Douglass Dumbrille

Acting · 0.9 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

Scaramouche

19527.0

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

19367.5

Treasure Island

19346.5

The Buccaneer

19586.5

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

19396.7

It's a Joke, Son!

19476.6

Stolen Heaven

19387.0

Unknown Woman

19356.5

Naughty Marietta

19355.5

A Day at the Races

19377.1

Peter Ibbetson

19357.0

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

Hi, Nellie!

19346.7

His Woman

19314.3

Complicated Women

20036.9

The Big Store

19416.2

The Frozen Ghost

19456.4

Pardon My Past

19456.7

The Emperor's Candlesticks

19374.9

Crime and Punishment

19356.2

Virginia City

19406.3

Harold Teen

19346.5

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

19426.4

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

19506.1

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Buccaneer's Girl

19505.8

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

19356.6

Night in Paradise

19466.5

King of the Mounties

19428.0

Heroes for Sale

19337.1

Blonde Savage

19474.7

Blondie of the Follies

19326.3

High Time

19606.4

Jupiter's Darling

19554.9

The Princess Comes Across

19366.2

Broadway Bill

19346.0

Son of Paleface

19526.4

Riding High

19506.1

The Three Musketeers

19396.0

Tell It to the Judge

19496.6

The Witness Chair

19366.6

The Working Man

19336.5

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

Life of Vernon Hathaway

19556.5

Jungle Woman

19445.2

Road to Utopia

19466.7

The Buccaneer

19386.4

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

19406.6

The Savage Horde

19506.2

Lady Killer

19336.9

Road to Zanzibar

19416.4

Stand by for Action

19427.0

Hard to Handle

19336.9

Sky Full of Moon

19526.0

What 80 Million Women Want

19133.5

Dishonored Lady

19475.8

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

19396.7

Lost in a Harem

19445.6

The Firefly

19376.5

Female

19336.3

Operator 13

19345.9

End of the Trail

19368.7

Ali Baba Goes to Town

19376.0

South of Pago Pago

19405.5

Air Patrol

19624.3

Love Me Forever

19355.5

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

19499.0

World for Ransom

19545.3

The World Changes

19334.8

Kentucky

19386.1

Counterfeit Lady

193610.0

Christmas Eve

19475.4

Fog Over Frisco

19346.4

That's My Boy

19328.0

Plunder of the Sun

19536.3

Gypsy Wildcat

19446.0

I Married an Angel

19426.0

Allen in Movieland

19554.5

The Lone Wolf Returns

19356.1

A Life at Stake

19555.3

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

19534.0

A Millionaire for Christy

19517.0

Tell No Tales

19395.4

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

19415.8

The Kangaroo Kid

19507.5

The Music Goes 'Round

19367.0

Captain Fury

19395.6

The Daltons Ride Again

19455.0

Slightly Honorable

19395.1

Storm Over Bengal

19386.0

Jungle Queen

19455.5

Last of the Wild Horses

19483.3

Riders of the Whistling Pines

19495.7

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

19565.6

City in Darkness

19396.5

The Wiser Sex

19327.5

Journal of a Crime

19345.9

Fast Company

19385.4

The Fabulous Texan

19476.5

Woman in Distress

19378.0

Uncertain Glory

19446.7

Castle in the Desert

19427.1

A Medal for Benny

19455.6

Rapture

1949

Washington Melodrama

19416.0

False Colors

19434.7

Monsieur Beaucaire

19465.7

King of the Jungle

19335.8

The Symphony Murder Mystery

19326.7

Crime Takes a Holiday

19389.0

The Calling of Dan Matthews

19354.7

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

Smoke Lightning

19335.3

You May Be Next!

19364.8

M'Liss

19366.0

A Gentleman After Dark

19424.6

The Catman of Paris

19465.6

The Big Brain

19338.0

Rapture

19528.0

Murder Among Friends

19417.0

The Roundup

19419.0

I Loved a Woman

19334.8

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

19395.7

The Door Knocker

1931

The Way to Love

19338.0

The Mysterious Rider

19387.3

Apache War Smoke

19525.0

Flame of the West

19457.0

The Public Menace

19356.0

Laughter in Hell

19333.7

Thunder Afloat

19396.1

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

19496.0

Dragnet

19477.3

Under Nevada Skies

19467.5

Dynamite

19494.7

Air Hawks

19356.2

The Cat Creeps

19465.0

Spook Busters

19465.5

Sharpshooters

19388.0

Jungle Safari

19566.0

The Pride of the Legion

19327.0

The Man Who Dared

19337.5

Lumberjack

19445.8

The Secret Bride

19346.2

Beyond Our Own

19479.0

The Rustler's Roundup

19339.0

The Lawless Rider

19546.5

Mobs, Inc.

19567.0

Alimony

19495.8

Forty Thieves

19445.0