Douglass Dumbrille
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.
183 acting credits
Acting · 183
Perry Mason
1957
Batman
1966
The Twilight Zone
1959
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Untouchables
1959
Matinee Theater
1955
Bat Masterson
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Studio 57
1954
The Millionaire
1955
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
The Life Of Riley
1953
The Ten Commandments
1956
Public Defender
1954
Racket Squad
1951
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Letter to Loretta
1953
Crossroads
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Operator 13
1934
China Smith
1952
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
Julius Caesar
1953
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Baby Face
1933
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Scaramouche
1952
The Buccaneer
1958
Treasure Island
1934
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Lady Killer
1933
Johnny Cool
1963
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
Complicated Women
2003
Crime and Punishment
1935
Road to Utopia
1946
Virginia City
1940
The Three Musketeers
1939
Female
1933
A Day at the Races
1937
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
Hard to Handle
1933
Jungle Woman
1944
City in Darkness
1939
High Time
1960
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Uncertain Glory
1944
The Big Store
1941
Road to Zanzibar
1941
Dishonored Lady
1947
Blondie of the Follies
1932
A Life at Stake
1955
The Secret Bride
1934
The Working Man
1933
Broadway Bill
1934
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
Christmas Eve
1947
Peter Ibbetson
1935
The Buccaneer
1938
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
False Colors
1943
Riding High
1950
Elmer, the Great
1933
Plunder of the Sun
1953
Son of Paleface
1952
Captain Fury
1939
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Stand by for Action
1942
Washington Melodrama
1941
Hi, Nellie!
1934
The World Changes
1933
Fog Over Frisco
1934
World for Ransom
1954
Naughty Marietta
1935
Heroes for Sale
1933
I Loved a Woman
1933
Jungle Queen
1945
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Apache War Smoke
1952
I Married an Angel
1942
Spook Busters
1946
Stolen Heaven
1938
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Woman in Distress
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Lumberjack
1944
Dynamite
1949
Blonde Savage
1947
The Savage Horde
1950
Forty Thieves
1944
Castle in the Desert
1942
That's My Boy
1932
Air Patrol
1962
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
Slightly Honorable
1939
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
The Frozen Ghost
1945
Storm Over Bengal
1938
Lost in a Harem
1944
Jupiter's Darling
1955
Under Nevada Skies
1946
The Firefly
1937
Kentucky
1938
Thunder Afloat
1939
End of the Trail
1936
Mobs, Inc.
1956
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953
Sharpshooters
1938
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
Tell It to the Judge
1949
Night in Paradise
1946
The Big Brain
1933
Fast Company
1938
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
M'Liss
1936
Dragnet
1947
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
The Cat Creeps
1946
Love Me Forever
1935
Air Hawks
1935
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
You May Be Next!
1936
The Mysterious Rider
1938
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
The Roundup
1941
A Medal for Benny
1945
The Witness Chair
1936
Allen in Movieland
1955
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
Jungle Safari
1956
The Catman of Paris
1946
His Woman
1931
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
The Way to Love
1933
Tell No Tales
1939
Alimony
1949
Pardon My Past
1945
South of Pago Pago
1940
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
Counterfeit Lady
1936
The Wiser Sex
1932
The Pride of the Legion
1932
Sky Full of Moon
1952
Rapture
1952
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
King of the Jungle
1933
King of the Mounties
1942
The Lawless Rider
1954
Harold Teen
1934
Smoke Lightning
1933
The Man Who Dared
1933
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Laughter in Hell
1933
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932
Journal of a Crime
1934
Flame of the West
1945
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
Beyond Our Own
1947
The Door Knocker
1931
Unknown Woman
1935
The Public Menace
1935
Murder Among Friends
1941
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
What 80 Million Women Want
1913
Rapture
1949