Douglass Dumbrille
ActingFrom 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
The Ten Commandments
Jannes
Operator 13
General Stuart
Uncertain Glory
Police Commissioner LaFarge
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
John Cedar
Baby Face
Brody
Julius Caesar
Lepidus
Scaramouche
Assembly President
The Buccaneer
Collector of the Port
The Big Store
Mr. Grover
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Mohammed Khan
Filmography — Acting
The Ten Commandments
Jannes
Operator 13
General Stuart
Uncertain Glory
Police Commissioner LaFarge
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
John Cedar
Baby Face
Brody
Julius Caesar
Lepidus
Scaramouche
Assembly President
The Buccaneer
Collector of the Port
The Big Store
Mr. Grover
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Mohammed Khan
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
District Attorney (uncredited)
Slightly Honorable
George Taylor
Treasure Island
Pirate of the Spanish Main
A Life at Stake
Gus Hillman
A Day at the Races
Morgan
Du Barry Was a Lady
Willie / Duc de Rigor
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Jake Rainwater
Peter Ibbetson
Colonel Forsythe
Lady Killer
Spade
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
Female
George Mumford
Dishonored Lady
District Attorney O'Brien
High Time
Judge Carter (uncredited)
Blondie of the Follies
Murchenson
The Buccaneer
Governor William C.C. Claiborne
Jungle Woman
District Attorney
Christmas Eve
Dr. Bunyan
Riding High
Eddie Howard
Heroes for Sale
Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl
Capt. Martos
Jupiter's Darling
Scipio
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Gen. William Henry Harrison
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Broadway Bill
Eddie Morgan
Naughty Marietta
Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
Crime and Punishment
Grilov
The Kangaroo Kid
Vincent Moller
Virginia City
Maj. Drewery
Kentucky
John Dillon - 1861
I Loved a Woman
U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Comdr. La Costa
The Way to Love
Agent Chapusard
Son of Paleface
Sheriff McIntyre
Stand by for Action
Capt. Ludlow
The Three Musketeers
Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
City in Darkness
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Monsieur Beaucaire
George Washington
Johnny Cool
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Prince Musah
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Sheik Hamud El Khalid
The Princess Comes Across
Lorel
False Colors
Mark Foster
Washington Melodrama
District Attorney Donnelly
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
John Matthews
Gypsy Wildcat
Baron Tovar
Road to Utopia
Ace Larson
The Firefly
Marquis de Melito
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
The Savage Horde
Col. Price
Riders of the Whistling Pines
Henry Mitchell
Hi, Nellie!
Harvey Dawes
Captain Fury
Preston
The Big Brain
Dan Thomas
The Symphony Murder Mystery
Giuseppe Benito
Fast Company
Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
A Millionaire for Christy
J.C. Thompson
Jungle Queen
Lang
Dragnet
Frank Farrington
Road to Zanzibar
Slave trader
Air Hawks
Victor Arnold
I Married an Angel
Baron Szigethy
The Working Man
Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
Nimativ
The Frozen Ghost
Inspector Brant
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
The World Changes
Buffalo Bill Cody
Elmer, the Great
Stillman (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
General
Air Patrol
Millard Nolan
South of Pago Pago
Williams
The Secret Bride
Breeden
Tell It to the Judge
George Ellerby
Forty Thieves
Tad Hammond
The Catman of Paris
Henry Borchard
Blonde Savage
Mark Harper
Harold Teen
H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Journal of a Crime
Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
The Pride of the Legion
McMahon
World for Ransom
Insp. McCollum
Mobs, Inc.
Leland Cameron James
Thunder Afloat
District Commander
Castle in the Desert
Paul Manderley
Plunder of the Sun
Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Fog Over Frisco
Joshua Mayard
King of the Jungle
Ed Peters
Lumberjack
Daniel J. Keefer
Dynamite
Hank Gibbons
The Lone Wolf Returns
Morphew
Under Nevada Skies
Courtney
Allen in Movieland
Self- Lawyer
His Woman
Alisandroe
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Eustace Fentwick III
M'Liss
Lou Ellis
The Daltons Ride Again
Sheriff Hoskins
It's a Joke, Son!
Big Dan Healey
A Gentleman After Dark
Enzo Calibra
King of the Mounties
Harper
Tell No Tales
Matt Cooper
Storm Over Bengal
Ramin Khan
Sharpshooters
Count Maxim
The Witness Chair
Stanley Whittaker
The Fabulous Texan
Luke Roland
You May Be Next!
Beau Gardner
Love Me Forever
Miller
The Music Goes 'Round
Bishop
The Roundup
Capt. Bob Lane
Apache War Smoke
Maj. Dekker
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Captain Lance
The Man Who Dared
Judge Collier
The Cat Creeps
Tom McGalvey
Alimony
Burton Crail
The Rustler's Roundup
Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
End of the Trail
Bill Mason
Laughter in Hell
Ed Perkins
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Stephen Holloway
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Jeff Hardy
Flame of the West
Marshal Tom Nightlander
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
John J. Murdock
The Lawless Rider
Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Hard to Handle
District Attorney (uncredited)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Woman in Distress
Jerome Culver
Pardon My Past
Uncle Wills
Counterfeit Lady
August Marino
The Wiser Sex
Chauffeur - aka The Wop
Night in Paradise
High Priest
The Mysterious Rider
Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
Last of the Wild Horses
Charlie Cooper
Rapture
W.C. Hutton
Murder Among Friends
Carter Stevenson
Sky Full of Moon
Rodeo Official
Beyond Our Own
E.W. Osborne
That's My Boy
Coach "Daisy" Adams
Spook Busters
Dr. Coslow
Smoke Lightning
Sam Edson
The Public Menace
Mario Tonelli
Crime Takes a Holiday
J.J. Grant
The Door Knocker
Gangster
Stolen Heaven
Klingman
Jungle Safari
Lang
Rapture
W.C. Hutton
Unknown Woman
Phil Gardner
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Red Beecham
What 80 Million Women Want
District Attorney(uncredited)