Douglass Dumbrille

🎂 Data nașterii: 1889-10-12 (Hamilton, 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.

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Blondie of the Follies

The Buccaneer

Julius Caesar

Fiul Feței Palide

Cele Zece Porunci

Road to Zanzibar

The Princess Comes Across

A Day at the Races

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Allen in Movieland

City in Darkness

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

The Big Store

Baby Face

World for Ransom

Road to Utopia

The Rustler's Roundup

Castle in the Desert

The Savage Horde

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Du Barry Was a Lady

Lady Killer

The Firefly

Crime and Punishment

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Naughty Marietta

Elmer, the Great

The Frozen Ghost

Unknown Woman

Buccaneer's Girl

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Forty Thieves

False Colors

Lumberjack

Under Nevada Skies

A Life at Stake

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Spook Busters

Plunder of the Sun

Peter Ibbetson

Broadway Bill

Harold Teen

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Christmas Eve

The Catman of Paris

A Gentleman After Dark

Thunder Afloat

I Loved a Woman

Tell No Tales

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Laughter in Hell

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Murder Among Friends

The Three Musketeers

Slightly Honorable

Riding High

The Music Goes 'Round

Apache War Smoke

A Medal for Benny

Jupiter's Darling

The Kangaroo Kid

The Buccaneer

It's a Joke, Son!

Sky Full of Moon

Hard to Handle

Kentucky

Night in Paradise

Fast Company

Stolen Heaven

You May Be Next!

The Public Menace

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Last of the Wild Horses

Journal of a Crime

The World Changes

Air Hawks

The Fabulous Texan