From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDouglass 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.
Murchenson
Film 1932
Sheriff McIntyre
Film 1952
Self- Lawyer
Film 1955
Mr. Grover
Film 1941
Brody
Film 1933
Insp. McCollum
Film 1954
Ace Larson
Film 1946
Bill Brett (as Douglas Dunbrile)
Film 1933
Paul Manderley
Film 1942
Col. Price
Film 1950
Henry Mitchell
Film 1949
Spade Maddock
Film 1933
Marquis de Melito
Film 1937
Mohammed Khan
Film 1935
Prince de Namours de la Bonfain, Marietta's Uncle
Film 1935
Stillman (uncredited)
Film 1933
Inspector Brant
Film 1945
Film 1935
Capt. Martos
Film 1950
John Matthews
Film 1941
Tad Hammond
Film 1944
Mark Foster
Film 1943
Daniel J. Keefer
Film 1944
Courtney
Film 1946
Gus Hillman
Film 1955
Dr. Coslow
Film 1946
Colonel Forsythe
Film 1935
Eddie Morgan
Film 1934
H.H. Snatcher (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1934
Dr. Bunyan
Film 1947
Henry Borchard
Film 1946
Enzo Calibra
Film 1942
District Commander
Film 1939
U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
Film 1933
Prince Musah
Film 1937
Ed Perkins
Film 1933
Eustace Fentwick III
Film 1956
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1940
Carter Stevenson
Film 1941
Bishop
Film 1936
General
Film 1945
Vincent Moller
Film 1950
Governor William C.C. Claiborne
Film 1938
Big Dan Healey
Film 1947
Rodeo Official
Film 1952
District Attorney (uncredited)
Film 1933
High Priest
Film 1946
Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1938
Klingman
Film 1938
Beau Gardner
Film 1936
Mario Tonelli
Film 1935
Charlie Cooper
Film 1948
Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1934
Buffalo Bill Cody
Film 1933
Victor Arnold
Film 1935
Luke Roland
Film 1947
McMahon
Film 1932
Uncle Wills
Film 1945
Burton Crail
Film 1949
Gangster
Film 1931
Baron Tovar
Film 1944
Lang
Film 1945
Williams
Film 1940
Alisandroe
Film 1931
W.C. Hutton
Film 1952
Pecos Bill aka Ben Wade
Film 1938
District Attorney Donnelly
Film 1941
Hank Gibbons
Film 1949
Lou Ellis
Film 1936
Morphew
Film 1935
General Stuart
Film 1934
Lawyer Hammersmith (uncredited)
Film 1933
Film 1963
District Attorney
Film 1944
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Film 1934
Joshua Mayard
Film 1934
Dawes
Film 1934
Maj. Drewery
Film 1940
Ed Peters
Film 1933
Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1954
Baron Szigethy
Film 1942
Mark Harper
Film 1947
Stanley Whittaker
Film 1936
Stephen Holloway
Film 1939
Judge Collier
Film 1933
Sam Edson
Film 1933
George Mumford
Film 1933
Police Commissioner LaFarge
Film 1944
J.C. Thompson
Film 1951
Breeden
Film 1934
August Marino
Film 1936
Bill Mason
Film 1936
Count Maxim
Film 1938
District Attorney (uncredited)
Film 1932
Ramin Khan
Film 1938
Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Film 1953
Miller
Film 1935
Millard Nolan
Film 1962
Jeff Hardy
Film 1935
Preston
Film 1939
Capt. Bob Lane
Film 1941
Harper
Film 1942
Sheriff Hoskins
Film 1945
Marshal Tom Nightlander
Film 1945
Lang
Film 1956
Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
Film 1933
Frank Farrington
Film 1947
Self (archive footage)
Film 2003
Capt. Ludlow
Film 1942
Tom McGalvey
Film 1946
Captain Lance
Film 1949
Coach "Daisy" Adams
Film 1932
Agent Chapusard
Film 1933
George Ellerby
Film 1949
Chauffeur - aka The Wop
Film 1932
E.W. Osborne
Film 1947
J.J. Grant
Film 1938
Giuseppe Benito
Film 1932
Leland Cameron James
Film 1956
Leland Cameron James
Film 1956
George Washington
Film 1946
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
The Doctor
Tv 1966
Tv 1962
Judge Robert Adler
Tv 1957
Governor Spriggs
Tv 1951
Mr. Halpert
Tv 1959
Tv 1960
Tv 1952
B.G. Greenwise
Tv 1955
Tv 1955
Gen. Taylor Millard
Tv 1958
Tv 1951
Tv 1956
Lord Rawdon
Tv 1952
Tv 1955
Tv 1952
Warden
Tv 1959
George Haviland
Tv 1953
Gen. Hardwicke
Tv 1956
Mr. Arthur J. Cahill
Tv 1950
J.B. Creston
Tv 1952
Dave La Salle
Tv 1963
Judge Strickland
Tv 1950
Judge
Tv 1957
Governor William Claiborne
Tv 1951
Whitfield
Tv 1950
Red Beecham
Tv 1955
Judge Ben Harlow
Tv 1959
Cunningham
Tv 1953
Tv 1953
Frank Hackman
Tv 1954
Tv 1952