Douglass Dumbrille

Known for ActingBorn 1889-10-12Died 1974-04-02Hamilton, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Counterfeit Lady

Bringing Up Buddy

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Beyond Our Own

The Roundup

Crime Takes a Holiday

The Rustler's Roundup

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Twilight Zone

End of the Trail

Studio 57

Rapture

The Untouchables

King of the Mounties

Sharpshooters

Woman in Distress

The Ten Commandments

The Way to Love

The Big Brain

That's My Boy

Perry Mason

The Ford Television Theatre

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

The Kangaroo Kid

Under Nevada Skies

Batman

Complicated Women

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The Man Who Dared

The Wiser Sex

Dragnet

The Mysterious Rider

77 Sunset Strip

Julius Caesar

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Baby Face

Mobs, Inc.

Life of Vernon Hathaway

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Beverly Hillbillies

Scaramouche

A Millionaire for Christy

Stand by for Action

Castle in the Desert

A Day at the Races

Flame of the West

Murder Among Friends