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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 12, 1889
Died
April 2, 1974
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Douglass Rupert Dumbrille
- Douglas Dumbrille
- Douglas Dunbrile
Douglass Dumbrille
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
7.3
The Doctor
Batman
1966
5.1
Johnny Cool
1963
5.7
Dave La Salle
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
3.0
Millard Nolan
Air Patrol
1962
🎬
0.0
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
6.1
Judge Carter (uncredited)
High Time
1960
7.8
Judge Ben Harlow
The Untouchables
1959
8.5
Mr. Halpert
The Twilight Zone
1959
Credits
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Batman
as The Doctor
1966
7.3
Johnny Cool
1963
5.1
Petticoat Junction
as Dave La Salle
1963
5.7
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
Air Patrol
as Millard Nolan
1962
3.0
🎬
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
0.0
High Time
as Judge Carter (uncredited)
1960
6.1
The Untouchables
as Judge Ben Harlow
1959
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Halpert
1959
8.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
6.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Prof. Brinkerhoff, Esq.
1959
6.0
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Warden
1959
6.3
The Buccaneer
as Collector of the Port
1958
6.4
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Gen. Taylor Millard
1958
6.1
Perry Mason
as Judge Robert Adler
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Judge
1957
7.7
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Eustace Fentwick III
1956
4.6
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
5.0
The Ten Commandments
as Jannes
1956
7.8
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Gen. Hardwicke
1956
6.0
Mobs, Inc.
as Leland Cameron James
1956
4.0
Jungle Safari
as Lang
1956
4.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Crossroads
1955
5.7
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Red Beecham
1955
6.5
Allen in Movieland
as Self- Lawyer
1955
4.5
A Life at Stake
as Gus Hillman
1955
5.2
Jupiter's Darling
as Scipio
1955
4.3
The Millionaire
as B.G. Greenwise
1955
5.0
Studio 57
as Goldy
1954
0.0
The Lawless Rider
as Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1954
4.0
Public Defender
as Frank Hackman
1954
5.7
World for Ransom
as Insp. McCollum
1954
5.0
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
as Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1953
3.0
Letter to Loretta
as George Haviland
1953
6.5
Plunder of the Sun
as Consul (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1953
6.1
Julius Caesar
as Lepidus
1953
7.1
The Life Of Riley
as Cunningham
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
1953
6.0
Rapture
as W.C. Hutton
1952
0.0
Sky Full of Moon
as Rodeo Official
1952
5.5
The Ford Television Theatre
as J.B. Creston
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Lord Rawdon
1952
3.5
Apache War Smoke
as Maj. Dekker
1952
3.0
Son of Paleface
as Sheriff McIntyre
1952
6.3
Scaramouche
as Assembly President
1952
7.0
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
China Smith
1952
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Governor Spriggs
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Governor William Claiborne
1951
8.6
A Millionaire for Christy
as J.C. Thompson
1951
6.4
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
The Kangaroo Kid
as Vincent Moller
1950
6.0
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Arthur J. Cahill
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Judge Strickland
1950
7.1
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Whitfield
1950
6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sheik Hamud El Khalid
1950
6.0
The Savage Horde
as Col. Price
1950
5.8
Riding High
as Eddie Howard
1950
5.8
Buccaneer's Girl
as Capt. Martos
1950
5.6
Tell It to the Judge
as George Ellerby
1949
6.3
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Captain Lance
1949
0.0
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as John J. Murdock
1949
5.0
Alimony
as Burton Crail
1949
5.8
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Henry Mitchell
1949
5.0
Dynamite
as Hank Gibbons
1949
2.5
Last of the Wild Horses
as Charlie Cooper
1948
2.6
Blonde Savage
as Mark Harper
1947
4.1
Beyond Our Own
as E.W. Osborne
1947
0.0
The Fabulous Texan
as Luke Roland
1947
4.0
Christmas Eve
as Dr. Bunyan
1947
5.1
Dragnet
as Frank Farrington
1947
6.0
Dishonored Lady
as District Attorney O'Brien
1947
5.7
It's a Joke, Son!
as Big Dan Healey
1947
6.9
Monsieur Beaucaire
as George Washington
1946
5.4
Under Nevada Skies
as Courtney
1946
5.0
Spook Busters
as Dr. Coslow
1946
4.8
The Cat Creeps
as Tom McGalvey
1946
4.8
Night in Paradise
as High Priest
1946
4.0
The Catman of Paris
as Henry Borchard
1946
5.4
Road to Utopia
as Ace Larson
1946
6.7
Pardon My Past
as Uncle Wills
1945
6.0
The Daltons Ride Again
as Sheriff Hoskins
1945
3.0
Flame of the West
as Marshal Tom Nightlander
1945
6.0
The Frozen Ghost
as Inspector Brant
1945
6.3
A Medal for Benny
as General
1945
4.5
Jungle Queen
as Lang
1945
5.0
Lost in a Harem
as Nimativ
1944
5.4
Gypsy Wildcat
as Baron Tovar
1944
5.5
Forty Thieves
as Tad Hammond
1944
3.5
Jungle Woman
as District Attorney
1944
4.9
Lumberjack
as Daniel J. Keefer
1944
5.4
Uncertain Glory
as Police Commissioner LaFarge
1944
6.8
False Colors
as Mark Foster
1943
3.8
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Willie / Duc de Rigor
1943
6.2
Stand by for Action
as Capt. Ludlow
1942
6.8
King of the Mounties
as Harper
1942
0.0
I Married an Angel
as Baron Szigethy
1942
5.0
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Gen. William Henry Harrison
1942
5.8
A Gentleman After Dark
as Enzo Calibra
1942
2.7
Castle in the Desert
as Paul Manderley
1942
7.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Jake Rainwater
1941
5.9
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as John Matthews
1941
5.8
The Big Store
as Mr. Grover
1941
6.2
Washington Melodrama
as District Attorney Donnelly
1941
5.0
Road to Zanzibar
as Slave trader
1941
6.3
The Roundup
as Capt. Bob Lane
1941
8.0
Murder Among Friends
as Carter Stevenson
1941
0.0
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1940
6.5
South of Pago Pago
as Williams
1940
4.8
Virginia City
as Maj. Drewery
1940
6.1
Slightly Honorable
as George Taylor
1939
4.7
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Stephen Holloway
1939
4.5
City in Darkness
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
6.4
Thunder Afloat
as District Commander
1939
5.9
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
1939
6.6
Tell No Tales
as Matt Cooper
1939
4.6
Captain Fury
as Preston
1939
4.9
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Comdr. La Costa
1939
6.7
The Three Musketeers
as Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1939
5.8
Kentucky
as John Dillon - 1861
1938
5.8
Sharpshooters
as Count Maxim
1938
0.0
Storm Over Bengal
as Ramin Khan
1938
5.3
Crime Takes a Holiday
as J.J. Grant
1938
0.0
The Mysterious Rider
as Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
1938
6.0
Fast Company
as Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1938
5.0
Stolen Heaven
as Klingman
1938
0.0
The Buccaneer
as Governor William C.C. Claiborne
1938
6.4
The Firefly
as Marquis de Melito
1937
6.4
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Prince Musah
1937
5.9
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
1937
4.7
A Day at the Races
as Morgan
1937
7.1
Woman in Distress
as Jerome Culver
1937
6.0
Counterfeit Lady
as August Marino
1936
0.0
End of the Trail
as Bill Mason
1936
8.0
M'Liss
as Lou Ellis
1936
5.0
The Princess Comes Across
as Lorel
1936
6.1
The Witness Chair
as Stanley Whittaker
1936
6.2
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as John Cedar
1936
7.5
The Music Goes 'Round
as Bishop
1936
0.0
You May Be Next!
as Beau Gardner
1936
2.5
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Morphew
1935
5.9
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Jeff Hardy
1935
3.0
Crime and Punishment
as Grilov
1935
6.3
Peter Ibbetson
as Colonel Forsythe
1935
6.9
The Public Menace
as Mario Tonelli
1935
5.0
Love Me Forever
as Miller
1935
4.9
🎬
Unknown Woman
1935
6.0
Air Hawks
as Victor Arnold
1935
6.1
Naughty Marietta
as Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
1935
5.4
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Mohammed Khan
1935
6.6
The Secret Bride
as Breeden
1934
5.9
Broadway Bill
as Eddie Morgan
1934
6.0
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
6.5
Operator 13
as General Stuart
1934
5.8
Fog Over Frisco
as Joshua Mayard
1934
6.2
Harold Teen
as H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1934
6.0
Journal of a Crime
as Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
1934
5.7
Hi, Nellie!
as Dawes
1934
6.5
Lady Killer
as Spade
1933
6.9
The World Changes
as Buffalo Bill Cody
1933
4.3
Female
as George Mumford
1933
6.2
The Way to Love
as Agent Chapusard
1933
0.0
I Loved a Woman
as U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
1933
4.5
The Big Brain
as Dan Thomas
1933
0.0
Baby Face
as Brody
1933
7.2
The Man Who Dared
as Judge Collier
1933
6.0
Heroes for Sale
as Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
1933
7.0
Elmer, the Great
as Stillman (uncredited)
1933
4.9
The Working Man
as Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
1933
6.6
The Rustler's Roundup
as Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
1933
0.0
King of the Jungle
as Ed Peters
1933
5.0
Hard to Handle
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Laughter in Hell
as Ed Perkins
1933
1.0
Smoke Lightning
as Sam Edson
1933
3.5
That's My Boy
as Coach "Daisy" Adams
1932
0.0
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1932
7.8
The Pride of the Legion
as McMahon
1932
6.0
Blondie of the Follies
as Murchenson
1932
6.0
The Wiser Sex
as Chauffeur - aka The Wop
1932
6.0
The Symphony Murder Mystery
as Giuseppe Benito
1932
6.0
His Woman
as Alisandroe
1931
3.2
🎬
The Door Knocker
as Gangster
1931
0.0
What 80 Million Women Want
as District Attorney(uncredited)
1913
3.5