Douglass Dumbrille
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-12
Place of birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Cast
Blondie of the Follies
1932
6.00
The Buccaneer
1958
6.44
Julius Caesar
1953
7.10
Son of Paleface
1952
6.30
The Ten Commandments
1956
7.77
Road to Zanzibar
1941
6.30
The Princess Comes Across
1936
6.10
A Day at the Races
1937
7.11
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
7.54
Allen in Movieland
1955
4.50
City in Darkness
1939
6.40
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
6.60
The Big Store
1941
6.20
Baby Face
1933
7.22
World for Ransom
1954
5.07
Road to Utopia
1946
6.70
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
0.00
Castle in the Desert
1942
7.00
The Savage Horde
1950
5.80
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
5.00
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.40
Lady Killer
1933
6.94
The Firefly
1937
6.40
Crime and Punishment
1935
6.28
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
6.60
Naughty Marietta
1935
5.40
Elmer, the Great
1933
4.90
The Frozen Ghost
1945
6.30
Unknown Woman
1935
6.00
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
5.60
Forty Thieves
1944
3.50
False Colors
1943
3.80
Lumberjack
1944
5.40
Under Nevada Skies
1946
5.00
A Life at Stake
1955
5.20
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
4.69
Spook Busters
1946
4.80
Plunder of the Sun
1953
6.10
Peter Ibbetson
1935
6.90
Broadway Bill
1934
6.00
Harold Teen
1934
6.00
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
6.71
Christmas Eve
1947
5.10
The Catman of Paris
1946
5.40
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
2.70
Thunder Afloat
1939
5.90
I Loved a Woman
1933
4.50
Tell No Tales
1939
4.60
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
5.90
Laughter in Hell
1933
1.00
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
4.60
Murder Among Friends
1941
0.00
The Three Musketeers
1939
5.80
Slightly Honorable
1939
4.70
Riding High
1950
5.80
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
0.00
Apache War Smoke
1952
3.00
A Medal for Benny
1945
4.50
Jupiter's Darling
1955
4.30
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
6.00
The Buccaneer
1938
6.40
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
6.90
Sky Full of Moon
1952
5.50
Hard to Handle
1933
6.90
Kentucky
1938
5.80
Night in Paradise
1946
4.00
Fast Company
1938
5.05
Stolen Heaven
1938
0.00
You May Be Next!
1936
2.50
The Public Menace
1935
5.00
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
5.00
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
2.60
Journal of a Crime
1934
5.70
The World Changes
1933
4.30
Air Hawks
1935
6.13
The Fabulous Texan
1947
4.00
Scaramouche
1952
7.00
The Pride of the Legion
1932
6.00
Pardon My Past
1945
6.00
Alimony
1949
5.80
The Door Knocker
1931
0.00
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
5.80
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
5.50
Jungle Queen
1945
5.00
South of Pago Pago
1940
4.80
His Woman
1931
3.20
Rapture
1952
0.00
The Mysterious Rider
1938
6.00
Washington Melodrama
1941
5.00
Dynamite
1949
2.50
M'Liss
1936
5.00
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
5.90
Operator 13
1934
5.80
The Working Man
1933
6.60
Johnny Cool
1963
5.10
Jungle Woman
1944
4.90
Treasure Island
1934
6.50
Woman in Distress
1937
6.00
Fog Over Frisco
1934
6.20
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
5.90
Hi, Nellie!
1934
6.50
Virginia City
1940
6.10
King of the Jungle
1933
5.00
The Lawless Rider
1954
4.00
I Married an Angel
1942
5.00
Blonde Savage
1947
4.10
The Witness Chair
1936
6.20
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
4.50
The Man Who Dared
1933
6.00
Smoke Lightning
1933
3.50
Female
1933
6.15
Uncertain Glory
1944
6.80
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
6.40
The Secret Bride
1934
5.90
Counterfeit Lady
1936
0.00
End of the Trail
1936
8.00
Sharpshooters
1938
0.00
Storm Over Bengal
1938
5.30
Love Me Forever
1935
4.86
Air Patrol
1962
3.00
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
3.00
Captain Fury
1939
4.90
The Roundup
1941
8.00
King of the Mounties
1942
0.00
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
3.00
Flame of the West
1945
6.00
Jungle Safari
1956
4.00
Heroes for Sale
1933
7.00
Dishonored Lady
1947
5.70
Lost in a Harem
1944
5.40
Dragnet
1947
6.00
Complicated Women
2003
6.70
Stand by for Action
1942
6.80
The Cat Creeps
1946
4.80
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
0.00
That's My Boy
1932
0.00
The Way to Love
1933
0.00
Tell It to the Judge
1949
6.30
The Wiser Sex
1932
6.00
Beyond Our Own
1947
0.00
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
0.00
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932
6.00
Mobs, Inc.
1956
4.00
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
5.40
High Time
1960
6.10
The Big Brain
1933
0.00
What 80 Million Women Want
1913
3.50