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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
• 1955Allen in Movieland — Self- Lawyer