8.0
8.0
The Roundup
1941
as Capt. Bob Lane
Douglass Dumbrille
Acting
Born:October 12, 1889
Died:April 2, 1974(aged 84)
Birthplace:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (147 movies)
8.0
8.0
End of the Trail
1936
as Bill Mason
7.8
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Jannes
7.5
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as John Cedar
7.2
7.2
Baby Face
1933
as Brody
7.1
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937
as Morgan
7.1
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
as Lepidus
7.0
7.0
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Colonel Forsythe
6.9
6.9
Hard to Handle
1933
as District Attorney (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
as Big Dan Healey
6.8
6.8
Stand by for Action
1942
as Capt. Ludlow
6.8
6.8
Lady Killer
1933
as Spade
6.8
6.8
Castle in the Desert
1942
as Paul Manderley
6.7
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as Ace Larson
6.7
6.7
Uncertain Glory
1944
as Police Commissioner LaFarge
6.6
6.6
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Comdr. La Costa
6.6
6.6
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
as Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
6.6
6.6
The Working Man
1933
as Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Mohammed Khan
6.5
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
6.5
6.5
The Buccaneer
1958
as Collector of the Port
6.5
6.5
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
6.5
6.5
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Dawes
6.4
6.4
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as J.C. Thompson
6.4
6.4
The Firefly
1937
as Marquis de Melito
6.4
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
as Governor William C.C. Claiborne
6.4
6.4
City in Darkness
1939
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
6.3
6.3
Son of Paleface
1952
as Sheriff McIntyre
6.3
6.3
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as George Ellerby
6.3
6.3
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Slave trader
6.3
6.3
The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Inspector Brant
6.3
6.3
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Grilov
6.2
6.2
The Witness Chair
1936
as Stanley Whittaker
6.2
6.2
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Joshua Mayard
6.2
6.2
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Willie / Duc de Rigor
6.2
6.2
The Big Store
1941
as Mr. Grover
6.2
6.2
Female
1933
as George Mumford
6.1
6.1
The Princess Comes Across
1936
as Lorel
6.1
6.1
Plunder of the Sun
1953
as Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
6.1
6.1
Virginia City
1940
as Maj. Drewery
6.1
6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Sheik Hamud El Khalid
6.1
6.1
High Time
1960
as Judge Carter (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Eddie Morgan
6.0
6.0
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
as Vincent Moller
6.0
6.0
Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Murchenson
6.0
6.0
Unknown Woman
1935
6.0
6.0
Dragnet
1947
as Frank Farrington
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Dared
1933
as Judge Collier
6.0
6.0
Flame of the West
1945
as Marshal Tom Nightlander
6.0
6.0
The Wiser Sex
1932
as Chauffeur - aka The Wop
6.0
6.0
Woman in Distress
1937
as Jerome Culver
6.0
6.0
The Mysterious Rider
1938
as Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
6.0
6.0
The Pride of the Legion
1932
as McMahon
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Past
1945
as Uncle Wills
6.0
6.0
Harold Teen
1934
as H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
5.9
5.9
Thunder Afloat
1939
as District Commander
5.9
5.9
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942
as Jake Rainwater
5.9
5.9
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
as Morphew
5.9
5.9
The Secret Bride
1934
as Breeden
5.9
5.9
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Prince Musah
5.8
5.8
The Three Musketeers
1939
as Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
5.8
5.8
The Savage Horde
1950
as Col. Price
5.8
5.8
Kentucky
1938
as John Dillon - 1861
5.8
5.8
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
as John Matthews
5.8
5.8
Operator 13
1934
as General Stuart
5.8
5.8
Riding High
1950
as Eddie Howard
5.8
5.8
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Gen. William Henry Harrison
5.8
5.8
Alimony
1949
as Burton Crail
5.7
5.7
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
5.7
5.7
Air Hawks
1935
as Victor Arnold
5.7
5.7
Dishonored Lady
1947
as District Attorney O'Brien
5.6
5.6
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Capt. Martos
5.5
5.5
Sky Full of Moon
1952
as Rodeo Official
5.5
5.5
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Baron Tovar
5.4
5.4
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Nimativ
5.4
5.4
Lumberjack
1944
as Daniel J. Keefer
5.4
5.4
The Catman of Paris
1946
as Henry Borchard
5.4
5.4
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
5.4
5.4
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
as George Washington
5.3
5.3
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Ramin Khan
5.2
5.2
A Life at Stake
1955
as Gus Hillman
5.1
5.1
Christmas Eve
1947
as Dr. Bunyan
5.0
5.0
Fast Company
1938
as Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
5.0
5.0
Jungle Queen
1945
as Lang
5.0
5.0
World for Ransom
1954
as Insp. McCollum
5.0
5.0
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
as Henry Mitchell
5.0
5.0
Under Nevada Skies
1946
as Courtney
5.0
5.0
I Married an Angel
1942
as Baron Szigethy
5.0
5.0
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
as John J. Murdock
5.0
5.0
The Public Menace
1935
as Mario Tonelli
5.0
5.0
Washington Melodrama
1941
as District Attorney Donnelly
5.0
5.0
M'Liss
1936
as Lou Ellis
5.0
5.0
King of the Jungle
1933
as Ed Peters
5.0
5.0
Allen in Movieland
1955
as Self- Lawyer
4.9
4.9
Elmer, the Great
1933
as Stillman (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
Captain Fury
1939
as Preston
4.9
4.9
Jungle Woman
1944
as District Attorney
4.9
4.9
Love Me Forever
1935
as Miller
4.8
4.8
South of Pago Pago
1940
as Williams
4.8
4.8
Spook Busters
1946
as Dr. Coslow
4.8
4.8
The Cat Creeps
1946
as Tom McGalvey
4.7
4.7
Slightly Honorable
1939
as George Taylor
4.7
4.7
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
4.6
4.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Eustace Fentwick III
4.6
4.6
Tell No Tales
1939
as Matt Cooper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
4.5
4.5
I Loved a Woman
1933
as U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
as Stephen Holloway
4.5
4.5
A Medal for Benny
1945
as General
4.3
4.3
Jupiter's Darling
1955
as Scipio
4.3
4.3
The World Changes
1933
as Buffalo Bill Cody
4.1
4.1
Blonde Savage
1947
as Mark Harper
4.0
4.0
Night in Paradise
1946
as High Priest
4.0
4.0
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Luke Roland
4.0
4.0
The Lawless Rider
1954
as Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
4.0
4.0
Mobs, Inc.
1956
as Leland Cameron James
4.0
4.0
Jungle Safari
1956
as Lang
3.8
3.8
False Colors
1943
as Mark Foster
3.5
3.5
Smoke Lightning
1933
as Sam Edson
3.5
3.5
Forty Thieves
1944
as Tad Hammond
3.3
3.3
His Woman
1931
as Alisandroe
3.0
3.0
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Maj. Dekker
3.0
3.0
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953
as Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
3.0
3.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
as Sheriff Hoskins
3.0
3.0
Air Patrol
1962
as Millard Nolan
3.0
3.0
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Jeff Hardy
2.7
2.7
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Enzo Calibra
2.6
2.6
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Charlie Cooper
2.5
2.5
Dynamite
1949
as Hank Gibbons
2.5
2.5
You May Be Next!
1936
as Beau Gardner
1.0
1.0
Laughter in Hell
1933
as Ed Perkins
Rapture
1952
as W.C. Hutton
King of the Mounties
1942
as Harper
Murder Among Friends
1941
as Carter Stevenson
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Klingman
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
as Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
The Big Brain
1933
as Dan Thomas
Counterfeit Lady
1936
as August Marino
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
as Captain Lance
Sharpshooters
1938
as Count Maxim
The Door Knocker
1931
as Gangster
The Way to Love
1933
as Agent Chapusard
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932
as Giuseppe Benito
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
as Bishop
That's My Boy
1932
as Coach "Daisy" Adams
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
as J.J. Grant
Beyond Our Own
1947
as E.W. Osborne
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