Douglass Dumbrille
1889-10-12 ( 135 years old ) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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.

Movies

On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! 2004-05-04
Complicated Women 2003-05-06
Johnny Cool 1963-10-02
Air Patrol 1962-07-17
The Buccaneer 1958-12-11
Shake, Rattle and Rock! 1956-11-01
The Ten Commandments 1956-10-05
Mobs, Inc. 1956-03-21
Mobs Incorporated 1956-03-21
Jungle Safari 1956-01-01
Allen in Movieland 1955-07-02
A Life at Stake 1955-03-01
Jupiter's Darling 1955-02-18
The Lawless Rider 1954-07-01
World for Ransom 1954-01-31
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas 1953-11-20
Plunder of the Sun 1953-08-26
Julius Caesar 1953-06-04
Rapture 1952-12-13
Sky Full of Moon 1952-12-12
Apache War Smoke 1952-09-25
Son of Paleface 1952-07-14
Scaramouche 1952-05-08
A Millionaire for Christy 1951-09-02
The Kangaroo Kid 1950-10-22
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950-08-05
The Savage Horde 1950-05-22
Riding High 1950-04-12
Buccaneer's Girl 1950-03-01
Tell It to the Judge 1949-11-18
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch 1949-08-14
The Lone Wolf and His Lady 1949-08-11
Alimony 1949-06-11
Riders of the Whistling Pines 1949-03-16
Dynamite 1949-01-18
Last of the Wild Horses 1948-12-27
Blonde Savage 1947-11-22
Beyond Our Own 1947-11-16
The Fabulous Texan 1947-11-09
Christmas Eve 1947-10-31
Dragnet 1947-08-16
Dishonored Lady 1947-05-16
It's a Joke, Son! 1947-01-15
Monsieur Beaucaire 1946-09-04
Under Nevada Skies 1946-08-26
Spook Busters 1946-08-24
The Cat Creeps 1946-05-17
Night in Paradise 1946-05-03
The Catman of Paris 1946-04-20
Road to Utopia 1946-02-27
Pardon My Past 1945-12-24
The Daltons Ride Again 1945-11-23
Flame of the West 1945-06-25
The Frozen Ghost 1945-06-01
A Medal for Benny 1945-04-16
Jungle Queen 1945-01-22
Lost in a Harem 1944-12-01
Gypsy Wildcat 1944-08-02
Forty Thieves 1944-06-23
Jungle Woman 1944-06-01
Lumberjack 1944-04-28
Uncertain Glory 1944-04-07
False Colors 1943-11-05
Du Barry Was a Lady 1943-08-13
Stand by for Action 1942-12-31
King of the Mounties 1942-10-17
I Married an Angel 1942-07-09
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942-06-26
A Gentleman After Dark 1942-04-16
Ride 'Em Cowboy 1942-02-13
Castle in the Desert 1942-02-02
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime 1941-08-14
The Big Store 1941-06-20
Washington Melodrama 1941-04-17
Road to Zanzibar 1941-04-11
The Roundup 1941-04-03
Murder Among Friends 1941-02-28
Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940-12-19
South of Pago Pago 1940-07-19
Virginia City 1940-03-23
Slightly Honorable 1939-12-22
Rovin' Tumbleweeds 1939-11-16
City in Darkness 1939-11-15
Thunder Afloat 1939-09-15
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island 1939-08-31
Tell No Tales 1939-06-12
Captain Fury 1939-05-26
Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939-04-07
The Three Musketeers 1939-02-17
Kentucky 1938-12-30
Sharpshooters 1938-11-18
Storm Over Bengal 1938-11-14
Crime Takes a Holiday 1938-10-05
The Mysterious Rider 1938-09-21
Fast Company 1938-07-05
Stolen Heaven 1938-05-11
The Buccaneer 1938-02-04
The Firefly 1937-11-05
Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937-10-29
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937-07-02
A Day at the Races 1937-06-11
Woman in Distress 1937-01-17
Counterfeit Lady 1936-12-31
End of the Trail 1936-10-10
M'Liss 1936-07-27
The Princess Comes Across 1936-05-22
The Witness Chair 1936-04-23
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936-04-09
The Music Goes 'Round 1936-02-27
You May Be Next! 1936-02-05
The Lone Wolf Returns 1935-12-31
The Calling of Dan Matthews 1935-12-10
Crime and Punishment 1935-11-22
Peter Ibbetson 1935-11-07
The Public Menace 1935-09-30
Love Me Forever 1935-06-28
Unknown Woman 1935-06-21
Air Hawks 1935-05-07
Naughty Marietta 1935-03-29
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935-01-11
The Secret Bride 1934-12-22
Broadway Bill 1934-11-30
Treasure Island 1934-08-17
Operator 13 1934-06-08
Fog Over Frisco 1934-06-02
Harold Teen 1934-04-07
Journal of a Crime 1934-03-10
Hi, Nellie! 1934-01-20
Lady Killer 1933-12-09
The World Changes 1933-11-25
Female 1933-11-11
The Way to Love 1933-10-20
I Loved a Woman 1933-09-23
Baby Face 1933-07-13
The Man Who Dared 1933-06-30
Heroes for Sale 1933-06-17
Elmer, the Great 1933-04-29
The Working Man 1933-04-20
The Rustler's Roundup 1933-03-16
King of the Jungle 1933-03-10
Hard to Handle 1933-01-28
Laughter in Hell 1933-01-12
Smoke Lightning 1933-01-01
That's My Boy 1932-11-13
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932-11-09
The Pride of the Legion 1932-10-17
Blondie of the Follies 1932-09-01
The Wiser Sex 1932-03-14
The Symphony Murder Mystery 1932-01-13
His Woman 1931-11-20
The Door Knocker 1931-11-07

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