
Douglass Dumbrille
Born October 12, 1889 · Hamilton, 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Ten Commandments

Baby Face

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Julius Caesar

Jungle Woman

Scaramouche

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Johnny Cool

Treasure Island

The Buccaneer

A Day at the Races

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Big Store

Peter Ibbetson

Virginia City

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Stolen Heaven

Lost in a Harem

Buccaneer's Girl

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Road to Utopia

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Hi, Nellie!

Naughty Marietta
TV Shows

Batman

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Untouchables

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The Ford Television Theatre

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Bat Masterson

The Millionaire

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Studio 57

77 Sunset Strip

The Life Of Riley

Screen Director's Playhouse

Letter to Loretta

Public Defender

Cavalcade of America

Racket Squad

Dangerous Assignment

Hallmark Hall of Fame

China Smith

Hey, Jeannie!

Crossroads

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Bringing Up Buddy
More Movies

Plunder of the Sun

Jupiter's Darling

Son of Paleface

Heroes for Sale

Fog Over Frisco

The World Changes

Du Barry Was a Lady

The Princess Comes Across

Broadway Bill

The Emperor's Candlesticks

His Woman

Stand by for Action

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

I Married an Angel

Dishonored Lady

The Lone Wolf Returns

Blondie of the Follies

It's a Joke, Son!

Tell It to the Judge

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

High Time

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Road to Zanzibar

The Firefly

A Gentleman After Dark

Blonde Savage

The Frozen Ghost

Harold Teen

Riding High

World for Ransom

A Medal for Benny

You May Be Next!

That's My Boy

The Buccaneer

The Working Man

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Last of the Wild Horses

South of Pago Pago

The Calling of Dan Matthews

The Three Musketeers

Female

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

King of the Jungle

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Uncertain Glory

Lady Killer

The Man Who Dared

I Loved a Woman

Complicated Women

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

The Daltons Ride Again

Kentucky

The Catman of Paris

A Life at Stake

Fast Company

Crime and Punishment

Smoke Lightning

Operator 13

Christmas Eve

Sky Full of Moon

Allen in Movieland

End of the Trail

Night in Paradise

Rapture

Washington Melodrama

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Captain Fury

The Kangaroo Kid

Tell No Tales

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Castle in the Desert

Journal of a Crime

City in Darkness

Gypsy Wildcat

Flame of the West

Rapture

King of the Mounties

The Witness Chair

What 80 Million Women Want

The Rustler's Roundup

Crime Takes a Holiday

The Wiser Sex

The Roundup

The Secret Bride

Monsieur Beaucaire

The Savage Horde

Elmer, the Great

Pardon My Past

The Pride of the Legion

Thunder Afloat

The Cat Creeps

A Millionaire for Christy

The Music Goes 'Round

Laughter in Hell

Love Me Forever

Hard to Handle

Spook Busters

Under Nevada Skies

Dragnet

Mobs, Inc.

The Symphony Murder Mystery

False Colors

Dynamite

M'Liss

Apache War Smoke

The Mysterious Rider

Jungle Queen

The Way to Love

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

The Big Brain

Air Hawks

The Fabulous Texan

Slightly Honorable

Storm Over Bengal

Jungle Safari

The Public Menace

Forty Thieves

Woman in Distress

Counterfeit Lady

The Lawless Rider

Murder Among Friends

Sharpshooters

Alimony

Lumberjack

Beyond Our Own




