal Tom Nightlander
1956
asLang
1933
asChief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
1947
asDistrict Attorney O'Brien
1944
asNimativ
1947
asFrank Farrington
2003
asSelf (archive footage)
1942
asCapt. Ludlow
1946
asTom McGalvey
1949
asCaptain Lance
1932
asCoach "Daisy" Adams
1933
asAgent Chapusard
1949
asGeorge Ellerby
1932
asChauffeur - aka The Wop
1947
asE.W. Osborne
1938
asJ.J. Grant
1932
asGiuseppe Benito
1956
asLeland Cameron James
1946
asGeorge Washington
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asThe Doctor
as
asJudge Robert Adler
asGovernor Spriggs
asMr. Halpert
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asB.G. Greenwise
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asGen. Taylor Millard
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asLord Rawdon
as
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asWarden
asGeorge Haviland
asGen. Hardwicke
asMr. Arthur J. Cahill
asJ.B. Creston
asDave La Salle
asJudge Strickland
asJudge
asGovernor William Claiborne
asWhitfield
asRed Beecham
asJudge Ben Harlow
asCunningham
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asFrank Hackman
as 
asGoldy
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