Douglass Dumbrille

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

136

Movies

154

Born: October 12, 1889 – April 2, 1974
From: Hamilton, Canada

Biography

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.

Works

154 films

The Ten Commandments

19567.8

Baby Face

19337.2

Johnny Cool

19635.3

Julius Caesar

19537.1

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

19367.5

Scaramouche

19527.0

The Buccaneer

19586.5

Treasure Island

19346.5

Stolen Heaven

19387.0

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

It's a Joke, Son!

19476.6

Unknown Woman

19356.5

Pardon My Past

19456.7

A Day at the Races

19377.1

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

19396.7

Hi, Nellie!

19346.7

Peter Ibbetson

19357.0

Naughty Marietta

19355.5

The Big Store

19416.2

Complicated Women

20036.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

19506.1

The Frozen Ghost

19456.4

The Emperor's Candlesticks

19374.9

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Night in Paradise

19466.5

The Buccaneer

19386.4

Broadway Bill

19346.0

Buccaneer's Girl

19505.8

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

19356.6

The Princess Comes Across

19366.2

Virginia City

19406.3

King of the Mounties

19428.0

His Woman

19314.3

Air Patrol

19624.3

Lady Killer

19336.9

Harold Teen

19346.5

Operator 13

19345.9

Son of Paleface

19526.4

What 80 Million Women Want

19133.5

Road to Utopia

19466.7

The Three Musketeers

19396.0

Heroes for Sale

19337.1

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

19534.0

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

19426.4

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

19396.7

South of Pago Pago

19405.5

High Time

19606.4

Dishonored Lady

19475.8

Lost in a Harem

19445.6

The Working Man

19336.5

Blonde Savage

19474.7

Plunder of the Sun

19536.3

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

Tell It to the Judge

19496.6

Crime and Punishment

19356.2

The Savage Horde

19506.2

I Married an Angel

19426.0

Jungle Woman

19445.2

The World Changes

19334.8

Stand by for Action

19427.0

Female

19336.3

That's My Boy

19328.0

Blondie of the Follies

19326.3

World for Ransom

19545.3

Love Me Forever

19355.5

The Witness Chair

19366.6

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

19406.6

Riding High

19506.1

Captain Fury

19395.6

Sky Full of Moon

19526.0

Jupiter's Darling

19554.9

End of the Trail

19368.7

Ali Baba Goes to Town

19376.0

Life of Vernon Hathaway

19556.5

Storm Over Bengal

19386.0

Christmas Eve

19475.4

Thunder Afloat

19396.1

The Lone Wolf Returns

19356.1

A Life at Stake

19555.3

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

19499.0

Monsieur Beaucaire

19465.7

Hard to Handle

19336.9

Road to Zanzibar

19416.4

The Firefly

19376.5

City in Darkness

19396.5

False Colors

19434.7

Uncertain Glory

19446.7

Tell No Tales

19395.4

Gypsy Wildcat

19446.0

Journal of a Crime

19345.9

Counterfeit Lady

193610.0

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

19415.8

The Roundup

19419.0

The Wiser Sex

19327.5

Dynamite

19494.7

Jungle Queen

19455.5

I Loved a Woman

19334.8

The Music Goes 'Round

19367.0

Under Nevada Skies

19467.5

Last of the Wild Horses

19483.3

A Millionaire for Christy

19517.0

Kentucky

19386.1

Fog Over Frisco

19346.4

Lumberjack

19445.8

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

19395.7

Woman in Distress

19378.0

Spook Busters

19465.5

The Public Menace

19356.0

Forty Thieves

19445.0

Allen in Movieland

19554.5

Riders of the Whistling Pines

19495.7

Murder Among Friends

19417.0

Beyond Our Own

19479.0

Slightly Honorable

19395.1

Smoke Lightning

19335.3

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

19565.6

The Kangaroo Kid

19507.5

King of the Jungle

19335.8

A Gentleman After Dark

19424.6

Washington Melodrama

19416.0

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

19496.0

Fast Company

19385.4

The Calling of Dan Matthews

19354.7

A Medal for Benny

19455.6

Laughter in Hell

19333.7

Alimony

19495.8

You May Be Next!

19364.8

The Cat Creeps

19465.0

The Daltons Ride Again

19455.0

Rapture

1949

The Symphony Murder Mystery

19326.7

The Catman of Paris

19465.6

Air Hawks

19356.2

Flame of the West

19457.0

The Rustler's Roundup

19339.0

The Mysterious Rider

19387.3

Crime Takes a Holiday

19389.0

The Big Brain

19338.0

Mobs, Inc.

19567.0

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

The Fabulous Texan

19476.5

The Way to Love

19338.0

M'Liss

19366.0

Castle in the Desert

19427.1

The Door Knocker

1931

Sharpshooters

19388.0

Apache War Smoke

19525.0

Dragnet

19477.3

The Pride of the Legion

19327.0

Rapture

19528.0

The Man Who Dared

19337.5

The Secret Bride

19346.2

Jungle Safari

19566.0

The Lawless Rider

19546.5